Do you think i have really won $500 dollar from Yahoo??

In this day in age we are living, I would say it is a SCAM, there are so many out there these days, if they really wanted to get a hold of you, they would, there is probably a link to enter in your passwords that they are trying for. It is a sad way to live, but we have to be protective of our passwords and accounts and I would never trust a money giving email from anyone.

i never heard of that., but you could send yahoo an email, (not forward the email), and ask about it. i think sometimes scammers tell you that so you log in on their site, then they get all of your info...it might be ok tho,,just email yahoo and find out.

I really don't know Anna sounds good/ did it have the logo sign of Yahoo? I would check with Yahoo personally, to make sure. the would be the best thing to do. I always get mail, saying I have one something. people even try to order something off My paypal account, through amazon.com, I reported it to Amazon.com and Paypal. so be carefule of some email. just email Yahoo and tell them what you got in your email. I hope you did win.

I would be really careful..I doubt very much that its real and I personally dont even open emails like that (I get tons in my Yahoo accounts)....they go straight to the trash...

My guess says scam, except for the link you're showing that looks like the right yahoo link. Best bet is to contact yahoo (not using the link) via their site and ask them if they have anything like that going on, maybe even cutting and pasting the email to them. As far as security, I'm not that great at understanding all of the tricks, but I know that going into your options within your yahoo mail, you can find some security features there, such as image blocking, etc. I vaguely remember hearing something about a program people feel is more secure, but I'm spacing on it at the moment. Definitely wasn't yahoo, msn, or any of the others (don't think gmail either.) Hope you get it sorted!

I think it's scam because I am a regular user of yahoo mail and I never heard of this campaign. And why would they choose someone randomly to give out money? I would suggest you to check with the real yahoo site (the one that you regularly visit and not the link in the email) and ask them what's up. The staff are usually helpful and I think if it's scam using their site, I think they need to know to make an announcement to other users or something too!

oh anna, i have received the same mail couple of days back. this is scam, trash it outright, no second thought. i think, you should enable your spam guard in your email settings, you can even forward the mail to scam@fraudinternational.com.. or just use a little brain, which i am sure you have in plenty, and ignore and delete it. good luck!!

what a coincidence... they chose 12 winners.. n out of those 12... 2 ae in mylot.. one is asking this question.. n the other is replying to it.. lol. i also got the same e-mail.. saying its from yahoo group. but obviously its fake.. ur picture says it all.. there is no free lunch! i get such mails everyday.. without fail. every morning i open my inbox and find atleast 2 such mails.. the first time i recievd such a thing i thought i really won something.. i replied to it.. and they asked me for some $800 or something as some kind of fee.. iw as even about to send it to them.. somehow i was lucky enough to realise my mistake and i did not take it any further. dint send the cash.. nor did i reply to that mail.. so dear.. life hasone principle.. there is no free lunch! earn it urself..!! :)

yahoo never sent email to user started with- support@yahoo.com admin@yahoo.com webmaster@yahoo.com info@yahoo.com such addresses are not domain key by yahoo,you can check it once you open the email.there is domain key analysis from header by yahoo.

Hi Easy You have written that you just recieved a mail from yahoo.com stating that Yahoo gives away random prizes . Actually yahoo will never send you unsolicited mails which may be sent by a forged email address . Imagine Such a big company will send you email to confirm your paypal address . Did You see the IP which it came from and also was it verified by the yahoo domainkeys .

there were members here in mylot who have reportedly been receiving yahoo mails similar to what you have received. they all said that this was all a scam. what i have been receiving in my inbox were lottery claims emails which are also scam/fraud letters. i just delete them right away without giving much importance. regarding our accounts like in e-gold or moneybookers, the best way to prevent hackers from intrusion is to always change our passwords every now and then.

Yes it is a scam and i have recieved this E-mail several times in my inbox but i didn't skip the chance on the spot so i visited till the end and finally they asked me to pay some money in order to get a new account to play games there etc... then i became sure that this is a scam ...i am warning every one and specially new commers not to get involved themselves in such gimmicks ......

hey i experience the same when i received same spam mail saying that i won $10,000 which was totally unexpected but when i had a thought on it i realised that why anyone will give me this much amount to do nothing and i came out of it.... but that was really good dream... that's what i can say.... :))

I have more than one Yahoo account and I have gotten tons of those in the past 3 years and yet I'm still so broke I can't pay attention. No, I don't think you've won 500 dollars from Yahoo. I think you may have won some smoke being blown up ---------------.

Last week I won this lottery of Yahoo, but did not made a claim for the price. Why today I have been intimated thai I have won The UK National lottery. I am not claiming that prize also, because that also is a scam. It is one of the wonders of the world that we win lotteries without buying tickets. Whom are they trying to fool? May be some poor chaps may enter into their traps. They are looking out for such poor fellows. I think you easy, are not that easy to be cheated.

Probably it's just a scam. I've received that e-mail too I guess twice last month. At first I can't believe that I've won but then as I ask MyLot members opinion about it, they say it's just a scam. I was kind of disappointed when I've found out that it's just a scam. Anyway, I might won with some other games, lol! By the way, never reveal to anyone your details. They might use it in some ways. We're not sure of the security we can get online. Who knows? Hopefully somebody could give us a tip for this.

I think it's a scam. I received similar email as well. At first, I thought it was a real deal. However, when I checked at Yahoo website, there's no indication of such contest. Therefore, I just ignored it.

It's a scam I would copy the full header and send an email to yahoo and inform them of this scam. When you respond the scamers will ask for personal info like SS# adress and such or paypal address and for security your pasword and SS#. I win in the naighborhood of around 15,000,000 every day (ha-ha) from yahoo mail, UK Lotery, other lotories, and of course those guys from Nigeria who want you to be the go between for 10,000,000 which they will give you half. Thes people are scum, don't ever fall for it, the most populular scam is you won $1,000,000 and they will want to make sure you don't have to pay taxes, so they will send you a check for $5000.00 for you to cover tha taxes and you send them once you recive the check a prossess fee of around $500 - $1000.00 Sounds good right? well a few weeks later the check you deposited in your acount bounces, and now you are responsable for fees and penilties for the bounced check you deposited into your account, and by the time you realize you've been had your check that you sent them has been cashed and the account has been closed and thats it. Usely these are based in the UK and a lot of them are actualy fund raisers for terrorest organizations.

I never believe it.I also have received similar letters before.It tells me that I have got a laptop or I have won 100 yuan prize or other similar messages.Usually,when I receive it,I will delete it at once.They are just rubbish messages.Those people want to take advantage of people's weakness to scam money.But when the victim relise that they have been caught with chaff,it's too late to turn back.So we must be careful such trick no matter on internet or on mobile phone messages.

I usually keep an eye on stuff like that and I know for A FACT that Yahoo has no type of money-giving promotions going on. I'd report them if that's your thing. Best of luck