Yahoo maps is a USA first product and will mostly find a hick-town in USA, not a world class city?
Does this bug any one?
Searching Yahoo maps using Yahoo! search
http://search.yahoo.com/
Try searching and see... perhaps you can add to the list.
yahoo maps Paris = hick-town in USA
yahoo maps Moscow = hick-town in USA
yahoo maps Rome = hick-town in USA
yahoo maps Beijing = information on China but no map (except for a hick-town in USA)
yahoo maps Constantinople = information on Ancient Rome but no map (except for a hick-town in USA)
yahoo maps Frankfurt = information on Germany vacations tours but no map (except for a hick-town in USA)
They were a bit better on Canada ~
yahoo maps Toronto = Toronto Ontario
yahoo maps London = London Ontario Canada (a hick town in Canada, Not England)
Seriously does the USA know the rest of the planet exists?
Does this bug any one?
Yahoo maps is USA first and will mostly find a hick-town in USA, not a world class city?
Sort of. But hey, hick is a strong word.
Also, your avatar is the first avatar I've seen with glasses on! Cool. ^_^
Reply:As someone else has noted, it's not Yahoo! maps that the issue - if you go to http://maps.yahoo.com/beta , it jumps to major international cities you expect right away - and many minor ones. While it should be fixed, not a whole lot of people go to the cities via the search box. Report It
Reply:Yahoo is an AMERICAN company. Are they supposed to start out with a map of Africa? Does this make any sense? Maybe there is no market for other countries, or maybe they did not get to them yet.
If you check Yahoo maps Beta, their new and improved map, you will find most other countries have all of their information.
Do a little research before you criticize, you look like a fool.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Yahoo scam?
Here is what I received:
Yahoo! Inc.
Customer Care.
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089.
USA.
This is to inform you that you have won prize money of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (US$500,000.00) in the YEAR 2006/2007 YAHOO! Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO! LOTTERY INC for the introduction and Launching of the new YAHOO! BETA MAILS which all YAHOO! Subscribers are required to switch to. YAHOO! %26amp; MICROSOFT WINDOWS, arranged and gathered all the e-mail addresses of the people that are active online, among the Millions that subscribe at YAHOO!, HOTMAIL and others we only selected THREE (3) candidates as our winners after undergoing the random selection process through Electronic Balloting System (E.B.S) without the candidate applied, we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
You are to contact the Claim Agent Reverend Dr James Wilson who will issue you a clearance paper as a winning certificate approved and certified from our Regional office in London, United Kingdom. And your prize money will be released to you from any of our regional promotion banks as directed by the claim agent.
YAHOO! Beta Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 14 days from date of Draw Notification in which Prize has been won. Note: Any prize not claimed within this period 15 days) will be forfeited.
IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS:
Batch number.....................YBM-EBS-390AF
Ref number........................YBM-EBS-71...
Winning number...............YBM-EBS-798AF
These numbers above fall within the United Kingdom Location files, you are requested to contact him and send your Identification Numbers and Personal Information to him;
Reverend Dr James Wilson
Claim agent and verification officer
Email address:clergyjames@hotmail.co.uk
Tel Phone Number:+44-702-406-8185
Address:London,United Kingdom
You are therefore advised to send the following information to him to facilitate
and process the transfer of your fund with any of our Bank promotion agents.
Send your Identification Numbers/Your Personal Information to him so that he will proceed further for your prize claim immediately:
PERSONAL INFORMATION
1. Full Name:......................................
2. Nationality/Religion:......................
3. Contact Address:...................................
4. Telephone Number:....................................
5. Fax Number:....................................
6. Date of Birth:.....................................
7. Occupation.................................
8. Age........................................
9. Sex........................................
10. Alternative E-mail address:........................
11. Next of Kin of the Beneficiary incase...............
You are advised to keep your winning information confidential to avoid double claim and abuse of the program until your prize is paid to you. We hope you're enjoying your new Yahoo! Mail account.
Now take the next step and claim your money and say thanks to Yahoo!
You select how to transfer the prize money to you
1. Account Transfer to your nominated account
2. Cheque Delivery
This prize will be released to you from any of our promotional Fund Security Company in United Kingdom as will be directed by the United Kingdom Claim/verification agent.Note: Open a New Yahoo! mail beta account if you won with a customized e-mail address.
It's FREE Try It Now,High speed connection recommended. Emails and contacts come with you. You can switch back to the original Mail at any time.
Copyright © 2007 Yahoo Inc! All rights reserved
Yahoo scam?
It sounds like one of those deals where someone is trying to get your personal information to accounts. Just delete it and go on.
Yahoo! Inc.
Customer Care.
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089.
USA.
This is to inform you that you have won prize money of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (US$500,000.00) in the YEAR 2006/2007 YAHOO! Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO! LOTTERY INC for the introduction and Launching of the new YAHOO! BETA MAILS which all YAHOO! Subscribers are required to switch to. YAHOO! %26amp; MICROSOFT WINDOWS, arranged and gathered all the e-mail addresses of the people that are active online, among the Millions that subscribe at YAHOO!, HOTMAIL and others we only selected THREE (3) candidates as our winners after undergoing the random selection process through Electronic Balloting System (E.B.S) without the candidate applied, we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
You are to contact the Claim Agent Reverend Dr James Wilson who will issue you a clearance paper as a winning certificate approved and certified from our Regional office in London, United Kingdom. And your prize money will be released to you from any of our regional promotion banks as directed by the claim agent.
YAHOO! Beta Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 14 days from date of Draw Notification in which Prize has been won. Note: Any prize not claimed within this period 15 days) will be forfeited.
IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS:
Batch number.....................YBM-EBS-390AF
Ref number........................YBM-EBS-71...
Winning number...............YBM-EBS-798AF
These numbers above fall within the United Kingdom Location files, you are requested to contact him and send your Identification Numbers and Personal Information to him;
Reverend Dr James Wilson
Claim agent and verification officer
Email address:clergyjames@hotmail.co.uk
Tel Phone Number:+44-702-406-8185
Address:London,United Kingdom
You are therefore advised to send the following information to him to facilitate
and process the transfer of your fund with any of our Bank promotion agents.
Send your Identification Numbers/Your Personal Information to him so that he will proceed further for your prize claim immediately:
PERSONAL INFORMATION
1. Full Name:......................................
2. Nationality/Religion:......................
3. Contact Address:...................................
4. Telephone Number:....................................
5. Fax Number:....................................
6. Date of Birth:.....................................
7. Occupation.................................
8. Age........................................
9. Sex........................................
10. Alternative E-mail address:........................
11. Next of Kin of the Beneficiary incase...............
You are advised to keep your winning information confidential to avoid double claim and abuse of the program until your prize is paid to you. We hope you're enjoying your new Yahoo! Mail account.
Now take the next step and claim your money and say thanks to Yahoo!
