Sunday, August 22, 2010

Yahoo Lottery email a scam?

Here's the email I received. Appears to have some potentially real contact names and email addresses. Will someone please confirm if it's fake:





DEAR WINNER,





We happily announce to you the draw (#1067) of the YAHOO LOTTERY


INTERNATIONAL,


online Sweepstakes Program held on 9th Febuary 2008. Your e-mail


address


attached to ticket number: 56475600545 189 with Serial number 5368/52


drew the


Lucky numbers:01-14-21-30-35-48(bonus no.24), Which subsequently won


you the


lottery in the 2nd Category i.e. match 5 plus bonus. You have won and


therefore been approved to Claim a total sum of £300,000.00 (Three


hundred


thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.





Contact:


Mr. Micheal Richard.


Email: michealrichard57@yahoo.co.uk


Telephone: +44 704 575 4450.





1. Full Names:


2. Address:


3. Age:


4. Sex:


5. Marital Status:


6. Occupation:


7. Phone numbers:


8. Fax number:


9. Country:





You are to choose from the following options on how you wan

Yahoo Lottery email a scam?
This is a scam ! Have you entered anything?? Probably not! Warning sign's for me was the name 'Micheal' which is not an English spelling, which is 'Michael' also they are asking for your 'country'... This is a 419 African scam which will result in them asking for money in some form ... see 419eater.com for more on this.. just delete the email and forget about it..Oh and a classic 419 scam is a yahoo.co.uk mail address, you can get one of those just about anywhere in the World that has an internet cafe !!
Reply:all 070 numbers are scams.
Reply:SCAM


Ignore it ^_^
Reply:Can't confirm it's a fake but it certainly reads like one.I mean, did you buy a ticket or enter the lottery? If not, how come they've attached your email address to a ticket number and give your winning numbers. No-one is going to give that sort of money away when you didn't have a ticket. I think you'll find that the telephone number they tell you to ring is the scam. If you'd won a lottery they would not need all the information they're asking for, seems like it could be an identity theft scam to me. I'd report it to Yahoo! well, if I knew how. I certainly wouldn't fall for it.
Reply:SCAMMM...SCAMMM...SCAM...!!!!!
Reply:its a scam , there a few about at the moment. NEVER reply with your details as they could steal your identity. Search for the hoax slayer website for more info
Reply:SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!





Even the info requested, which may seem innocuous, can be used for ID theft.


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