Is this Yahoo Lottery for real. I just got an email saying I won I want to know if its for real or a hoax.?

Question

Is this Yahoo Lottery for real. I just got an email saying I won I want to know if its for real or a hoax.?

Answer 1

This is a SCAM. Check out the below link for confirmation of various email scams hitting the internet and how to report them using their online form - (with links for your own country :

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 2

Of course it's a hoax.  Unless you have a memory of entering the Yahoo Lottery (which doesn't exist, or you'd see ads for it all over the place), it can't possibly be real...You can't win if you don't play!

Answer 3

Its a hoax, i get like 2 emails a week saying a won some kind of contest...its either a hoax or i am the luckiest man alive

Answer 4

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 5

no, its not real