I received yahoo lottery winning notification they mention the was 6th of April 2008?

Question

I want to know is it true or false? When I got the winning notification mail, I replied. Then Mr. Keepson Douglus from south Africa, he mentioned that he is the claim agent and ask me to come to Africa. I said I have no enough money. Then he asked me to put the check in to the bank. But before that he asked me to pay some money as a Bank chargers. I want to clarify this

Answer 1

Its a scam. I've recieved mail like this before, and i delete it immediately. The person (male or female) merely wants access to your bank details, so they can defraud you. Notify the police and dont fall for it. Yahoo wouldn't run this kind of thing, so its definitely not legitimate.

Answer 2

It's a fraud. All it is....is a chance for this "person" (could actually be a man or woman on the other end of it) to get your bank account info and steal your money. Yahoo does not do lotteries, there are no international lotteries that give out prizes to people from other countries.

Report this a*****e to the FBI and leave him/her alone. Simply put.....this person will cost you several thousand dollars, your credit rating and possibly several material things that you own, not give you several thousand dollars.

Please.....do not give this person any access to your bank account info, your ID or give them any money whatsoever. The only thing you should do, is report it straight to your local branch of the FBI, period.

Answer 3

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.)

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

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

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.

Check out these sites for further information :

http://www.scambusters.com

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

Answer 4

It's a variant of the Nigerian "419" scam, also known as "Advance Fee Fraud".

The scammers send out thousands of "winning notifications", basically to any email address they can get hold of. Then, when you reply they tell you to send your personal details to a "claim agent". The claim agent will usually put you in touch with either a "lawyer", a "bank" or a "courier service". All of these are fake and part of the same scam gang. The fake lawyer will demand cash for representing to you for the lottery claim, the fake bank will demand cash for either a wire transfer fee or an account opening deposit. Finally the fake courier will demand cash for courier fees. The common element: They all demand cash upfront. Any money you send will be lost, as there's no lottery prize. Never send money to strangers using Western Union or MoneyGram, which is how almost all 419 scams operate.

Yahoo does not operate any kind of lottery, and neither does Microsoft, Toyota, Honda, Coca Cola, Nokia and many other well known brands used in similar fake lottery scams.

There aren't any legitmate "email lotteries" or "international lotteries". The only lottery you can win is if you bought a lottery ticket in the country / state where you live. Everything else is an online scam.

Answer 5

It is false. These scammers send thousands of these notifications to people all round the world. They either ask you to send them money or ask for your bank account details so they can steal money from your account.  There is no such thing as a yahoo lottery.  Just think how could you win a lottery you did not enter? That should give you a clue.

If you have given them your bank account details I would close that account and open a new one, hopefully before they have taken all your money.