Yahoo! I Won The Lottery 3 Times And Its Only Tuesday!
By gilly123
@gilly123 (157)
July 10, 2007 4:22am CST
Well i am truelly well "peeved" off today,i have been informed that i have won the lottery not once but three times and it`s only tuesday,okay i here you say"what are you "griping about",well the fact is i don`t even do the lottery!but still i keep getting spam emails,from the moron`s who have signed up to yahoo`s email(con men,and con women only applies),now i have complained to yahoo on several occassions,only to be told that if we,us,recieve these type of emails,it is us that should report the offending spam!Well thank`s Yahoo but when i do report them nothing ever gets done anyway,and if the culprit was reported he or she would just change there name and hey presto! there in buisness again,to try to get us to give out our private banking details and person details!i have kept a record of all these spam emails,and the pattern seems more prevelent to African countries for some unknown reason?so my friends remember,if something is too true to believe then it more likely to be a con!Now were`s my lottery ticket!
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3 responses
@santuccie (3384)
• United States
11 Jul 07
It's been over a year since I've won a UK lottery, or been offered quick and easy claims to a multi-million dollar inheritance from someone not related to me, or been offered a job as a facilitator for some foreign textiles company; and I can honestly tell you I don't miss it one bit! If you would like some advice on how to avoid receiving phishing and other unsolicited e-mail messages, read this: http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-3513_7-0-10.html?forumID=104&messageID=2409256&threadID=222541
By the way, while 0Spam would go a long way in reducing spam even in Yahoo! Mail, be aware that you are a member of the largest user database in the world. What does that mean? It means that you and your fellows comprise the biggest target in the world for data mining and account hijacking/spoofing. Compound that with one of the most lax filters around, without even so much courtesy as free POP3/SMTP accessibility, and you have an all-lose deal.
Quite frankly, the only thing Yahoo! has going for it is age; average PC users don't yet realize that there are so many providers out there nowadays, offering everything Yahoo! does and ever so much more. Hope this helps!
@Philboi119 (347)
• Philippines
10 Jul 07
Winning lottery 3 time in a row? WOW you must be that lucky. But sad to say, yeahh you are right that is a spam. You can actully block the sender if that is the case. Me? i don't read them. i delete them right away. they are not worth your time.
@sreejithsreenivas (10200)
• India
10 Jul 07
I also received this type of mail.I think so many people lost their money by giving account informations and details.It is better to delete such mails.No one will pay us with out some reason.If we go behind free money,we will get trapped.