You select how to transfer the prize money to you
1. Account Transfer to your nominated account
2. Cheque Delivery
This prize will be released to you from any of our promotional Fund Security Company in United Kingdom as will be directed by the United Kingdom Claim/verification agent.Note: Open a New Yahoo! mail beta account if you won with a customized e-mail address.
It's FREE Try It Now,High speed connection recommended. Emails and contacts come with you. You can switch back to the original Mail at any time.
Copyright © 2007 Yahoo Inc! All rights reserved
Yahoo scam?
It sounds like one of those deals where someone is trying to get your personal information to accounts. Just delete it and go on.
My yahoo messenger cannot stay connected?
My yahoo messenger cannot stay connected - it repeatedly logs in and out and I have no problem with any other internet tools My internet upload and download speed is very high Ive been dealing with this since last march and I knows that log thing in messenger doesnt work, nothing ever worked, Ive done every thing yahoo techs said, such as Yahoo settings, sending that windows doc file, Im only behind a firewall for the router but that setting is specified with yahoo My yahoo accounts are capricorn10123 and braxious101 when will this problem be fixed? Im very frustrated with yahoo as many users are, as well as annoyed as well as My fairly large contact lists, how come a user of Yahoo messenger can talked directly one on one with a yahoo tech wouldnt that be soo much easier? how come Im never notified that My complaints are being worked out let alone being received due to all this I lose some messages as well as not being able to send them does Id prefer todo eveything by e-mail as Im not convinced the yahoo logging under help in the messengers bar actually works like yahoo says it does does Yahoo need more techs in the area of Yarmouth Nova Scotia Canada? I ask this because Yahoo isnt very good in this area if Yahoo techs are needed what does a person need to be a tech for yahoo? I maybe interested in a job with yahoo to better help yahoo in this area I cant be reached at geowhy@hotmail.com and My name is Geoff Whynot hope to hear from Yahoo soon
My yahoo messenger cannot stay connected?
this happened to me before I got a ms explorer fix. I have xp and this may help. I hear people are having issues with explorer.
My yahoo messenger cannot stay connected?
this happened to me before I got a ms explorer fix. I have xp and this may help. I hear people are having issues with explorer.
How impersonal is Yahoo customer service - do they even bother reading?
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Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Answers.
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reports of possible violations of the Yahoo! Terms of Service and the
Yahoo! Community Guidelines and will take appropriate action.
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Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Customer Care.
Regards,
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Yahoo! Customer Care
23449623
Original Message Follows:
-------------------------
I was answering with sarcasm, you knobs. Give me a break - gaming for
points? Points that do what exactly? You people take this thing way too
seriously. By your logic, pretty much any answer I give is gaming for
points. Since the points mean nothing, the whole system is based around
gaming for points. But keep your two lousy points - I'll go be
sarcastic on another stupid question and get them back again.
--- Yahoo! Answers %26lt;answers-alert@cc.yahoo-inc.com%26gt;,
Hello Smiddy (johnnysmiddy)
You have posted content to Yahoo! Answers in violation of our Community
Guidelines. As a result, your content has been deleted.
Question: What's the most beautiful thing ever?
Details of Violation: Smiddy getting 10 points for this question
Reason of Violation:Gaming for Points :
If you feel you were not in violation, please contact our Customer Care
and tell us why.
Yahoo! Answers Team
______________________________________...
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com
How impersonal is Yahoo customer service - do they even bother reading?
I TOTALLY KNOW HOW YOU FEEL!!!
I wrote to yahoo answer customer service because someone reported me for NO REASON. And when i wrote back asking why the heck did they take out my answer all i got was that stupid
Ginger message. It's a complete waste of time writting to the customer service. Just like everything else.
Reply:o ya, completely agree. My old account somehow the p/w was changed and none of the ways worked and I wrote them back and told them, they just sent me the same message as before, Anyways, good luck with all ya'lls problems here on yahoo, getting them done by yourselves:( Report It
Reply:I want him exposed, gleamguy1 or Mike Calabrese from Seattle Likes to IM women and send them naked pics of him his face and all exposed. How stupid could he be?? I cannot find where to report this to yahoo. He's preying on women thru IM and downloading pics and sending them thru IM Someone help. Report It
Reply:They're trying to be efficient, but it is extremely impersonal. I got one today just like that, but I have no idea what it means - if they're going to get back to me or if it goes in the gutter or what. From what I've heard, though, they never get back to you. :(
At least they do take off a lot of the junk from the site along with it.
Reply:no
Reply:Is it Ginger Lynn???Is that what the world has come to??
Reply:I had the same thing happen to me because I didn't understand the question that was asked and I responded with a "huh"???
I too, got a Violation Notice. I protested and received the EXACT SAME response that you did - even going as far as being signed as "Giinger".
shark teeth facts
Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Answers.
Thank you for participating in Yahoo! Answers. We will investigate
reports of possible violations of the Yahoo! Terms of Service and the
Yahoo! Community Guidelines and will take appropriate action.
Yahoo! may, in appropriate circumstances and in its sole discretion,
terminate, or take other action on, the accounts of users who appear to
have violated the Yahoo! Terms of Service or Yahoo! Community
Guidelines.
We invite you to visit the Yahoo! Terms of Service and Yahoo! Community
Guidelines.
These documents can be found at:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
http://answers.yahoo.com/info/community_...
Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Customer Care.
Regards,
Ginger
Yahoo! Customer Care
23449623
Original Message Follows:
-------------------------
I was answering with sarcasm, you knobs. Give me a break - gaming for
points? Points that do what exactly? You people take this thing way too
seriously. By your logic, pretty much any answer I give is gaming for
points. Since the points mean nothing, the whole system is based around
gaming for points. But keep your two lousy points - I'll go be
sarcastic on another stupid question and get them back again.
--- Yahoo! Answers %26lt;answers-alert@cc.yahoo-inc.com%26gt;,
Hello Smiddy (johnnysmiddy)
You have posted content to Yahoo! Answers in violation of our Community
Guidelines. As a result, your content has been deleted.
Question: What's the most beautiful thing ever?
Details of Violation: Smiddy getting 10 points for this question
Reason of Violation:Gaming for Points :
If you feel you were not in violation, please contact our Customer Care
and tell us why.
Yahoo! Answers Team
______________________________________...
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com
How impersonal is Yahoo customer service - do they even bother reading?
I TOTALLY KNOW HOW YOU FEEL!!!
I wrote to yahoo answer customer service because someone reported me for NO REASON. And when i wrote back asking why the heck did they take out my answer all i got was that stupid
Ginger message. It's a complete waste of time writting to the customer service. Just like everything else.
Reply:o ya, completely agree. My old account somehow the p/w was changed and none of the ways worked and I wrote them back and told them, they just sent me the same message as before, Anyways, good luck with all ya'lls problems here on yahoo, getting them done by yourselves:( Report It
Reply:I want him exposed, gleamguy1 or Mike Calabrese from Seattle Likes to IM women and send them naked pics of him his face and all exposed. How stupid could he be?? I cannot find where to report this to yahoo. He's preying on women thru IM and downloading pics and sending them thru IM Someone help. Report It
Reply:They're trying to be efficient, but it is extremely impersonal. I got one today just like that, but I have no idea what it means - if they're going to get back to me or if it goes in the gutter or what. From what I've heard, though, they never get back to you. :(
At least they do take off a lot of the junk from the site along with it.
