Is this a scam email?

I received an email notification about a suppose lottery winning. The message says that my email was chosen to win the lottery. And thay gave me phone numbers for contact. It can't be true because I never signed up in any lottery.


If I call those numbers, will they ask me to pay lottery fees or something like that? Are those people swindlers?

Is this a scam email?
Click spam and delete. Never reply, your question is one of the most asked on this site.
Reply:I've been receiving spam like this for years. It was never true - it will never BE true. This is a scam, but now that you have opened and read it, you can expect more of this type of email. NEVER open email from strangers. When you do, you send them a notice that yours is a real, live email address. The spammer collects and sells this information to other spammers, and you get even more spam.
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:All unsolicited emails informing you that you have won this lottery, or that prize are all SCAMS. The below links confirm various email scams hitting the internet, including the famous Yahoo/MSN lottery scams and how to report them :


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


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


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 thieves who send them.


Check out these sites for further information :


http://www.scambusters.com


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



Reply:Don't ever reply to such emails. I have been having them since like when I created a yahoo account. They are just spammers. Since then, I have been receiving around 20 of such emails everyday. Just ignore it and delete it. If you reply it, the person will think that there is someone using that email account and will send you more.
Reply:its a totally scam..





i receive heaps of those..


none of them are true..








they gonna ask you to call them..


then, convince you that you really won!


then ask for your bank account s0 that "their gonna transfer the money"





that is a SCAM EMAIL.. for sure!








be carefull!
Reply:That's gotta be a fake. I get em all the time...


If you call them, they'll probably sell your number to phone solicitors or ask for money..