Mr. william barrister from yahoo email inc.sent an email that i won a cash prize from yahoo emai.is this real?

someone sent me an email stating i won a cash prize from yahoo email inc. that i need to contact their agent named william barrister on how i can claim my cash prize that i won from yahoo email. gave me his email address brrwilliams2007@gmail.com , i would want to know and verify if this is true since they are using yahoo's name that i won a cash prize from your company. i want to know the authenticity of this email sent by yahoo email inc.

Mr. william barrister from yahoo email inc.sent an email that i won a cash prize from yahoo emai.is this real?
This is a SCAM. Check out the below link for confirmation of various email scams hitting the internet and how to report them :


http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/lo...


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/
Reply:ooo yes you have won a prize! you are now the proud owner of a phoney scam e-mail! you should share this prize with your local attourney general and the authorities at the address where they want you to send them money, enjoy.
Reply:Sorry friend but there is no Microsoft, Yahoo or other e-mail lottery, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information


http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeri...


http://www.thescambaiter.com/forum/showt...


http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-lottery...


.Also If you go to the following site you will get some info on ID theft 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
Reply:This is a scam thousands of these emails are sent


every day DO NOT send any cash or personal details


mark as spam, click the link below to see what


yahoo say about this.


http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/or...
Reply:That's a scam. Spam that message into the trash and forget about the whole thing. You'll never get a cent out of this pathetic phishing scam, noting at all!!!
Reply:I'll bet he wants you to send money to Nigeria!





It is a scam!





Don't give any banking or identity information to the joker, and for certain don't send any money to claim your prize.





Doc
Reply:no this is a scam ,there is no such thing as the yahoo/ lottery's or any way to win money from yahoo








here is what yahoo have to say about the scam lottery and other scams pretending to be yahoo: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/or...


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these are some methods,techniques and websites to minimize the amount of spam messages you receive:





how to minimize the spam emails you receive:


-block the sender/s email address/es


-send the emails to your spam/bulk folder


-ignore them- do not reply


-DO NOT OPEN the e-mails if you know they are spam by the title


if you open them then the sender knows you have an active


email address and will continue to send them to you through various other email addresses, and they will sell your address on so other spammers will send you spam emails





also go to this webpage to learn how to minimize the spam you receive even further: http://www.ncsu.edu/it/essentials/email_...





visit these websites to tackle spam problems: http://www.scambusters.org/stopspam/inde...


http://www.ncsu.edu/it/essentials/email_...


http://www.obviously.com/junkmail/


http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/ya...


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go to this website to look at the latest fraudulent and spam emails being sent to people, it also tells you about internet lottery scams etc: http://www.data-wales.co.uk/nigerian.htm





remember if something sounds to good to be true or you get unsolicited emails of this nature....99.999% of the time they are





stay safe online,know how to spot these tricks of the fraudsters, Don't be the next victim to internet fraud





all the best


-Jake
Reply:Spam Scam!!!!!
Reply:Well, to start with, if he's a barrister for Yahoo, why is he using g-mail? This is spam, just ignore it!

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