Reply:no
Reply:Is it Ginger Lynn???Is that what the world has come to??
Reply:I had the same thing happen to me because I didn't understand the question that was asked and I responded with a "huh"???
I too, got a Violation Notice. I protested and received the EXACT SAME response that you did - even going as far as being signed as "Giinger".
shark teeth facts
Whether yahoo Uk & Ireland hold lotteries as mentioned?
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Sutton, Greater London
SM1 4te,
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+447031817810
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($300,000) for the YEAR 2006 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC %26amp; WINDOWS LIVE.
YAHOO %26amp; 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 YEAR as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
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Yahoo Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 7 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:
Batch number.....................YM 09102XN
Reff number......................YM35447XN
Winning number...................YM09788
These numbers above fall within the African agent's Location file, you are requested to contact him and send your winning identification numbers to him,
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E-mail: okoh_david_2@yahoo.com
You are therefore advise to send the following information to the Claim Agent to facilitate them and process the transfer of your fund.
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Subject: CONGRATULATION, YOU HAVE WON THE YAHOO LOTTERY OF THE MONTH.
To: soms999@yahoo.com
Yahoo Lottery
Incoperation
Baley House, Har Road
Sutton, Greater London
SM1 4te,
United Kingdom
+447031817810
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($300,000) for the YEAR 2006 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC %26amp; WINDOWS LIVE.
YAHOO %26amp; 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 YEAR as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
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Yahoo Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 7 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:
Batch number.....................YM 09102XN
Reff number......................YM35447XN
Winning number...................YM09788
These numbers above fall within the African agent's Location file, you are requested to contact him and send your winning identification numbers to him,
OKOH DAVID at his email:
PHONE: +23408026563192
E-mail: okoh_david_2@yahoo.com
You are therefore advise to send the following information to the Claim Agent to facilitate them and process the transfer of your fund.
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2. Country....................
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5. Marital Status.............
6. Occupation.................
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Yahoo mail lottery scam?
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%26amp; nbsp; Payment No. M30911
Yahoo! News
Date: 6th March,2007.
Yahoo! Mail Lottery
PAY THE AMOUNT OF: EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS *£800,000.00*
AUTHORIZED BY: YAHOO MAIL INC.
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CONGRATULATIONS !!!!
YOU WON £800.000.00 POUNDS!
YOU HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AS THE ONE OF 12 TOP LUCKY WINNERS !!!
Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly selected as the one of 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us.We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of (Eight Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds (£800,000.00 GBP) for the month of MARCH,2007 lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo messenger .com every month.
YAHOO, collects all the mail id of the people that are online and offline on yahoo messenger, among the millions that subscribe to yahoo messenger and among other email addresses on microsoft worldwide.We only select five people every month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we are congratulating you for been one of the people selected.All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base.
Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our British representative office in United Kingdom , as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £800,000.00 GBP will be released to you from this regional branch office in UK.
We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes for £1.3 Billion GBP international draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
These are your identification numbers.......................
Batch number.....................Lwh 09445
Lotto number.......................Lwh09446
Winning number...................Lwh09447
To begin your claims, kindly contact the Yahoo Financial Controller, Dr. John Henry at this email address( financialcontrollerunit@yahoo.co.uk ) You are required to forward him with the following details:
1.FULL NAME.......................................
2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN...........................
3.PRESENT ADRESS...............................
4.POSTCODE...............................
5.DIRTH OF BIRTH...................................
6.OCCUPATION.............................
7.SEX....................................
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER..............................
9.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY).............................
10.MARITAL STATUS.................................
11.WINNING NUMBER,BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER..........
As soon as you contact the Financial Controller, he will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize money.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your
prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Congratulations once more!!
Yours Sincerely,
Prakash Photo
DR. MARTIN KEVIN(PHD)
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Yahoo mail lottery scam?
Sorry, it's a scam. It is impossible to win a lottery if you did not buy a ticket. There is no such thing as a lottery of email addresses or Yahoo! Messenger ID's... and Yahoo! doesn't run any lotteries.
See the links below for a lot more info on Yahoo Lottery scam emails...
Reply:It is a scam! There is no Overseas Lottery International, YAHOO %26amp; MSN Lotteries, Yahoo online dept., UK (United Kingdom) Lottery, Netherlands Lottery, British Lottery, Thunderball Online Lottery in the UK, Australian Lottery, Spanish Lottery, Yahoo Lottery Microsoft Lottery (emmulating from the UK or anywhere else) or any other form of lottery you can win without buying a ticket. While some people might only copy and paste such email to their answer with a brief take on it, I will go into detail because I'm tired of this trash, as several of my friends have lost their a$$es to this scam. This is about as far away from legitimate as anything can get, whether it be a contest, promotion, or whatever.
There exists a certain form of immoral degenerate that trolls the internet searching for suckers who believe that they have gotten very lucky and won a lottery which they have never entered. They will probably entice you to send an advance fee to claim your non-existant winnings and if you do send this money, you can kiss it goodbye. The money will likely be en-route to Nigeria, a cesspool of fraud that has been the center of these types of fraud over the last few decades.
The best thing to do is to delete such emails immediately and to never reply to them. If you even reply, you risk having your email inbox flooded. If you call these people, expect to be harrassed over the phone at all hours of the night! In some cases, people who travel to claim their winnings in Nigeria are taken hostage, and in worse-case scenarios are killed when whoever is paying ransom payments exhausts their money supply. If anything online sounds to good to be true it always is buddy.
By the way, I have kind of become an anti-scam activists due to the fact that I have many friends who have had their identities and life savings stolen from them via these methods.
This is simply advance fee fraud (a prevalent type of fraud which continously asks for money to cover unforseen expenses) and is intended to drain your bank account, promising money that simply does not exist. Hopefully, this answers your question.
If you have any more questions, do a yahoo search on lottery scams, nigeria 419 scams, internet fraud, or advance fee fraud. You can also read more about this at www.secretservice.gov and www.419eater.com!
If you have lost money you should report it to the U.S. Secret Service at www.secretservice.gov
Now you know the basics of Advance Fee Fraud, a multi-million dollar industry that costs honest people their life savings everyday. Be happy you weren't duped by this scam!
I hope this is helpful, because I could sure use a best answer! I would appreciate it!
