Yahoo Winners Is it true ?? Help needed

Malaysia
January 27, 2007 10:08am CST
Today I check my email and i was surpise, Yahoo send an email to me and said i won 500USD !!! Im so happy then i click in to the email. It said that i have been random chosen to be one of the 12 top winners by Yahoo and get the 500USD prize. Of course i happy get free money, but i also feel suspicious of it so i see the address that send me this email (yahoo.winners@yahoo.com) I think yahoo wont send and email that using the registered email under his company -.- But however i also click on the link that he give. It takes me to another website that same with yahoo homeage and a form for me to register for the payment. When i click on it, I goes to another yahoo website that said me havent become a Yahoo! Games member and told me to register 1st to get the payment within 3 minutes. What i dissappointed is when i register it he call me to pay 8.75 USD to a account in E-gold. I dont know is it true or not but I already feel that this like kinda of cheating. Hope all the friends here to beware of this email.I didnt pay for it cause my sense tell me this is cheat emails. Did someone here got the email?? What u get after u paid?? Help needed
2 responses
• India
27 Jan 07
no its jus a phishing mail sent by one of ur frnz
• Malaysia
27 Jan 07
but the email address and the link really exactly like yahoo website. I think is not my friend did.
• United States
27 Jan 07
It is a scam. Don't pay him. If you want to know if Yahoo! is running any type of contest, go to their home page directly and don't follow links from an e-mail.
• Malaysia
27 Jan 07
Ya i also have the same feeling as u did. Yahoo didnt annouce me at all that he got do this kind of contest. I didnt pay for it :) 10S FOR UR RESPONSE TOO.