Does Yahoo participate in: YAHOO! International Promotions Program held on the 8th of August 2007.?

October 15th, 2009 | by admin |

I received an email telling me I won $$ in this program. I am trying to verify if this is a hoax.

This is a SCAM. You haven’t won anything. There are several email scams hitting the internet, including the famous Yahoo lottery scam. See below link for confirmation of this scam
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/lotteryscam_Yahoo2.php
Unscrupulous thieves have sent you this email and they are trying to part you from your hard earned cash. They will often ask you to call a premium rate number and keep you holding on whilst you rack up a huge phone bill. They are then paid a large proportion of this phone bill. They may ask you to divulge personal information about yourself or ask for your bank or credit card details. Do not divulge any such information under any circumstances. It is surprising how many innocent victims have been duped by these types of emails. Just remember the thieves who send them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.
Check out these sites for further information :
http://www.scambusters.com
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/

  1. 5 Responses to “Does Yahoo participate in: YAHOO! International Promotions Program held on the 8th of August 2007.?”

  2. By tonalc1 on Oct 15, 2009 | Reply

    It’s a scam.
    References :

  3. By JAMES M on Oct 15, 2009 | Reply

    You don’t get anything for nothing, it’s a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information.
    http://www.scambusters.org
    http://www.hoaxbusters.ciac.org
    http://www.scambusters-419.co.uk
    http://www.truthorfiction.com
    .Also If you go to the following link you will get some info on ID theft http://www.identity-theft.org.uk the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful.
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  4. By maowbro on Oct 15, 2009 | Reply

    100% SCAM. Yahoo doesn’t have lotteries or cash giveaways. If they did, you can be sure there would be a LOT of advertising for it all over their web sites. Just delete that email, and any others like it that you are likely to get. DON’T click any links in it, and certainly DON’T reply to it.
    References :

  5. By JillPinky on Oct 15, 2009 | Reply

    This is a SCAM. You haven’t won anything. There are several email scams hitting the internet, including the famous Yahoo lottery scam. See below link for confirmation of this scam
    http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/lotteryscam_Yahoo2.php
    Unscrupulous thieves have sent you this email and they are trying to part you from your hard earned cash. They will often ask you to call a premium rate number and keep you holding on whilst you rack up a huge phone bill. They are then paid a large proportion of this phone bill. They may ask you to divulge personal information about yourself or ask for your bank or credit card details. Do not divulge any such information under any circumstances. It is surprising how many innocent victims have been duped by these types of emails. Just remember the thieves who send them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.
    Check out these sites for further information :
    http://www.scambusters.com
    http://www.hoax-slayer.com/
    References :
    Experience within Criminal Justice Dept. U.K. (dealt with such scams.)

  6. By thenascardog on Oct 15, 2009 | Reply

    this is a scam, yahoo dont give you money for help, they have their own people that get a paycheck for this, Delete it or report it to yahoo
    References :

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