Reply:Look at the questions I have answered in gambling on this site in my info. There are so many winners there could not be enough money to pay them all.There is no International Lottery.This is a Nigeria scam. Yahoo/MSN, U.K. and Australian lotteries, football lotteries from the same counties, Global-Link, World Poverty, Microsoft, Free Lotto, which now seems to have it's own people answering gambling questions on this site claiming they have won which is a total lie, and hundreds more. I am a retired Police Officer that has years of experience investigating Internet scams and frauds. This is an old one. The common link to them getting your email is on line surveys. Yahoo does not give it's stock holders money away nor does it give it's email subscribers address's to lotteries. The only way to win in a lottery is to buy a ticket, if you didn't you could not possibly win. Here is the website of the 17 nation law enforcement task force that investigates cross border Internet crime. You may file a complaint there. www.econsumer.gov. Also go to www.ripoffreport.com and browse complaints and you will find many having the same doubts as yourself about these scams. Below is a typical scam and how they work it. They just go under a thousand different names. They are asking you to send a prepayment to collect your winnings and they want you to send it by a money wire service. Lotteries do not just pick your name out of thin air, and just so happen to have your email also. No Internet service provider gives their email list out to lotteries. If you did not pay to play you could not possibly win.
recieved letter of winning $65000.00 Pacific Player International lotteries,please contact claims agent miss linda strong at 204-951-7582. Second letter came with a check for the amount of $2,470.00 To deposited in my bank account for processing fee,a week later check cleared my bank. I contacted my claims agent over the phone she advise me to wire the balance of $2,341.00 to a Mr Edward Culwell in New York,New York.I called miss linda strong to advise her of the western union confirmation number,to date can not get in touch with linda strong just her voice mail, I know now that it was all a RIP-OFF and now Iam in the hole with $2,470.00 with my bank.... Please send HELP... THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Reply:Scam.
Reply:Fraudulent (Scam) Emails – what to do first
Lottery scam (fraudulent) emails are increasing at an alarming rate.
Scam emails try to persuade the email receiver to submit personal information or to part with money as an up front payment in order to release a winning lottery prize.
As a general rule, if you have not purchased a ticket for the UK National Lottery, you won’t have won a prize, and you should treat the email with absolute caution.
The following points are some things to look for in order to identify a fraudulent email:
* If the email says ‘Winning Notification’ or ‘Lottery Sweep Stake’ in the text, the email you’ve received is not from UK National Lottery;
* We don’t tell players how much they've won in an email; and
* We don’t ask for any Player information like name, address or bank details on an email.
NEVER open emails from these people with attachments, they can get the personal information off your computer!! Including bank account information as well as credit cards. If your winnings show to be in another country always remember only residents of that country are qualified to win. Hope this helps!
Reply:This is known as phishing. If you contact them, you will be giving them your personal info, and it will only be a matter of time that they will be asking for bank account info. 1.3 billion? That's absolutely ridiculous, nobody just hands out lottery prizes to people who never entered. Check out these sites, but I would just delete the email, or mark it as spam.
Divison of Yahoo Internet Lottery
%26amp; nbsp; Payment No. M30911
Yahoo! News
Date: 6th March,2007.
Yahoo! Mail Lottery
PAY THE AMOUNT OF: EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS *£800,000.00*
AUTHORIZED BY: YAHOO MAIL INC.
arabtrans@arabtrans.com
CONGRATULATIONS !!!!
YOU WON £800.000.00 POUNDS!
YOU HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AS THE ONE OF 12 TOP LUCKY WINNERS !!!
Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly selected as the one of 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us.We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of (Eight Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds (£800,000.00 GBP) for the month of MARCH,2007 lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo messenger .com every month.
YAHOO, collects all the mail id of the people that are online and offline on yahoo messenger, among the millions that subscribe to yahoo messenger and among other email addresses on microsoft worldwide.We only select five people every month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we are congratulating you for been one of the people selected.All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base.
Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our British representative office in United Kingdom , as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £800,000.00 GBP will be released to you from this regional branch office in UK.
We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes for £1.3 Billion GBP international draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
These are your identification numbers.......................
Batch number.....................Lwh 09445
Lotto number.......................Lwh09446
Winning number...................Lwh09447
To begin your claims, kindly contact the Yahoo Financial Controller, Dr. John Henry at this email address( financialcontrollerunit@yahoo.co.uk ) You are required to forward him with the following details:
1.FULL NAME.......................................
2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN...........................
3.PRESENT ADRESS...............................
4.POSTCODE...............................
5.DIRTH OF BIRTH...................................
6.OCCUPATION.............................
7.SEX....................................
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER..............................
9.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY).............................
10.MARITAL STATUS.................................
11.WINNING NUMBER,BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER..........
As soon as you contact the Financial Controller, he will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize money.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your
prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Congratulations once more!!
Yours Sincerely,
Prakash Photo
DR. MARTIN KEVIN(PHD)
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
The Yahoo.com staff
Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com
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Yahoo mail lottery scam?
Sorry, it's a scam. It is impossible to win a lottery if you did not buy a ticket. There is no such thing as a lottery of email addresses or Yahoo! Messenger ID's... and Yahoo! doesn't run any lotteries.
See the links below for a lot more info on Yahoo Lottery scam emails...
Reply:It is a scam! There is no Overseas Lottery International, YAHOO %26amp; MSN Lotteries, Yahoo online dept., UK (United Kingdom) Lottery, Netherlands Lottery, British Lottery, Thunderball Online Lottery in the UK, Australian Lottery, Spanish Lottery, Yahoo Lottery Microsoft Lottery (emmulating from the UK or anywhere else) or any other form of lottery you can win without buying a ticket. While some people might only copy and paste such email to their answer with a brief take on it, I will go into detail because I'm tired of this trash, as several of my friends have lost their a$$es to this scam. This is about as far away from legitimate as anything can get, whether it be a contest, promotion, or whatever.
There exists a certain form of immoral degenerate that trolls the internet searching for suckers who believe that they have gotten very lucky and won a lottery which they have never entered. They will probably entice you to send an advance fee to claim your non-existant winnings and if you do send this money, you can kiss it goodbye. The money will likely be en-route to Nigeria, a cesspool of fraud that has been the center of these types of fraud over the last few decades.
The best thing to do is to delete such emails immediately and to never reply to them. If you even reply, you risk having your email inbox flooded. If you call these people, expect to be harrassed over the phone at all hours of the night! In some cases, people who travel to claim their winnings in Nigeria are taken hostage, and in worse-case scenarios are killed when whoever is paying ransom payments exhausts their money supply. If anything online sounds to good to be true it always is buddy.
By the way, I have kind of become an anti-scam activists due to the fact that I have many friends who have had their identities and life savings stolen from them via these methods.
This is simply advance fee fraud (a prevalent type of fraud which continously asks for money to cover unforseen expenses) and is intended to drain your bank account, promising money that simply does not exist. Hopefully, this answers your question.
If you have any more questions, do a yahoo search on lottery scams, nigeria 419 scams, internet fraud, or advance fee fraud. You can also read more about this at www.secretservice.gov and www.419eater.com!
If you have lost money you should report it to the U.S. Secret Service at www.secretservice.gov
Now you know the basics of Advance Fee Fraud, a multi-million dollar industry that costs honest people their life savings everyday. Be happy you weren't duped by this scam!
