Is Yahoo email associated with the United Kindom (UK) lottery sweepstakes/comtest?

I just received an email stating that I am a winner of a huge lump-sum prize. The email came from YAHOO UK LOTTERY. I was instructed to give personal information to claim my prize supposed prize winnings. Yahoo UK lottery say that I was chosen random as a winner. Is this a legitimate contest and organization. Is Yahoo assocaiated with Yahoo/UK? Need to know ASAP. Thank you,


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Is Yahoo email associated with the United Kindom (UK) lottery sweepstakes/comtest?
No, none of the emails that claim to come from foreign lotteries are legitimate. It's illegal to sell lottery tickets across international boundaries, so unless you were actually in that country and purchased the ticket, there's no way you could have won. Also, you buy lottery tickets, and they publish the winning numbers, they don't contact the winners directly.





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Reply:I'm glad I was able to help! Scammers are pros, and VERY good at what they do. I've seen them include an actual check for the amount that they want you to wire. Of course, after you cash it, it bounces and then you are liable for depositing a fraudulent check as well as losing the money you wired. Report Abuse

Reply:It's a SCAM. Yahoo doesn't run lotteries like that.





If you give them your info, you'll find that your bank account will be emptied, your credit ruined, etc.
Reply:Did you enter this contest? Oh wait, I can answer that, NO. How do you think you won a contest you didn't enter?





Go ahead and send all your personal information. Send your name, address, phone number, credit card number, pin number, social security number, mother's maiden name, a recent photo, a copy of your birth certificate, all of your bank account numbers, the deed to your house, and $5,000 cash.





Maybe then you'll realize what an obvious scam this is and you can be one of those guys who goes on the news and tells everyone how a identity theif ruined your life.