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LOTTERY RESULTS 2008

YAHOO PROMOTIONS
(Thanks for contributing to our Financial Success)
FROM: THE DESK OF THE CLAIMS DIRECTOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: YAHOO6/315116127/27
BATCH: 8254297137
Registered Lottery No 220949

Dear Winner,

We are in receipt of your email and the contents therein. Congratulations you once more from the members of staff of YAHOO FINANCIAL PROMOTIONS LOTTERY. This correspondence officially confirms that we are in receipt of instructions relating to the payment of your winnings of 拢5000, 000.00 Only (FIVE HUNDRED THOUNSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS ONLY) YAHOO FINANCIAL PROMOTIONS LOTTERY WINNINGS PROGRAMS.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 883734657492-5319 with serial number 7263-267, batch number 8254297137 drew the lucky numbers 14-22-28-37-40-44 which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 拢500,000.00 (i.e. Five Hundred Thousand United Kingdom Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file REF: YAHOO6/315116127/27. This is from total prize money of US$20,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen international winners in this category.

Please note that this Promotional Program tagged "Thanks for contributing to our financial Success" was sponsored and organized by the Yahoo Corporation in view of the Financial benefits YAHOO have received from its numerous customers either through adverts, hosting and personal emails. It is also important that I inform you that there was no sales of tickets as the draws was conducted by assigning various Individual email addresses to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. Please note that this email addresses is normally supplied to us by free email services providers such as yahoo, hotmail, aol amongst others. In line with this, your e-mail address attached to ticket number 883734657492-5319 with serial number 7263-267, batch number 8254297137 which drew lucky numbers 14-22-28-37-40-44 which consequently won in the 1st category.

Also sorry for the late response to your email, we get similar email from people who try to scam this lottery. This is why we take our time to really go through and known our real winners. Please note that this Verification process usually takes between 24-72 hours, depending on how swiftly you fill out and return the form.

Please complete the form below with correct information and email back to us with a return email. Looking forward to your urgent reply.

This should be completed by the beneficiary (jjlc2102@sbcglobal.net) of the above stated prize and as soon as that is done i will directed you to the courier company that will be delivery or transfer you winning to you:

1.FULL NAMES
2.NATIONALITY
3.DATE OF BIRTH
4.TELEPHONE NUMBER
5.REF/ BATCH NUMBERS
6.TOTAL AMOUNT WON
7.MARITAL STATUS
8.AGE
9.SEX
10. OCCUPATION (OPTIONAL)
11.CHEQUE DELIVERY ADDRESS

DECLARATION:

I........................................ DECLARE THAT THE ABOVE DATA ARE TRUE. IN CASE OF ANY UNFORSEEN CIRCUSTANCE, MY NEXT OF KIN HAS THE RIGHT TO CLAIM MY TOTAL WINNINGS.(AGENT) SHALL ACT AS MY AGENT IN FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF THE TOTAL FUND TO.
Once again congratulations!!!

Best Regards,
Mr John Keen
Phone: 0044 203 070 1511
Phone: 0044 794 727 2934
YAHOO FINANCIAL PROMO

This is a SCAM. The below links confirm various email scams hitting the internet. There is also an online form for the reporting of such. - (with links for your own country.) This site also gives excellent advice on what steps you can take to achieve a spam free inbox :
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/lo...
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/or...
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 :
http://www.scambusters.com
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/

lol hell no

SCAM! SCAM! SCAM!

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

Scam! NEVER click on any of the links in an email like that - you may end up downloading spyware or Trojan Horses or worse. Never give them any personal info either.

While the email is open, click on "full headers" to show where the email actually came from and forward it as inline text to
spoofs@yahoo.com

Do this with anything you're not sure of that claims to have originated from Yahoo and they will send you an email back saying whether or not it is valid. This also gives Yahoo a chance to shut these spammers down.

You can also find out whether something is valid and lots of info about scams at
www.snopes.com

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