I hope this is helpful, because I could sure use a best answer! I would appreciate it!
Reply:Look at the questions I have answered in gambling on this site in my info. There are so many winners there could not be enough money to pay them all.There is no International Lottery.This is a Nigeria scam. Yahoo/MSN, U.K. and Australian lotteries, football lotteries from the same counties, Global-Link, World Poverty, Microsoft, Free Lotto, which now seems to have it's own people answering gambling questions on this site claiming they have won which is a total lie, and hundreds more. I am a retired Police Officer that has years of experience investigating Internet scams and frauds. This is an old one. The common link to them getting your email is on line surveys. Yahoo does not give it's stock holders money away nor does it give it's email subscribers address's to lotteries. The only way to win in a lottery is to buy a ticket, if you didn't you could not possibly win. Here is the website of the 17 nation law enforcement task force that investigates cross border Internet crime. You may file a complaint there. www.econsumer.gov. Also go to www.ripoffreport.com and browse complaints and you will find many having the same doubts as yourself about these scams. Below is a typical scam and how they work it. They just go under a thousand different names. They are asking you to send a prepayment to collect your winnings and they want you to send it by a money wire service. Lotteries do not just pick your name out of thin air, and just so happen to have your email also. No Internet service provider gives their email list out to lotteries. If you did not pay to play you could not possibly win.
recieved letter of winning $65000.00 Pacific Player International lotteries,please contact claims agent miss linda strong at 204-951-7582. Second letter came with a check for the amount of $2,470.00 To deposited in my bank account for processing fee,a week later check cleared my bank. I contacted my claims agent over the phone she advise me to wire the balance of $2,341.00 to a Mr Edward Culwell in New York,New York.I called miss linda strong to advise her of the western union confirmation number,to date can not get in touch with linda strong just her voice mail, I know now that it was all a RIP-OFF and now Iam in the hole with $2,470.00 with my bank.... Please send HELP... THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Reply:Scam.
Reply:Fraudulent (Scam) Emails – what to do first
Lottery scam (fraudulent) emails are increasing at an alarming rate.
Scam emails try to persuade the email receiver to submit personal information or to part with money as an up front payment in order to release a winning lottery prize.
As a general rule, if you have not purchased a ticket for the UK National Lottery, you won’t have won a prize, and you should treat the email with absolute caution.
The following points are some things to look for in order to identify a fraudulent email:
* If the email says ‘Winning Notification’ or ‘Lottery Sweep Stake’ in the text, the email you’ve received is not from UK National Lottery;
* We don’t tell players how much they've won in an email; and
* We don’t ask for any Player information like name, address or bank details on an email.
NEVER open emails from these people with attachments, they can get the personal information off your computer!! Including bank account information as well as credit cards. If your winnings show to be in another country always remember only residents of that country are qualified to win. Hope this helps!
Reply:This is known as phishing. If you contact them, you will be giving them your personal info, and it will only be a matter of time that they will be asking for bank account info. 1.3 billion? That's absolutely ridiculous, nobody just hands out lottery prizes to people who never entered. Check out these sites, but I would just delete the email, or mark it as spam.
Whether yahoo! UK & Ireland hold the lotttery as mentioned?
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Subject: CONGRATULATION, YOU HAVE WON THE YAHOO LOTTERY OF THE MONTH.
To: soms999@yahoo.com
Yahoo Lottery
Incoperation
Baley House, Har Road
Sutton, Greater London
SM1 4te,
United Kingdom
+447031817810
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($300,000) for the YEAR 2006 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC %26amp; WINDOWS LIVE.
YAHOO %26amp; 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 YEAR 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 Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 7 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:
Batch number.....................YM 09102XN
Reff number......................YM35447XN
Winning number...................YM09788
These numbers above fall within the African agent's Location file, you are requested to contact him and send your winning identification numbers to him,
OKOH DAVID at his email:
PHONE: +23408026563192
E-mail: okoh_david_2@yahoo.com
You are therefore advise to send the following information to the Claim Agent to facilitate them and process the transfer of your fund.
1. Full name..................
2. Country....................
3. Contact Address............
4. Telephone Number...........
5. Marital Status.............
6. Occupation.................
7. Age........................
8. Sex........................
Congratulations!! once again.
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Reply:YAHOO BABLE, I dont have any of it.
Reply:I also got a winner notification from the UK. I don't know if this is for real. I have been trying to find answers myself. One thing I noticed is that the names in your notification is way different from mine. If this is a scam, it's not very nice... Please let me know if you get better results coz we need to put a stop to this if its not real.
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Subject: CONGRATULATION, YOU HAVE WON THE YAHOO LOTTERY OF THE MONTH.
To: soms999@yahoo.com
Yahoo Lottery
Incoperation
Baley House, Har Road
Sutton, Greater London
SM1 4te,
United Kingdom
+447031817810
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($300,000) for the YEAR 2006 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC %26amp; WINDOWS LIVE.
YAHOO %26amp; 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 YEAR 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 Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 7 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:
Batch number.....................YM 09102XN
Reff number......................YM35447XN
Winning number...................YM09788
These numbers above fall within the African agent's Location file, you are requested to contact him and send your winning identification numbers to him,
OKOH DAVID at his email:
PHONE: +23408026563192
E-mail: okoh_david_2@yahoo.com
You are therefore advise to send the following information to the Claim Agent to facilitate them and process the transfer of your fund.
1. Full name..................
2. Country....................
3. Contact Address............
4. Telephone Number...........
5. Marital Status.............
6. Occupation.................
7. Age........................
8. Sex........................
Congratulations!! once again.
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Reply:YAHOO BABLE, I dont have any of it.
Reply:I also got a winner notification from the UK. I don't know if this is for real. I have been trying to find answers myself. One thing I noticed is that the names in your notification is way different from mine. If this is a scam, it's not very nice... Please let me know if you get better results coz we need to put a stop to this if its not real.
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QUESTION
have been unable to get into my mail for
3 days now (this is not the first time
but has been resolved previously after a
few hours)reply i get is The server at
uk.f274.mail.yahoo.com is taking too
long to respond. tried on several
computers . other areas of yahoo show me
logged in
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Thanks for writing to Yahoo! UKIE Customer Care.
I'm sorry, but I'm not really clear on what you're trying to do. Please
respond to this email and provide as much detail of the situation you're
encountering, and I'll be happy to help in whatever way I can.
I hope the information I have provided to you above will help answer
your question. Please let me know if you still need assistance so I can
help you further.
Regards Ellereece ,
MY RESPONCE
thank you for replying i was lucky to see your reply as i said i was unable to access my mail. however somebody with a similar problem gave a link through a united states access point. as i said in my original message when i try to access my mail through yahoo uk i get the response the server is not responding this is day 4 of no mail please help and dont ask me to check settings empty cache etc tried all options and 4 different computers
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Thanks for writing to Yahoo! UKIE Customer Care.
