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I received a mail from mrs. Mercy Martin saying I had won a prize ( Promotion Yahoo Awards & MSN Windows Live?

  • This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Eight Hundred And Twenty Thousand Great Britain Pounds, (£820, 000,00.) for the month of October , 2009 Prize Promotion which was organized by YAHOO AWARDS & MSN WINDOWS LIVE. YAHOO collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other E-mail Providers. Five people are selected this month to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners. PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed no later than 93 days from date of Draw Notification. Any Prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. Stated below are your identification numbers: BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658 REFERENCE NUMBER: 2008234522 PIN: 1206 WINNING NUMBER:... These numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in Manchester and send your winning identification numbers to him; Agent Name: Mr. Benjamin Stevens. Address: 194 Station Road Edgware Greater London HA8 7AT, England PLEASE CONTACT HIM THROUGH THESE EMAILS, E-mail: [email protected] E –mail [email protected] Tel: ++447024068734 Fax: +448704953554

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    That is a scam - there is no award - it is a scam to get your personal details. Do not respond to it in any way. http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/security/phishing/phishing-110141.html

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Yahoo has no lottery, reward program, promotions, or contests. It is a scam to get your personal information and/or money. Do not respond to it. Report it, forward it to the FTC at [email protected] and to the abuse desk of the sender's ISP. Also, if the email appears to be impersonating a bank or other company or organization, forward the message to the actual organization.

Lyn G

WOW ...WHERE CAN I GET A LETTER LIKE THAT!!! and if you want to trade your letter i have some ocean front property for sale in ARIZONA that i will give you in trade for your letter

dumbass

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is a scam

LARA, age 82

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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

smeagin

Scam!!!!! That message is both a fake and an outright fraud. Don't contact the phishers and give them any of your personal information at all. Spam that scam message straight into oblivion right away. This is one lottery you'll never win because it's "bogus." Another thing, the phishers telling you to "keep this lottery information confidential" would indicate to you not to say anything about this to anybody until they have finished scamming you.

brian 2010

Among the info Yahoo provide there is an address to send this kind of spam to. Can't find it for you just now. So send it to Yahoo asking if it is theirs. I too have received look a likes in the form of surveys. If these creeps really wanted you to have money they would mail you with the bank name and account number for you or your bank to pick up the money. Tell them nothing.

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junk mail ~spam it

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This is a SCAM. If you click on the below link this site confirms various email scams and frauds and provides an online form for the reporting of such, with links for your own country. http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/YahooLotteryScam_MSN.php http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yoo2.phpahoo/%E2%80%A6 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. Check out these sites for further information : http://www.scambusters.com http://www.hoax-slayer.com/

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