receiving emails about winning 500,000 from yahoo lottery and windows live?

Mark it Spam- it is total 100% Junk! Open nothing and Delete- NOW!

That message is both a fake and an outright fraud. Don't give the phishers any of your personal information at all. Spam that scam message straight into oblivion right away. This is one lottery you'll never win because it's "bogus."

Another thing, the phishers telling you to "keep this lottery information confidential" would indicate to you not to say anything about this to anybody until they have finished scamming you.

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

its crooks trying to scam people for their personal information to steal your money if you got any

This is a SCAM. If you click on the below link this site confirms various email scams hitting the internet and provides an online form for the reporting of all scams and frauds - (with links for your own country.)

http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/YahooMSNLott...

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yoo2.phpahoo/...

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. Please remember the thieves who send them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace where it belongs.

Check out these sites for further information :

http://www.scambusters.com/

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

It’s a scam thousands of these deceptive emails are sent every day there used to commit identity theft, or try to get you to send money. DO NOT send any bank/personal details click the link below to see what yahoo say about this.

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/abu...

You can report this with the mail abuse form below.

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/abu...

To report a phishing attempt with the form below.

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/security/forms/ph...

Or you can forward a phishing attempt email to the address below.

phishing@cc.yahoo-inc.com.

If you haven't entered a competition, you cannot have won it. It's always better to delete this type of thing as they are often full of viruses.

Do not click on any of the tabs associated with it. Just delete them. It's a con.

It is a scam.Yahoo do not run lotteries.