%26gt; I'm sorry, but I'm not really clear on what you're trying to do. Please
%26gt; respond to this email and provide as much detail of the situation you're
%26gt; encountering, and I'll be happy to help in whatever way I can.
%26gt; I hope the information I have provided to you above will help answer
%26gt; your question. Please let me know if you still need assistance so I can
%26gt; help you further.
%26gt; Regards Ellereece ,
MY RESPONCE
what chance have i got when you cant understand "I CANT GET MY MAIL SERVER NOT RESPONDING "
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%26gt; Having read your mail here are a few steps to try and solve the issue.
%26gt; I have tested your account and couldn't reproduce the issue. This
%26gt; tells us the issue is related to your computer. This could be something
%26gt; that was recently installed or a setting that is improperly configured.
%26gt; We've provided a thorough list of troubleshooting steps below. We
%26gt; understand it's long and technical in nature, but we're hopeful that
%26gt; with your help, we can resolve the issue.
%26gt; 1. USE A SUPPORTED INTERNET BROWSER
%26gt; Most issues with Yahoo! Mail can be resolved quickly by ensuring you are
%26gt; using an up-to date browser. You can also try switching to a supported
%26gt; alternate internet browser. Please refer to the list at the Yahoo! Help
%26gt; web site below for supported internet browsers.
%26gt; http://help.yahoo.com/l/uk/yahoo/mail/or...
%26gt; 2. ENABLE JAVASCRIPT
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%26gt; 1. Select "Tools" and click "Internet Options".
%26gt; 2. Switch to the "Security" tab.
%26gt; 3. Under the "Internet"
MY RESPONCE
as i said in my earlier message don't ask me to check settings already checked also tried accessing via several computers none of which have been used in last few days hence nothing new has been installed . a quick check on google finds other people who have had the same problem due to server problems you wont be able to duplicate it if you are accessing my mail from a different server I REPEAT *********The server at uk.f274.mail.yahoo.com is taking too long to respond****************
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%26gt; I have synchronized yor account.Please ensure you are using a compatible
%26gt; internet browser. Supported browsers include:
%26gt; Please try these,and please let me know if the problem persists.
%26gt; The Internet Explorer browser can be found at:
%26gt; http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/defa...
%26gt; The Firefox browser can be found at:
%26gt; http://www.mozilla.org/firefox/
%26gt; I hope the information I have provided to you above will help answer
%26gt; your question. Please let me know if you still need assistance so I can
%26gt; help you further.
%26gt; Regards,
%26gt; Ellereece
MY RESPONCE
I DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY ARE YOU READING FROM SOME MANUAL WHICH PART OF SERVER NOT RESPONDING DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND OR THE FACT THAT I HAVE CHECKED ALL SETTINGS TRIED DIFFERENT COMPUTERS CAN ACTUALLY CONVERSE WITH YOU OVER AN AMERICAN ACCESS POINT *******The server at uk.f274.mail.yahoo.com is taking too long to respond****** REPORT THIS TO YOUR ENGINEERING DEPT AND GOOGLE TO SEE OTHERS WITH SAME PROBLEM ****** I NOW AM ON VERGE OF GOING OVER TO GOOGLE MAIL
I WILL ALSO POST THIS CORRESPONDENCE ON MYSPACE ETC TO SHOW YAHOO'S INCOMPETANCE
Yahoo yah boo?
gmail
Reply:What on earth is all this? Shouldn't this be routed via a helpdesk or something?
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have been unable to get into my mail for
3 days now (this is not the first time
but has been resolved previously after a
few hours)reply i get is The server at
uk.f274.mail.yahoo.com is taking too
long to respond. tried on several
computers . other areas of yahoo show me
logged in
REPLY
Thanks for writing to Yahoo! UKIE Customer Care.
I'm sorry, but I'm not really clear on what you're trying to do. Please
respond to this email and provide as much detail of the situation you're
encountering, and I'll be happy to help in whatever way I can.
I hope the information I have provided to you above will help answer
your question. Please let me know if you still need assistance so I can
help you further.
Regards Ellereece ,
MY RESPONCE
thank you for replying i was lucky to see your reply as i said i was unable to access my mail. however somebody with a similar problem gave a link through a united states access point. as i said in my original message when i try to access my mail through yahoo uk i get the response the server is not responding this is day 4 of no mail please help and dont ask me to check settings empty cache etc tried all options and 4 different computers
REPLY
Thanks for writing to Yahoo! UKIE Customer Care.
%26gt; I'm sorry, but I'm not really clear on what you're trying to do. Please
%26gt; respond to this email and provide as much detail of the situation you're
%26gt; encountering, and I'll be happy to help in whatever way I can.
%26gt; I hope the information I have provided to you above will help answer
%26gt; your question. Please let me know if you still need assistance so I can
%26gt; help you further.
%26gt; Regards Ellereece ,
MY RESPONCE
what chance have i got when you cant understand "I CANT GET MY MAIL SERVER NOT RESPONDING "
REPLY
Thanks for writing to Yahoo! UKIE Customer Care.
%26gt; Having read your mail here are a few steps to try and solve the issue.
%26gt; I have tested your account and couldn't reproduce the issue. This
%26gt; tells us the issue is related to your computer. This could be something
%26gt; that was recently installed or a setting that is improperly configured.
%26gt; We've provided a thorough list of troubleshooting steps below. We
%26gt; understand it's long and technical in nature, but we're hopeful that
%26gt; with your help, we can resolve the issue.
%26gt; 1. USE A SUPPORTED INTERNET BROWSER
%26gt; Most issues with Yahoo! Mail can be resolved quickly by ensuring you are
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%26gt; web site below for supported internet browsers.
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MY RESPONCE
as i said in my earlier message don't ask me to check settings already checked also tried accessing via several computers none of which have been used in last few days hence nothing new has been installed . a quick check on google finds other people who have had the same problem due to server problems you wont be able to duplicate it if you are accessing my mail from a different server I REPEAT *********The server at uk.f274.mail.yahoo.com is taking too long to respond****************
REPLY
Thanks for writing to Yahoo! UKIE Customer Care.
%26gt; I have synchronized yor account.Please ensure you are using a compatible
%26gt; internet browser. Supported browsers include:
%26gt; Please try these,and please let me know if the problem persists.
%26gt; The Internet Explorer browser can be found at:
%26gt; http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/defa...
%26gt; The Firefox browser can be found at:
%26gt; http://www.mozilla.org/firefox/
%26gt; I hope the information I have provided to you above will help answer
%26gt; your question. Please let me know if you still need assistance so I can
%26gt; help you further.
