Yahoo/MSN Lottery Prize is this a scam?

Scottish_Princess

I have just been sent an e-mail from Yahoo/MSN saying I have won a prize in their lottery draw. Is this a scam. Has anyone else heard of this before?

krazykidskate

i've not heard of it. Smells phishy to me

maninthestreet

How many tickets did you buy in this lottery? If the answer is 'None', it's a scam.

RibAd

yahoo/MSN ??????

obv a scam!

soolin

A simple google search for yahoo/msn lottery turns up dozens of web sites for fraud warnings...

http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=4853

Scottish_Princess

Thanks for that soolin. I didn't send any details to the company at all, but it seems many people have. So for anybody else reading this e-mail. On guy sent all his details to the alledged company and they e-mailed him back asking for £600 to cover postage and insurance etc. Do not reply to these e-mails. Do not send any personal details whatsoever.

soolin

Scottish Princess, this is actually a variation on very common scam. The one reported most concerns overseas lotteries and people have been conned for thousands.

Really though the simple answer is as maninthestreet suggests, you can't have won if you didn't enter but this one relies on a certain naivety on the part of the victim. That's why so many elderley and confused people seem to be targets, it isn't that the scammer has been clever to target these people, it is just that they tend to be the ones that fall for it as they have a better view of others than we younger cynics.

No one can con you if you use basic common sense as you did in questioning the email on here. Any thing that looks 'odd' can usually be debunked on a quick google search, so if in doubt try that and prepare to be shocked.

Lesleyn_3

Hi guys

i 'won' a million english pounds today!!!!!!!!!

Exact replica of the emails that have been posted on this forum.

Needless to say, I have deleted the bloody thing



Bye Bye new car, new house, numerous tropical holidays, not having to work for the NHS anymore, liposuction, boob de-sagging treatment, pesonal trainer, size 10 body..................:eek:

IrrMegular

I just got that email today. My scammers seem to think they're pretty smart, though.... they used an email that's not like Hotmail or Yahoo...

Rebecca Marie Long
[EMAIL="rmlong@liberty.edu"]rmlong@liberty.edu[/EMAIL]

lol Some people....

Freddie_Snowbits

That nice man in Nigeria has given my second life a Job.

My personal referee Jenny Taylor is now writing a response to them.

bajangal

Yahoo Lottery
In-corporation
Baley House, Har Road
Sutton, Greater London
SM1 4te
United Kingdom

Attention,

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND POUNDS STERLINGS(£500,000)and a Brand New BMW X5 JEEP on our
yearly bonanza of October 01 2008 Lottery promotion which organize by
YAHOO & HOTMAIL LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.
YAHOO & HOTMAIL MICROSOFT WINDOWS in conjunction , collects all the email
addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that
subscribed to Yahoo we only select 15 people every Month as our winners
through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we
congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
You are to contact your Claims Agent on or before your date of
Claim,Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement
Centre.Yahoo and Hotmail Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 15
days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has
won.Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
These are your identification numbers:
Batch number.....................YHM09102XN
Reff number......................YHM35447XN
Winning number...................YHM09788
____________________________________________________________________
You are therefore advised to send the following information to Fudiciary
manager.
MR.Paulson Greg
REMMITANCE DIRECTOR
YAHOO PROMOTIONS UK
Tel: # +44 703-593-5374
FAX # +44-871-247-6662
E-mail: [EMAIL="paulsongreg201@live.co.uk"]paulsongreg201@live.co.uk[/EMAIL]
____________________________________________________________________

1. Full Name:___________________________________
2. Country:_____________________________________
3. Contact Address:_____________________________
4. Telephone Number:____________________________
5. Marital Status:______________________________
6. Occupation:__________________________________
7. Company:_____________________________________
8. Age:_________________________________________
9. Nationality:_________________________________
10.Sex:_________________________________________
11.Next of Kin:_________________________________
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning informations
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you.

Congratulations!! once again.

Yours in service,
Mrs Jennise Thomas
(Online co-ordinator)
___________________________________________________________________________
For anyone who hasn't seen the latest Yahoo/MSN Group scam letter - this is it. Sounds convincing.