got email this morning from "YAHOO" intl award team company, and would like to know ?

YAHOO !!! LOTTERY INTL AWARD TEAM" %26lt;tinadesk18@earthlink.net%26gt;


I got email this morning from "YAHOO" intl award team company, and would like to know


is this scam or ?????


Regards


JT.
got email this morning from "YAHOO" intl award team company, and would like to know ?
Ask yourself this: Did I enter a Yahoo lottery?





Then ask yourself: Why would Yahoo have a lottery?
Reply:that is spam


report it to yahoo


yahoo lottotery spam


http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/or...
Reply:That message is both a fake and an outright fraud. Don't give the phishers any of your personal information at all. Spam that scam message straight into oblivion right away. This is one lottery you'll never win because it's "bogus."





Another thing, the phishers telling you to "keep this lottery information confidential" would indicate to you not to say anything about this to anybody until they have finished scamming you.
Reply:It's a scam, and there are several ways you can tell:





1) If you didn't enter a lottery, there's no possible way you could have won. (Duh!)





2) There's no such thing as a lottery sponsored by Yahoo. Or Microsoft, or MSN, or Earthlink, for that matter.





3) If you're a US citizen, it's illegal for you to participate in an overseas-based lottery. So as with #1 above, there's no possible way you could have won.





4) If you play the lottery, the obligation is on **you** to find out whether you've won (by checking the lottery results online, on the TV news, in the paper, etc.). And if you do win, the obligation is again on you to make contact with the appropriate lottery officials to present your winning ticket and claim your prize. The lottery is not going to send you an e-mail from out of the blue saying that you've won eight million dollars (or however much) and that you need to furnish information to claim your prize.





You can learn everything you need to know about lottery scams at websites like snopes.com, scambusters.org, or just by doing a Google search on "lottery scam."
Reply: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