Is there a legitimate Yahoo lottery associated with the UK?

Question

Is there a legitimate Yahoo lottery associated with the UK?

Answer 1

No. Yahoo! don't do lotteries.

Answer 2

It is scam. Yahoo (insert any company name here, this answer works for all!) do not run an email lottery, if they did you could guarantee it would be advertised all over their home page. Check out these links and search answers to see how many people 'win' the exact same lottery every day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lottery_sca...

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

Do not click on any links, the page you will be taken to will look authentic but is not

Do not send them a 'courier fee' or any other money

Do not hand over any bank details or passwords

Do report spam

Do delete

Remember there is no such thing as a free lunch. You cannot win a lottery if you haven ot bought a ticket. Anyone can set up an email account with Yahoo, they can use any combination of letters they choose. I could be '[e-mail]' or '[e-mail]' That doesn't mean that I am either of these and is fine as long as I don't try to use the address to mislead people. Don't be fooled by legitimate looking email addresses which end the same way as any other free account, don't be fooled by fictitious titles such as 'Dr' or 'Executive Director of Winner Claims'.



(I've answered this question so many times that I now keep this answer on my desktop and just copy and paste....that should give you a clue!)

Answer 3

Delete it...I am receiving up to 10 similar emails each day....they are a scam.

Answer 4

no its a scam using yahoo's name

Answer 5

No!!

Answer 6

As everyone has said, No.  I used to get these e-mails all the time too, however I have blocked them using Mail, Options and chosing block e-mail address.  I now only get one in a blue moon.