You won $500! yahoo mail congtatulates you! Is it a spam
@sreejithsreenivas (10200)
India
May 29, 2007 6:59am CST
On May 26th i received this mail.It states the following message.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.THen i click the link to claim the prize and entered the paypal ID.After this process,to claim the prize,i have to upgrade my account to preminum memebership of yahoo games and for this they are asking an amount of $8.75 to get the winning amount.I want to know from mylot members that message is spam or a real one.If one received this message,please share it with me.
3 responses
@rusty2rusty (6771)
• Defiance, Ohio
29 May 07
My dear that is spam. IF you win a prize, you do not have to pay for it. Or pay for an up grade to get it. Think about it. If you pay money out...what did you really win...nothing. I would contact paypal and explain it to them. Tell them you think you have been scammed and see if you can get your money back. Or watch your account for illegal activity. Those people just want your paypal account. Don't be surprised if you all of a sudden find new purches you didn't order and your account emptied. take precautions so it doesn't happen my friend. Beware.
@Manoj_s (939)
• India
29 May 07
i think you may be a onelakh person who have received that mail .i recieved it too since they ask me to pay 8.75 dollers i didnt join ,i think it is a spam and earlier there was a discuss in mylot about this mail
@happymom1 (1179)
• United States
29 May 07
I always ignore things like that because some people say thats spam. I dont believe its real. If it is real somebody will call you or come to your house to tell you to come in their office to claim your winning. I always have that mail and i just ignore it i dont know to others if they really receive it.
