Is Yahoo! lottery/lotto org. for real?

Question

I received an email notice from "Yahoo!Mail lottery" that I had won money. It states that during the 12 years of lottery awards that I am one of 25 winners, supposedly out of Thailand,which is why I am suspicious!

Answer 1

i really dont know

Answer 2

You are suspicious because this is a SCAM. If you click on the below link this site confirms various email scams hitting the internet and provides 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/