I received a e-mail from yahoo/msn lottery UK.that I won lot of money and they ask adv.money is this scam ?

Question

I received a e-mail from yahoo/msn lottery UK.that I won lot of money and they ask adv.money is this scam ?

Answer 1

Yes, it is a SCAM !!!

dapperstylz,

Microsoft in the past years wanted to buy Yahoo! ... But back on topic.

babysparkle1975,

Here is the proper answer that could explain your doubts.

Yahoo! Lottery Results do not give prizes, there is a page on the Lottery.Com that work with simulations for future draws but again no real prizes. The "WIN" is a simple conference of a person "Lucky Numbers", the person really need to buy a real ticket to play for real ...

http://everything.yahoo.com/

If you find in the Everything Yahoo, it is possible to note the Yahoo!Lottery Results.

http://lottery.yahoo.com/lottery/

For inputting "lucky numbers" a person need to use and go to the Lottery.Com web site, their are testing their new design.

http://www.lottery.com/

"Customize Lottery.com to track all your games and lucky numbers. It's FREE."

http://www.lottery.com/results/

Answer 2

yep hun. Delete immediately

Answer 3

you may find this helpful:

Lottery Scam Email:

YAHOO & MSN MICROSOFT WINDOWS LOTTERY

If you don't see the obvious signs of a scam here, you ought to be worried: Yahoo and Microsoft are competitors. They don't "collects all the email addresses of  the people that are active online" and their staff generally know how to spell simple words like "February" and "Corporation". Or use their own spell checkers...

Answer 4

Yes put it in trash and block all messages from sender.

Answer 5

yes anyone who asks for money in adv is a scam

Answer 6

sounds like it!

Answer 7

yep its a scam. there's a lot around at the moment.

Answer 8

You have to buy a ticket to win a lottery. Simple as that.

http://lottery.merseyworld.com/Info/Scam...

Yes its a scam

Answer 9

This is definitely a scam! There is a great article written about lottery scams that will help you to be sure that this is a scam at http://luckylotto.com/general-lottery/lo...

Just a few quick tips:

Beware of anything that you did not enter, and especially beware of any e-mail asking for personal information. Legal lotteries do neither of these things.

Answer 10

Sorry friend but there is no Microsoft, Yahoo or other e-mail lottery, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information

http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeri...

http://www.thescambaiter.com/forum/showt...

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-lottery...

.Also If you go to the following site you will get some info on ID theft www.identity-theft.org.uk the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful

Answer 11

You cannot win some thing that you have not entered into, for get it and delete it, they are after your money.

Answer 12

Scam, scam, scam, theres a lot of this happening, just delete it and dont ever give personal details in an e.mail.

Answer 13

yep it is find other similar qustions on here there have loads recnetly

Answer 14

This is a SCAM. The below links confirm various email scams hitting the internet. There is also an online form for the reporting of such  - (with links for your own country.) This site also gives excellent advice on what steps you can take to achieve a spam free inbox :

http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/lo...

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/or...

Unscrupulous thieves have sent you this email and they are trying to part you from your hard earned cash. They will often ask you to call a premium rate number and keep you holding on whilst you rack up a huge phone bill. They are then paid a large proportion of this phone bill. They may ask you to divulge personal information about yourself or ask for your bank or credit card details. Do not divulge any such information under any circumstances. It is surprising how many innocent victims have been duped by these types of emails. Please remember the thieves who send them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.

Check out these sites for further information :

http://www.scambusters.com

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/

Answer 15

bud it's a Pure scam

report it to Yahoo as soon as possible

Answer 16

Always remember:

If it sounds too good to be true, it is!!!!!!!!!

Answer 17

OOh YES  Definitely scam    Absolutely   A Scam

Answer 18

Its a scam!  How could you win a lottery you didnt enter.  You could always aske them to take the "processing fee" out of your winnings and see how soon they get back to you!

Answer 19

umm, yep

Answer 20

absolutely.