I recieved an email i won a promotional lottery through yahoo lottery inc. and windows live. Is this real?

Question

it says it is a promotional lottery through yahoo lottery....it gives numbers to send to the contact. but, what scares me is it asks for personal information...my name, my email address, my real name , and my present address...how do i know if this is real or a scam?

Answer 1

Its a scam, I get like 20 of those in my inbox a day saying I won 2 million dollars, don't send them your information.

Answer 2

This is a SCAM. Check out the below link for confirmation of various email scams hitting the internet and how to report them :

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. Just 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 3

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 4

It's a big time scam.  These folks are doing two things.  One is what's called "phishing" to get your personal information so as to sell it to other junk and bulk mailers and other scam artists.  The second is so that you'll also eventually give them your banking information too.  Using this, they'll destroy your credit, charge any kind of bank/debit/credit card/s well over the limits and stick you with the bill and legal fees that may apply too.  Anything that asks for ANY  of this kind information is a SCAM!!!!!  Report it to your website spam blocker for future reference.