i'd receive a lottery winer from UK of a 1000000000 pounds is this real or an scam?

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This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of (1,000,000,000.00) One Million British Pounds Sterling with 2-HP TX2 LAPTOPS, 2-Latest LG LD550 LCD TV & 2-BlackBerry Storm2 9520. You are implore to view below message for full details.Dr. (Mrs.) Mercy Martins


--Forwarded Message Attachment--









YAHOO MAIL LOTTERY



124 Stockport Road



Long sight, Manchester M60 2 DB-United Kingdom.











Attention: Dear Lucky Winner.











This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of (1,000,000,000.00) One Million British Pounds Sterling with 2-HP TX2 LAPTOPS, 2-Latest LG LD550 LCD TV & 2-BlackBerry Storm2 9520.











YAHOO & Hotmail collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. 10-people are selected every two years to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.











PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM.











Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed no later than 28th days, from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.











Stated below are your identification numbers:



BATCH NUMBER: MFI/08/APA-43658.



REFERENCE NUMBER: 2008234522.



PIN: 1208.



WINNING NUMBER: 01-14-21-30-35-48.



Amount: �1,000,000.00.











These numbers fall within the London Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in London United Kingdom and send your winning identification numbers to him:



CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT:-











**************************











NAME: Mr.: Adam Johnson.



Foreign Payment Manager.



Hallmark Bank of Scotland



E-Mail: [e-mail]



TEL: [phone].











You are advised to send the following information's to your Claims Agent to facilitate the release of your fund to you. Please complete the empty spaces below forward it to your claim agent for the release of your award.











1. Full name..........



2. Country...........



3. Contact Address..........



4. Telephone Number...........



5. Fax Number.... .....



5. Marital Status............



6. Occupation.............



7. My Date of birth..........



8. Sex..........



9. Batch Number: MFI/08/APA-43658.



10. Reference Number: 200-8234-522.



11. Pin Number: 1208.



12. Winning Number: 01-14-21-30-35-48



13. Amount Won: �1,000,000.00.











Yours in service,



Dr. (Mrs.) Mercy Martins.











WARNING!











Yahoo shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned. PLS SEND YOUR REPLY TO YOUR CLAIMING MANAGER EMAIL ADDRESS :([e-mail]).

why yahoo let this kind of people fool the people that used this browser?

Answer 1

This is an ordinary scam. Delete it and never open it

It will be better not to put such letter here.

You occupy space , it may have a virus, plus everybody

knows such type of letters

mm

Answer 2

You asked at the end, "why yahoo let this kind of people fool the people that used this browser?"



Yahoo! doesn't control who sends you e-mails. If a spammer gets your e-mail, they are going to send you spam. If a SCAMMER gets your e-mail, they are going to try to SCAM you!



Here's the most important part: If you EVER believe there is ANYONE out there just waiting to hand you a big wad of cash, then you are a TARGET for scammers!



There is no free money for you. Don't be a target.

Answer 3

It is a standard scam script.



Don't bother answering, you will be asked to pay registration fees, lawyers fees, etc, till you have no money left, after which the scammers will move onto someone else.



Please read this forum http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=12



There are hundreds of different lottery scams, BMW, Yahoo, Microsoft etc, basic rule is, if you didn't physically enter and fill out any ticket, you haven't won anything.



John Delaney

Answer 4

First, Yahoo doesn't have a lottery.

Second, A representative would not use a gmail account

Third, They would not be asking for that much personal information unless they were going to sell it for identity theft

Fourth, You cannot win a lottery that you did not enter never mind one that does not exist.



I would suggest that you report the email to your ISP's abuse address or to a consumer protection agency. You should also report it to [e-mail]

Answer 5

100% SCAM



Yahoo Help has a whole page about how they do NOT have a lottery or give away cash

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/abuse/abuse-63.html



And the fact they say they are Yahoo but use a Gmail email should have been your first clue this wasn't from Yahoo as there is NO way they would use their biggest competitor's email when they have their own

Answer 6

When you see messages like that it is best to not open it and delete it, because those messages contain viruses. Plus it is important not to give out your personnel info even if you are an adult. Adults always think that they can give out a bunch of info without getting any bad luck so untrue adults can be scammed like any other person. If you ever see any of these it is best to delete it (VIRUSES)!!!!

Answer 7

real,,,,,i got the same thing last month.....i replied that if they show up on my doorstep 10 am the following day with $20,000.oo cash i would assign my winnings......at 6 am an indian with a british accent and a lawyer from pearce/ledgewhig came knocking......had breakfast at the solomon deli ; signed papers...when the sixty dollar bill came i told her to bring us a pot of coffee and a bottle of B & B and laid out 20 fifty dollar bills

Answer 8

Scam. A gmail address for a company that dishes out millions? Get real and ignore

Answer 9

Sorry friend but there is no Microsoft, Yahoo or other e-mail lottery, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.

the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful

Answer 10

This is a scam, it would knot ask you for all this unless you entered for a lottery

Answer 11

Are you a complete dunce?

Answer 12

no offense, but your kinda slow for even thinking it could be real....