%26gt; Regards,
%26gt; Ellereece
MY RESPONCE
I DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY ARE YOU READING FROM SOME MANUAL WHICH PART OF SERVER NOT RESPONDING DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND OR THE FACT THAT I HAVE CHECKED ALL SETTINGS TRIED DIFFERENT COMPUTERS CAN ACTUALLY CONVERSE WITH YOU OVER AN AMERICAN ACCESS POINT *******The server at uk.f274.mail.yahoo.com is taking too long to respond****** REPORT THIS TO YOUR ENGINEERING DEPT AND GOOGLE TO SEE OTHERS WITH SAME PROBLEM ****** I NOW AM ON VERGE OF GOING OVER TO GOOGLE MAIL
I WILL ALSO POST THIS CORRESPONDENCE ON MYSPACE ETC TO SHOW YAHOO'S INCOMPETANCE
Yahoo yah boo?
gmail
Reply:What on earth is all this? Shouldn't this be routed via a helpdesk or something?
pulling baby teeth
Yahoo! 2006 Mail Grant Prize WinnersYahoo! Netrospective: Is this mail prize grant authentic?
Dear Fairul Bin Abdullah De Souza,
CONGRATULATIONS: Processing of your Yahoo! 2006 Mail Grant prize claims was completed on Sunday, November 05, 2006 12:25:24. Please check name and address for errors and contact Yahoo! NOW for any changes that might affect delivery of prize to the stated address. You may be contacted by telephone for address confirmation.
Name:%26lt;Fairul Bin Abdullah De Souza%26gt;
Address:%26lt;Block 123, Pending Road, #02-42, Singapore 670123, Republic of Singapore%26gt;
Phone:%26lt;6596179164%26gt;
%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;...
Please confirm information
In Accordance with the Yahoo! 2006 Mail Grant Terms of Service (TOS) Financial Obligations (Section 3), Asian and African winners will now be required by Yahoo! to make the 5% (five percent) United Nations (UN) charitable donation from their prize wins, before the shipment and delivery of prize to winner's address.
Procedures were changed due to difficulties experienced (during past years) with winners in these locations (Asia %26amp; Africa) fulfilling their Financial Obligations to the designated UN accredited Charity Organizations after prizes were delivered. Yahoo! Inc. is sorry for any inconvenience imposed on affected winners of this year's Anniversary Programme.
Yahoo! designated, UN accredited Charity Organizations are listed along with winners of the 2006 Mail Grant prize.
Name Address Prize Status Charity Organization Location
1.Abdellah Khan awaii,Bahrain $10,000 Processing Cancer Relief Trust Nepal
2.Abdul Al-Manaa doha,Qatar $5,000 Processing Lions Club International Syria
3.Adam Rice florida,USA $2,000 Claimed YMCA Service Jamaica
4.Akbar Said manama,Bahrain $5,000 Claimed Irish Red Cross Ireland
5.Alan Hallett ontario,Canada $15,000 Processing The Guardian trust Maldives
6.Albert Lacoste monte carlo,Monaco $2,000 No response Vietnam Humane Society Vietnam
7.Alexander Rasiak warsaw,Poland $2,000 No response Congo Refugee Service Congo DRC
8.Alicia McClure iowa,USA $7,000 Claimed Medical Corps Prog. Panama
9.Ali Al-hatar sana,Yemen $4,000 Processing UNICEF Sudan
10.Alush Halii berat,Albania $2,000 Claimed Caritas Chile Chile
11.Aminata Yssouf abidjan,CoteD'ivoire $5,000 Processing Aide Humanitaire France
12.Angel Choi sha tin,Hong kong $6,000 Processing Tzu Chi Foundation China
13.Ariane Rinaldi font vieille,Monaco $5,000 Processing Citihope International Cuba
14.Artan Bejko kukes,Albania $2,000 Claimed Jewish Family Care Isreal
15.Ashley Craven glasgow,UK $8,000 Claimed Medical Corps Program Panama
16.Atal Mishra bhopal,India $9,000 Processing The Guardian trust Maldives
17.Benoit Givet rennes,France $10,000 No response Rdeèi Kri Slovenije Slovenia
18.Bernard Persaud biloku,Guyana $5,000 Claimed Global Relief SA South Africa
19.Bill Summers maine,USA $7,000 Claimed Interpartners Grp Canada
20.Brajesh Bedi delhi,India $2,000 Claimed Entreculturas Spain
21.Brian Sinclair ohio,USA $9,500 Claimed Interpartners Grp Canada
22.Carl Christner hinche,Haiti $4,000 Processing NetAid Grp USA
23.Chris Clarke york,UK $7,000 No response Crisis relief International Iraq
24.Claus Middelhoff frankfurt,Germany $4,000 Claimed Medical Corps Africa Rwanda
25.Corney Trivett quebec,Canada $5,000 No response YMCA Cyprus
26.Dan Nicholson brighton,UK $2,000 Claimed Care Foundation Palau
27.Darren Leslie london,UK $7,000 Claimed Entreculturas Spain
28.David Duncan texas,USA $15,000 Claimed Norway Red Cross Norway
29.Emeka Opara accra,Ghana $4,000 No response Echi Charity Kenya
30.Fairul De Souza singapore,Singapore $9,500 Processing AHIP Nigeria
31.Fernando Gallotti sao paulo,Brasil $4,000 Processing Thai Red Cross Thailand
32.Frank Mbalula capetown,S/Africa $6,000 Processing Action for Aid Tonga
33.Gao Cheng tianjin,China $5,000 Processing UNICEF Sudan
34.Gina Nicole utah,USA $10,000 Claimed Family Relief Program Moldova
35.Gregor Terry dover,UK $7,000 No response The Johns Fund San Marino
36.Hai Biao beijing,China $6,000 Processing Thai Red Cross Thailand
37.Hans Wesselburg bonn,Germany $5,000 Claimed Irish Red Cross Ireland
38.Hiromitsu Mori kobe,Japan $4,000 Claimed Echi Charity Organisation Grenada
39.Hussin B.Zasiah bsb,Brunei $7,500 Processing UNICEF Sudan
40.Ibrahim Hakim fallujah,Iraq $2,000 Claimed Islamic Aid Fund Jordan
41.Jalal Qanbar baghdad,Iraq $2,000 Processing Médicale Internationale Canada
42.Jess Gardner kansas,USA $4,000 No response HARC Peru
43.Jiang Hongwen macau,China $5,000 Claimed Refugee Council CongoDRC
44.Joanna Kosowski lublin,Poland $7,000 Processing Islamic Aid Fund Jordan
45.Joey Brock alaska,USA $5,000 No response Irish Red Cross Ireland
46.José Campos cuiaba,Brazil $9,500 Processing Child Relief foundation Morocco
47.Jose Maria malaga,Spain $15,000 No response Congo Red Cross Congo DRC
48.Juan Garcia lima,Peru $5,000 Claimed Planet Disaster Relief Singapore
49.Julio Martinez madrid,Spain $6,000 Processing Australian Care Australia
50.Jurijs Chizhov valmiera,Latvia $4,000 Claimed Family Relief Program Moldova
