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Friday, November 6, 2009

I received a Yahoo/MSN lottery email - is there a valid Yahoo/MSN lottery or is this a new scam?

This email is using Yahoo and MSN logos and names of people and I would like to email a copy of this to yahoo. If it's for real I'd like to respond and enter if it's a scam yahoo and MSN need to know somebody is using their name and logos for personal profit.

I received a Yahoo/MSN lottery email - is there a valid Yahoo/MSN lottery or is this a new scam?
Sorry, it's a scam. Also, Yahoo! and MSN are very aware of the problem, but unfortunately there's very little they can do about crooks using their trademarks.





There is no such thing as a lottery of email addresses, and Yahoo! doesn't run a lottery -- see the links below for a lot more info on Yahoo Lottery scam emails...





You can forward the original message to abuse@yahoo.com (if it was sent by a Yahoo! user), or abuse@msn.com (if it was sent by a MSN user). This will enable them to investigate and shut down the email account being used by the lottery scammer.
Reply:google 419 scams,
Reply:it's all a scam . just put it in the trashfolder
Reply:Ok first off, any lottery email is a scam. No exceptions. For other potential scams, just because that an email has the logos of msn / yahoo or whatever, doesn't make it official. It's super easy to save the image from the website and then put it into the email.
Reply:to win a lottery, you have to have entered the lottery....
Reply:sounds like a scam
Reply:its all good go for it but i can bet that you wont be the winner in this transaction ;)
Reply:It's not a new scam, it's an old scam


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