Friday, December 23, 2011

free ipad scamI received an email today from Laura Hamilton, she says that yahoo is giving me a free ipad, scam? Y or N?

In the letter it says that Laura Hamilton is the VP of Yahoo and that Yahoo has teamed up with Apple and is giving the Ipad2 to randomly selected emails and that I am one of them. It is a one day promotion. Is this a scam? If so, I would like to email a copy to whomever can trace it to catch these trouble makers.
100% SCAM

If you mark it as Spam it automatically gets reported to Yahoo

Yahoo NEVER gives away any prizes for any reason. They are spamming everyone - I've received that same email at least 3 times in the past week all from different names. None of which are a VP at Yahoo

If Yahoo had any sort of giveaway, it would be listed on Yahoo's home page

DO NOT click on that link - it's a vifree ipad scamrus
When an E-mail offer sounds too good to be true, Doreen, then it is definitely not true.
It is a scam to get your personal information and/or your money, or both!
Do not respond to it.
Report it, forward it to the FTC at spam@uce.gov and to the abuse desk of the sender's ISP.
For yahoo, report them here:
Choose Fraud as the reason for the violation you're reporting on.
Also, if the E-mail appears to be impersonating a bank or other company or organization, forward the message to the actual organization.
And for your E-mail safety, remember:
Do not ever open E-mail from people you do not know; and unless you are absolutely sure who it is from then treat them as spam.
Opening spam alerfree ipad scamts the sender that your address is a valid one and they send you loads and loads more of it to you.
Never, ever give out your personal information to anyone, for any reason, whether by E-mail, snail mail, phone call, or at your front door.
And do not ever send money, checks or money orders to; or cash checks, money orders for any one - ever.
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 please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful
There have been numerous questions about this today - it's nothing but a scam!

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