To put it simply: If you’ve never entered a lottery, you can’t win one. These types of things are always scams. Maybe not always, but I’ve never seen one that wasn’t.

Plus, I don’t think there is a Yahoo UK lottery…

In a word; NO.

The UK Lottery is similar to PowerBall or Mega Millions here in the States, except the prizes they advertise are real, in that they don’t take tax or a ‘lump sum penalty’ out when you win. It’s also 10 times (or more) easier to win.

But just like the American lotteries, you have to purchase a ticket (usually for one pound or about two dollars) in a UK store that sells lottery tickets.

Just like Powerball, people would be pretty annoyed if they heard that the jackpot had been awarded to some random guy living in a foreign country who had never paid to play.

What you got was a common email scam, where someone signs up for a free Yahoo! email account, and starts sending out emails hoping to catch a sucker. They hope you will send them money which they will steal, or personal information which they will sell.

In any case, no legitimate lottery gives random money away free to random people.

This is a SCAM. The below links confirm various email scams hitting the internet, including the famous Yahoo/MSN lottery scams and how to report them – (with links for your own country.) :…
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, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.
Check out these sites for further information :

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………
.Also If you go to the following site you will get some info on ID theft the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful