Is this a con? Yahoo / Msn email Lottery that tells us we are winners, is it identity theft ? another con/real

Question

The lottery is this Yahoo/Msn email Lottery for real?

Answer 1

ITS FAKE !!!

Answer 2

It IS a con.

It has been going on for 3 years. We thought it was over.

It is identity theft. In 2006 there some some problems faced by many here. It is a way of extracting money too.

Hit the Spam button. Also block sender prior to that.

Answer 3

they are fake

Answer 4

yes it is a scam please don't give them any info.

Answer 5

No way! I've gotten so many of those emails that if they were real, I'd be able to buy a Hawaiian island. Seriously. My boyfriend tried one out where he was a winner from some bogus lottery/drawing from South Africa for the soccer tournaments. When he received an email from them after he responded, they stated that they could either send him a check or deposit it into his account. Well, when he picked to have the funds sent to him via check, they told him they couldn't do that [funny, huh?].

In the end, they told him he had to go down to Africa and be there in person, and that was the end of it.

There's also a possibility that they could londer money as well which basically means they send a payment to your account and you take out funds and send it to another party, keeping something for yourself.

Be careful! Think of it this way [believe me, I had to say this to myself!]. Out of all the people in the world, why would they choose me in specific?