Is this for real or a scam?

jillie1974

Hi this is what OH has received via email. has anyone heard of this before or is it a scam?
i say scam as wasnt sent ot his hot mail account and he hasnt a yahoo account
but gist of it is that he has won £500k just for using msn!

AnnieH

Can you copy and paste the message as the link didn't work

samf1971

just links to a sign in page?

jillie1974

soory guys cant seem to get the link to work so have edited it out..
maybe i could email it to you if you pm me your email addy

Lorian

jillie1974 wrote: »

but gist of it is that he has won £500k just for using msn!

It's a scam for sure.

jillie1974

thats what i thought.as when checked his message they have sent him 1 a day for past few days!!
just want to warn others that this dodgy email is out there
thanks

louise540056

Definitely a scam- i have been getting about 10 a day (not sure where this influx has started from) some are from yahoo, some google, some hotmail, some from the national lottery and some from Coca Cola (not blaming any of the real companies obviously!) according to all my emails I must be a billionaire!

Dalkirst

Must be a scam for that much money...lol

djl

yeah its a scam i`ve been getting loads of emails from so called lottery companys

hrafndot

hold on; ASK for instance have been running a prize which you can win just by using Ask. It could be that MSN are running a similar promotion. I think the things to look out for are 1. have you registered with the emailer. 2. does the email quote your name. I think if it is bona fide then their email will be intended to inform you you have won.

If it is an email that doesn't fulfil any of these criteria; asks for your details AFTER it has told you you have won or finally encloses a link which may take you heaven knows where, then you know you've got a bad un. There are loads of african scam emails and phishing emails but they are quite easy to spot.

ManAtHome

Link or no link, if you get an email saying you've won heaps of dosh (or have been specially selected to help move millions out of anywhere in Africa), almost certain it's an advance-fee fraud http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=258082003

You can lighten your spam by setting up outlook to "delete on server" any message from yahoo.com, hotmail.com and verizon.com (gets rid of 90% of the carp).