Is msn electronic email lottery a scam?

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...





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!)

Is msn electronic email lottery a scam?
You don't get anything for nothing, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information. Just google scam and see how many hits yoou get, there are millions of them and they are all aimed at taking your money.An excellent site giving advice on how to recognise and avoid scams is at www.rz-berlin.mpg.de/~wm/wm-lotto.html Also If you go to the following link 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.
Reply:Yes.
Reply:yes
Reply:No. It's legit. I won it 3 years ago.
Reply:its a common email scam, msn don't do lotteries, if u ever need further information on online scams http://scamsbeware.com is a good resource center to help you stay informed, best wishes.
Reply:It is a scam.
Reply:Almost definitely: http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/lo...
Reply:YUP I wouldn't trust it





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Reply:YES!

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