I won $500 from yahoo
By aretha
@aretha (2538)
United States
May 20, 2007 8:15am CST
i just recived n e-mail from yahoo saying that they pick an e-mail each day and that e-mail gets $500 as long as their a member of yahoo games. they say it will be put in my paypal with in minutes but not sure if its for real. have any of you heard of this or gottin the $500 from yahoo?
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@jeweledbluerose (3061)
• United States
20 May 07
I've been hearing that those are scams. I am not sure because I haven't ever received any e-mails like that in my inbox. My best guess would be to e-mail Yahoo about it and see what they have to say about it.
@jeweledbluerose (3061)
• United States
25 May 07
Well at least you played it smart. :) Really wish those types of e-mails would stop going around, cause you just never know when one of them are true, but you go and delete it anyway because you thought it to be a scam. It's a shame really. But well I think those sort of things you would receive something in the mail and maybe a phone call.
@w1z111 (985)
• United States
20 May 07
"Be afraid...be very afraid"!
I'm not familiar with Yahoo's specific offer, but I've seen numerous similar things. Mostly, I think these come from us signing up for information about "money-making-schemes". I know, because I've done quite a lot of that lately, and I've been getting these "free gift offers" too.
Watch out for the "requirements" Yahoo may want from you. Many times, these "free gifts" make you purchase something, or sign up for a monthly charge against your credit card for some thing or other.
Just look at it very closely! And, remember...
"If it sounds too good to be true, it very likely ISN'T true!
Good luck, and be careful!
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@aretha (2538)
• United States
20 May 07
that is what i was thinking. it would be to good so i figure theres a catch some place. i have also signed for alot but not with this e-mail. i just figured i might get lucky so i wanted to see if anyone else has had this. thank you for sharing
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
13 Jun 07
oh aretha, this is a scam, trash it outright!! i keep on receiving such spams. you should enable spam guard on your email settings, you can even redirect the mail to scam@fraudinternational.com. just use little, brains, which i am sure you have in plenty, and trash it.
good luck!!
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@chaitrakrishnan (181)
• India
20 May 07
yeah i too got the same mail and when i tried to redeem that it asked for the premium membership. I think this is scam. First it was saying that get your free $500 then after it asked to take premium membership. Its better if you not tempt for this offer because there may be many hidden cost incurred if you go with this..
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@KrisNY (7590)
• United States
20 May 07
Wow-- Nope I've never heard of this- but wouldn't it be great if it was true- I'll keep my fingers crossed for you- I'd sit and look at your paypal account to see if they put it in. Did you have to give them your paypal account information. I'm not sure it would hurt to- I don't think they can do anything with just your paypal e-mail info. Just don't supply any other info to them.
Good luck!
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@marlyse (1056)
• Switzerland
20 May 07
hi there aretha
i had these emails too. its definately a scam, because you have to pay before you get money. please be very careful, because there are so many out there these days, lotter wins, yahoo and so on. and no one is for real. they only try to get your infos and who knows what they do after they get what they want.
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