I received a email telling me I won a lotto jackpot in South Africa. Is this real.?

Question

The lotto jackpot is through yahoo lottery. Is there a yahoo lottery and did I win.

Answer 1

i dont think its real, but i dont really know but just dont give out your info.

Answer 2

Deafinatly a scam!!!!

Answer 3

No, I win  20 million a week from lotto jackpots all around the world.

Answer 4

The majority of scams come out of Africa.  I am now sending all emails like this to the FBI investigation department.  

DO NOT RESPOND.

They are out to get your email information as well as any thing else they can.

I know 3 people that got stung by this scam.

https://tips.fbi.gov/

Answer 5

NO, you have won nothing.  I teach a class on crime  prevention. We have collected and researched more than 200 of these types of "awards"... none of them have ever been legitimate.   Think about it, have you even been in South Africa lately?  Ever been there?  Ever signed up for a Yahoo lottery?  Just a scam to get your personal information.  Caution, they often ask for your bank account number so that they can deposit the award directly into your account.  Usually what happens, is that they use that information to empty your account.

Answer 6

SIKE!!

its not real

DEFINITELY not

trust me i kno

Answer 7

Absolutely, positively a scam. I've never seen a real yahoo lottery. Plus, why would it be in South Africa? Also, if you haven't entered a lottery, how coud you win it?

Answer 8

SPAM SPAM SPAM.....

Answer 9

nope

Answer 10

Simply put, you can NOT win a lottery you did not enter. I get that c**p all the time. Your best bet is to hit the spam button and forget about it. They usually ask you to send a fee to collect the money, and you never get it.

Answer 11

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 12

Yes .. you have won the right to lose all the money in your bank account. All you need to do is send them all your info.

Make sure you give them your social security number  and your mothers madian name.

yea sure

Answer 13

Did you enter?

No.

It's a scam. There is no Yahoo lotto.

Don't send them any personal info. Don't send money to claim your "prize". Throw that email into your recycle bin and empty it. If you have spam filters on your email use them to get rid of any more types of these emails.

Answer 14

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 15

Nope, it isn't true.  I got the same mailings throughout the few yrs. I've been online.  The people do this from an internet bar in Libya...I saw a special on this on Dateline w/ Chris Hansen.  Some people lost up to 150,000 dollars. They also do another scam which is this:  they tell people that there relative died and they need to put the money in a US bank so they won't lose their 14mil. (with wars and stuff it's SUPPOSEDLY really corrupt...)  So they say if you pay a shipping fee and some other legal BS then you can have part of it!! I WISH!!  Anyways, stay away from these people.  =)   Good Luck on making Millions....LB