I m getting mail from yahoo/msn/lottery that won a mount of 5000000 pounds confirm me is it true or fake?

• Yahoo/Msn Lottery Incoperation Baley House, Har Road Sutton, Greater London SM1 4te United Kingdom. Dear Lucky winner, The YAHOO/MSN & MICROSOFT WINDOWS has set up a yearly Promotional Lottery. Rolled out over was £100,000.000.00 for yearly Draws. Winners for this draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage. Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers SER/9080/07,and drew the lucky numbers 14-21-25-39-40-47(20) which subsequently won you the cash prize of £500,000.00 as one of the lucky jackpot winners in this edition. However,you are therefore been awarded to claim the winning sum of £500,000.00.(Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds Sterlings). The draws registered as Draw number Three (3) was conducted in the month of August 2007. These are your identification numbers: Batch number.....................YM 09102XN Reff number.......................YM35447XN Winning number...................YM09788. These numbers fall within your Location file, you are requested to contact the promotion manager, send your winning identification numbers to them to enable them verify your claims.However you are been advised to fill and submit this form to the events manager for verification & direction on how you can claim your winning fund. 1. Full Names: 2. Contact Address: 3. Age: 4. Sex: 5. Marital Status: 6. Occupation: 7. Phone Num/fax Numbers: 8. State/Country: (CONTACT OF THE EVENTS MANAGER AND HER ASSISTANT). Name:Mrs.Linda Bank Assistant Manager: Mr.Newton Brown. Email:claimsagentlinda_microsoftpromo@… Tel Number:+44-701-114-6911. Thank you and Accept my hearty congratulations once again! Yours faithfully, Mrs.Florina Bent. (Yahoo/Msn Lottery Games/Lottery Coordinator).

• Answer:

  You have not won anything. Yahoo or MSN do not operate any lottery or give away any cash prizes. Check out the below link for various lottery scams and how to report them : http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/lotteryscam_Yahoo2.php 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. Just 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/