london lottery scam

london lottery scam

I receceive an e-mail that I won a lottery game drawings in London hosted by yahoo/Msn, Is thia a scam?

e-mail stated that my e-mail address was chosen to be the winner in the drawings held on March 22nd 2007, e-mail is asking me to provide some personal information

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 havenot bought a ticket.

(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!)