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Messenger Yahoo! Lottery Results You won 300,000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!


Attn:George M. Files,


You have been cleared for payment, you are to contact a security and delivery services firm (Skynet Worldwide delivery service Ltd.) For the remittance of your Price money to you. You are to contact the security and delivery services with this security number for further clarification. SECURITY NUMBER: {CPEL/OWN/1263}
Please you are advised to write down the security number and save it. {Important}

Below is the contact of the delivery officer:


Security and Delivery Services,
SKYNET WORLDWIDE DELIVERY SERVICE LTD
84 OLD BAKER STREET, LONDON, WC1A 1BS.
UNITED KINGDOM.
Name: Mr. FRANK HURST.
E-mail: frank.hurst@yahoo.co.uk
frank.hurst@hotmail.com
Phone number :+44-704-574-7577.
+44-704-572-6854.


The following requirements should be sent to their offices for confirmation and final process for payment.

1, (A) Security Number.

2, Full Names

3, Mailing Address, i.e. a physical address where you want your parcel delivered. {Important}

4, Amount Won.


5, Contact Phone Numbers

Upon submission of the required information as stated to their offices, you will be cleared for payment from their offices. You are advised to comply with their delivery rules and regulations in order to receive your winnings as prompt as possible.

Note that the cost of delivering the parcel to you shall be your personal expenses, as THE YAHOO LOTTERY BOARD exempts itself from any such responsibility. This office is requesting an adequate update from you on the proceedings between you and the courier agency.

Please reply immediately to the above security and delivery services with all the requested details in order that your funds are remitted to you within the given and allocated time for claims payment.

Regards,

Mr. SCOTT PARKER.
Fiduciary Agent.
Verifications/Logistic Department
The Yahoo Lottery Inc..

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This is called a 419 scam. there are many places on the net that you can report them. Unfortunately Yahoo does nothing.

YOu know whats funny? My mom called me a few months ago, I was up in Boston I think. Anyway she's like "Paul (my step dad) won $300,000 from the UK lottery! do you think it's legit?" and they had their hopes all up and had actually email the place with some info, but not the big stuff. Then it took me 2 seconds flat to find online that it was a scam.

Some people get sucked into that stuff.

If you turn on your full headers (mail>options>general preferences) and forward a copy to abuse@yahoo.com, they will delete that email account (which costs the scammer 2-3 minutes and maybe someone who is willing to pay his "fees")... abuse@ also works for most of the free emails... hotmail, etc...
Then, post the scam email: