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I got a mail from YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE is this real or fake?

  • Yahoo/MsnLottery Incoperation Baley House, Har Road Sutton, Greater London SM1 4te United Kingdom This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of(£500,000) FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS STERLINGS for the month of DECEMBER 2006 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE. YAHOO&MSN MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail we only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we congratulate you for being one of the people selected. PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM You are to contact your Claims Agent on or before your date of Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. Yahoo/Msn Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won.Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. These are your identification numbers: FPRIVATE "TYPE=PICT;ALT=Get ed traffic to your web site!" Batch number.....................YM 09102XN Reff number.......................YM35447XN Winning number...................YM09788 These numbers fall within your Location file,you are requested to contact EVENTS AGENT MANAGER,send your winning identification numbers to them at this contact address below. (CONTACT EVENTS AGENT MANAGER) Mr. Newton Spencer Email:microsoft_claimspromo.officer@ya… TEL:+447045700182. You are therefore advised to send the following information to the EVENTS AGENT to facilitate them and process the COURIER of your money. NAME:.................................… AGE:..................................… SEX:..................................… ADDRESS:..............................… EMAIL:................................… PHONE:................................… OCCUPATION:......................... COMPANY:.............................. NEXT OF KIN........................... STATE.................................… COUNTRY:..............................… NATIONALITY...........................… Congratulations!! once again. Yours in service, MRS CHRISTINA JAMES Dr. Samual Bent (Public Relations Officer.BRITISH EMBASSY) (Lottery Co-ordinator)

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    It's fake.

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Wow you won a lottery you didn't enter and has never been advertised and all they want is information they can use to gain access to things like your bank account. Can you see all these huge companies that would advertise a sneeze if they could not advertise a lottery? It's an obvious scam to get your details and until so many gullible people stop falling for it it will continue

madamspud

Fake. Just delete it. Whatever you do, DO NOT reply. If you feel like giving the scammer a bad day, you could forward the message, with full headers, to the "abuse" e-mail address of the domain where it came from (Yahoo, MSN, whatever). Otherwise, just delete it and forget it.

Navigator

Yes, it's SPAM. I get at least one of these everyday. I also get emails from people asking me to help them transfer millions of dollars to the United States. If you won anything you would be contacted by phone, not email. Delete it right away before you get a virus.

Misti J

Smells like phishing..... If you really won that kind of money, I am sure they would not use the internet to find random-unknown contestants, found via search-bot. As soon as you reply, any info is in their hands. Such as verification of your current e-mail address, your URL and any info that you volunteer.

Mr. Spin

I think it's fake.they will ask you your account number and steal all the money you have in your account.

hoshmoot_19

It's fake and a way to make a fool of yourself.

raymond h

Yahoo never sends things like this. It is a scam to get your personal information.

janna_nale

I have received such a letter. But not sure if it was a spam because they never asked for my bank account. I replied and was asked to pay 450.00 pounds for a Normal Class Delivery in 120Hrs (more for other delivery options in shorter time)

Eric S

Obviously it is not true. Who the hell in the world, would like to give you thousands, or millions of dollars for free. You got to be little smart.

Gopal R

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