$500 from yahoo! Is it true?
By wingho86
@wingho86 (85)
Hong Kong
March 31, 2007 11:16pm CST
I have received a email from the "yahoo admin" today that said i have won $500 cash prize from yahoo. I don't know whether it is true or someone cheating me....Has any one of you have also tried it before?This is the email below:
You won $500! Yahoo!® Mail congratulates you!
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU WON $500!
Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account has been selected as the one of 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us. Please click the link below and follow instructions on our web site. Your money will be paid directly to your e-gold, PayPal, StormPay or MoneyBookers account.
Click here to get your prize:
http://www.yahoo.com/members/prizes.php?sid=8F3D41G93H86&rd=us&id=2831923284&uid= 2R5A4h43U2R3&dx=28403945
Sincerely,
The Yahoo.com staff
Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com
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27 responses
@tajinder_18 (324)
• Malaysia
1 Apr 07
i received it so many times too.it is just a scam.they do not really giving you the money.instead they asking you to pay some fees to play their games something like that
@DZhanieLot69 (21)
• Malaysia
2 Apr 07
I received it so many time too and i did responded to it once.. as u said, they do not really giving us the money,instead they asking us to pay some fees to play their games. Yes U r right! Normally a game based on lottery! So, everyone, this is a scam!
@KetanGulati (579)
• India
1 Apr 07
A pure scamI guess...... $ 500 to all 12 members per weekk..... simply impossible and that too with yahoo.....totally not a question worth a word!!! I guess it is sent by osmeone who is either trying to befool you or may be some money hackers!!!
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@bogdyyyyy (380)
• Romania
1 Apr 07
don not use that think because is a scam , i recieved 10 times and i didnt won anything , delete it
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@alen0224 (527)
• China
1 Apr 07
Hi there. I received it twice, yesterday and the day before yesterday. Since there some many people have received the same email, what the email claimed that "12 top winners" can't stand. And I don't think that the yahoo admin will be so generous that almost all of us who have yahoo email addresses would be selected as its prizes winners, what's more, the link contained in the email can only redirect you to a webpage that could not display, so it is a scam for sure. Should we report it to the real admin of the yahoo? Maybe someone who is expert in this can take some measures, but it is fortunate that the scammer can not gain anything.
@jencai (3412)
• Philippines
1 Apr 07
Good day to you!
I also received that kind of e-mail twice this week. I was surprised when I have read it, I won? Is this really true, I wonder?
They say that it was just a scam, so I just ignore and delete from my list. That was too bad, informing us with such. That was unfair. Yahoo should make immediate action with it, somebody uses their site for personal intentions.
Good that were not their victim.
Delete it, it's just a scam.
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@gadituzair (985)
• Pakistan
1 Apr 07
no dear its just a scam and nothing..........its not true....belive me
@roque20 (518)
• Philippines
1 Apr 07
i have received that email from the yahoo too.And i tried it i fill those forms that they requires us to fill up and then in the last portion they are asking for 8$ for us to get the prize.It is scam and dont ever give money to them.
@Transformed (1259)
• United States
1 Apr 07
I've never tried Yahoo, but if you've won $500 from the site due to a cash prize or something, be thankful. However, be careful because it could be a scammer trying to get your information. IF it's not a scam, CONGRATULATIONS!!
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@nagatraju (198)
• India
1 Apr 07
This is the mail from Hackers to theft your personal/account information.
That link take away you to their personal website and any information you submit there will be miss-used by them.
Anyway Yahoo is wake-up immediatly and stop this site, to protect us.
Always beware about messages like this. We can't get any free money from any one in the world. We always look for money regarding our work/efforts only (just like myLot).
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@DecemberBreeze (215)
• United States
1 Apr 07
This email has scam written all over it.
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@meljessxena (2315)
• Australia
2 Apr 07
well i would have to say it is a scam, i got one like that a while back and i deleted it and contacted yahoo and they said i did the right thing because it was a bug or something. so maybe you should contact yahoo.
@shafinazatul (74)
• Malaysia
2 Apr 07
hi..
i have received this stuff also two montsh ago..and when i gnored it..it cam back again.i was trying to believe it first coz i know yahoo.com can be trusted..but then when i tried to opened it and followed the instructions..i led to nothing..so..i figured it probably a scam..
