How can I verify a supposed notification from Yahoo!, that I have won a lottery, randomly drawn?

100% scam.

there no lottery.

there no yahoo, skype, facebook, nokia, shell, bbc, google, coca-cola, msn, microsoft, bmw or other company in entire world sponsors lottery notifies winners via email, phone call or text.

there scammer trying steal hard-earned money.

next email of scammer's fake names , free email addresses pretending "lottery official" , demand pay made-up fees , taxes, in cash, , western union or moneygram.

western union , moneygram not verify on form sender fills out, not name, not street address, not country, not gender of receiver, means absolutely nothing. clerk not bother check id , hand off cash whomever walks in door mtcn# , question/answer. neither company tell sender picked cash, @ store location or in country money walked out door. neither company has kind of refund policy, money sent money gone forever.

have responded scammer, on 'potential sucker' list, try again separate cash. send more emails other free email addresses using of fake names kinds of stories of great jobs, lottery winnings, millions in bank , desperate, lonely, sexy singles. sell email address scamming buddies send dozens of fake emails exact same goal, sending them cash via western union or moneygram.

post email address , emails scammer using, make post more googlable other suspicious potential victims find when looking information.

know how check header of received email? if not, google information. being able read header determine geographic location email originated weed out obvious scams , scammers. delete , block scammer. don't bother tell him know scammer, isn't worth effort. has 1 job in life, convincing victims send him hard-earned cash.

whenever suspicious or plain curious, google everything, website addresses, names used, companies mentioned, phone numbers given, email addresses, partial sentences emails might unpleasantly surprised @ find posted online. can post/ask here , every scam-warner-anti-fraud-busting site can find before taking chance , losing money scammer.

if google "fake yahoo lottery", "lotto western union fraud" or similar, find hundreds of posts of victims , near-victims of type of scam.

i received e-mail supposedly yahoo! had won sum of money random lottery drawing performed yahoo!. how verify isn't scam?

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