I keep getting a syntax error message when trying to reach yahoo by e-mail to report a lottery scam…why?
Apr.19, 2010 in
Scam
I am trying to notify Yahoo of a lottery scam coming from England which uses ones e-mail address and claims it has been entered in the British International Lottery. They then have a Courier Service ask for money to send the prize. I have a friend in England who assures me this is a scam. Is Yahoo aware of this?
April 19th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
I have gotten the same spam emails. I contacted the same courier service by email and they said that it was indeed a scam. The courier also said that they would turn it over to the local police.
What ever you do, don’t reply to it or you will get a lot more of this kind of spam. It happened to me.
I’ve sent a number of copies of this kind of spam including all the Nigerian money laundering scams I get to Yahoo (abuse@yahoo.com) but they never do anything about it. Makes me wonder if Yahoo, MSN, AOL and others are somehow in on this illegal activity?
things I’ve heard people say who have attempted to use those services and been burned
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April 19th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
Contact Customer Care for further assistance
http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/us/mail/cgi_feedback?from_url=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch2%2Ecc%2Escd%2Eyahoo%2Ecom%2Fcct_search%2Ephp%3Fui_mode%3Danswer%26prior_transaction_id%3D808846%26action_code%3D5%26highlight_info%3D16779089%2C4%2C7%26turl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fhelp%2Eyahoo%2Ecom%252Fhelp%252Fus%252Fmail%252Fabout%252Fabout%2D07%2Ehtml%26answer_id%3D2491771
things I’ve heard people say who have attempted to use those services and been burned
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