Do you organize internet lottery? If yes, how is it done?
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- You should ask that question to the genuine lottery people such as http://www.lottery.co.uk/ etc who dont have Yahoo accounts!!! This email is a template that gets sent to anyone who puts their email address on the internet. The jist of how lottery scammers work is that you will respond showing interest, they will then ask for you to pay 'admin' fees or 'lawyer' fees or any other kind of fees. Usually they ask for small amounts such as $150 at first, that you have to send by Western Union which is untrackable. Western Union teller will take a cut of the cash for not requesting the scammers ID. scammer will continue requesting more & more cash untill the victim grows suspicious. Once youve realised it was all fraud, you have no details of the scammer as it was all false and mailbox is unreachable ie closed Just in case you dont know, if youve never entered a lottery, then how can you win it?
- It is scam. Yahoo (insert any company name here, this answer works for all!) do not run an email lottery, if they did you could guarantee it would be advertised all over their home page. Check out these links and search answers to see how many people 'win' the exact same lottery every day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lottery_sca... http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-lottery-scams.html Do not click on any links, the page you will be taken to will look authentic but is not Do not send them a 'courier fee' or any other money Do not hand over any bank details or passwords Do report spam Do delete Remember there is no such thing as a free lunch. You cannot win a lottery if you haven ot bought a ticket. Anyone can set up an email account with Yahoo, they can use any combination of letters they choose. I could be 'thequeenmother@yahoo.com' or 'disneyfreeticketsgenuine@yahoo.com' That doesn't mean that I am either of these and is fine as long as I don't try to use the address to mislead people. Don't be fooled by legitimate looking email addresses which end the same way as any other free account, don't be fooled by fictitious titles such as 'Dr' or 'Executive Director of Winner Claims'. (I've answered this question so many times that I now keep this answer on my desktop and just copy and paste....that should give you a clue!)
