Ireceived a letter in my mail from austrialia online saying i have won millions tey gaved me a number to call?

Question

all the person asked for is a form of ID should I follow this or throw it away

Answer 1

Remember always that money does not grow on trees. Let me tell you (serious) that I receive around twenty such mails in my Spam/Bulk folder every week claiming to be from big companies like Microsoft, BMW, Apple, etc. In every mail, I am congratulated on winning not one or two, but almost ten millions. Many other c**k & bull stories are heard most often. If all these are really true and people succeed in receiving the claimed/won prize (sum of money), there is no need to work form me, as  I will be getting not less than 10 million $ or GBP.

Afterall, do not even reply such mails as they are meant to ensure that your e-mail ID is genuine and later on to flood your mail box with promotional offers, advertisements, surveys and spam.

I have blocked 200 e-mail address (the maximum allowed by Yahoo) but still I am receiving such messages.

Answer 2

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/sw...

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 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

throw it away or delete it as fast as u can, dont open it.-it's a scam designed for only one thing-to get you bank account or personal infor. It's very common now. I get one frequently say I won The Nigeria lottery, the Scotland National Lottery, etc. Dont give them any personal info whatever u do

Answer 5

If it's sounds too good to be true, then it probably is not true.  Watch out for tricksters!  Lot's of scams going on these days.  That one sounds very typical.

Answer 6

chuck it, next they will need your bank details etc.

Answer 7

You can usually tell it's a scam by the bad grammar and spelling.

Answer 8

throw away.