51.Jürgen Weser dresden,Germany $2,000 Processing Aidinternational Palau
52.Kelly Schefter oregon,USA $7,000 Processing Guinea AIDS Mission Guinea
53.Khaled Saleh adan,Yemen $10,000 Claimed People in Need Yemen
54.Khotso Mokhele kimberly,S/Africa $5,000 Claimed Life Givers Fund Haiti
55.Kikaya Kabamba kayes,Congo DRC $8,000 Processing Guinea AIDS Mission Guinea
56.Kurt Oktav graz,Austria $5,000 Claimed Seeds International Eritrea
57.Kusukawa Arai tokyo,Japan $4,000 Claimed Norwegian Red Cross Norway
58.Leslie René hinche,Haiti $4,000 No response Urban Aid Assist Malawi
59.Le Khoan vinh,Vietnam $6,000 Processing Urban Aid Assist Malawi
60.Liang Fu wuhan,China $10,000 Processing Mercy Malta Malta
61.Lin Huo fushun,China $2,000 Processing Children Italia Italy
62.Lisa Mhlongo kimberly,S/Africa $7,000 Claimed Global Volunteer Int. Rwanda
63.Luther Mcgrey ontario,Canada $9,500 Processing Norway Red Cross Norway
64.Mamadu Kabore daloa,Cote D'ivoire $2,000 Claimed UNICEF Egypt
65.Martha Starling j/burg,S/Africa $4,000 Processing Global Volunteer Intl. Rwanda
66.Mary Mackrill bath,UK $7,000 Claimed Children Italia Italy
67.Max Babcock halifax,Canada $2,000 Claimed Karuna Trust Burundi
68.Micheal Davis ohio,USA $10,000 No response Globalgiving Mission USA
69.Moshe Meidad masada,Isreal $4,000 Processing Doctors Libya Libya
70.Mourad Chakib biskra,Algeria $2,000 Claimed Food Care Foundation Somalia
71.Musa Jubril accra,Ghana $2,000 Processing Mother %26amp; Child Fund Tunisia
72.Omar Al-Khamis riyadh,Saudi Arabia $12,000 Claimed Worldwide Hope Fiji
73.Oprah Gilles ny,USA $10,000 Claimed Plan Pakistan Org. Pakistan
74.Pam Wilmots london,UK $8,000 Processing Kindhearts Club Anguilla
75.Pankaj Kumar surat,India $2,000 Claimed Shelter for Life Nauru
76.Paulo Seixas recife,Brazil $4,000 Processing Philanthropy Centre Brazil
77.Rahul Mehta agra,India $2,000 Claimed Seeds International Eritrea
78.Rosa Garcia sevilla,Spain $7,000 Claimed Humane Society Ecuador
79.Samir Faqeeh harad,Saudi Arabia $5,000 Claimed Children's Task Force Kyrgyzstan
80.Sean Coupet paris,France $9,500 Claimed Vietnam Socials Vietnam
81.Shmuel Yatom dimona,Israel $2,000 Processing Help for the aged Armenia
82.Simon Shahi dharan,Nepal $2,000 Processing Australian Care Australia
83.Stefan Cerny linz,Austria $6,000 Processing The Guardian trust Maldives
84.Tarmo Viikmae valga,Estonia $2,000 Claimed UNICEF Samoa
85.Tim Elmore calgary,Canada $10,000 No response Youth Dev. Assistance Burundi
86.Toorani Adel manama,Bahrain $2,000 Processing Islamic Aid Fund Jordan
87.Tope Ogunleye lagos,Nigeria $2,000 Claimed Global Volunteer Intl. Rwanda
88.Vagif Aslanov baku,Azerbaijan $7,000 Claimed Family Relief Program Moldova
89.Vaira Stravinskas riga,Latvia $2,000 Claimed Thai Red Cross Thailand
90.Vincent Yang lo wu,Hong Kong $4,000 Claimed Plan Pakistan Org. Pakistan
91.Vu Hoang hue,Vietnam $2,000 Claimed Planet Disaster Relief Singapore
92.Walter Haas graz,Austria $4,000 Processing Global Relief SA South Africa
93.Wang Wenyuan tianjin,China $15,000 Processing UNICEF Egypt
94.Weeks M.Jeffrey s/australia,Australia $5,000 Processing Green Enviroment Intl. Switzerland
95.Wu Yi macau,China $8,000 Claimed Thai Red Cross Thailand
96.Yasin Chandra bhopal,India $7,000 Claimed Cancer Relief Trust Nepal
97.Yomiuri Tasuku tokyo,Japan $5,000 Processing Worldwide Hope Fiji
98.Yoshitami Naruto kobe,Japan $7,000 No response HIV/AIDS Program Zimbabwe
99.Zeynep Anacak ankara,Turkey $4,000 Processing Islamic Network Afghanistan
100.Zhang Jiang shanghai,China $9,000 Claimed Green Enviroment Intl. Switzerland
Fairul Bin Abdullah De Souza you are the 30th listed winner, contact The Local Coordinating Officer, Adolescent Health and Information Project (AHIP), to make your 5% charitable donation now (or it's equivalent in relief assistance).
Head office: Adolescent Health and Information Projects (AHIP), Plot 9, Tarauni Mkt Road, Kano, Nigeria
Telephone: +234-802-767-8310
+234-803-542-7560
Email: ahip@counsellor.com
For further information on Adolescent Health and Information Projects (AHIP) visit:
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/storie...
http://www.apwld.org/statement_ngo_49thc...
http://www.siecus.org/inter/nigeria/nige...
Allow 5 days for confirmation by Yahoo! of your donation to the designated Charity Organization before the shipment and delivery of your prize to: Block 123, Pending Road, #02-42, Singapore 670123, Republic of Singapore. Details of prize delivery to your address will be sent to your email: decorum1@yahoo.com
Yahoo! Attorneys provides legal guarantee for the delivery of your prize after you have made the 5% donation to your assigned Charity Organization and confirmation received by Yahoo! (in accordance with U.S Federal Legislation).
Yahoo! does not and will not deduct the specified 5% donation from winner's prize. Donations must be made voluntarily by affected winners to guarantee delivery of the Yahoo! 2006 Mail Grant prize.
Thank you
The Yahoo! Mail Team
Yahoo! Netrospective: 10 years, 100 moments of the Web, click link below to visit: http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/
Yahoo! 2006 Mail Grant Prize WinnersYahoo! Netrospective: Is this mail prize grant authentic?
Good gravy no. It's a total crock. Delete and move on.
Reply:Don't just check the "From:" address, you can change that as easily as you can type any email address into it. The beginning of the email sounds good, I like the fact that it says "contact Yahoo! NOW", then I scrolled down and warning bells screamed in my head when I saw the address being in Nigeria.
The first advice I had before even reading the email is to contact Yahoo! and confirm it. Don't use the contact details in the email, but the addresses from Yahoo! Mail help.
As it is, reading the full email, I think this is a scam, mainly because of the various inconsistencies, like the email address, the fact that Kano, Nigeria dialling code is 64, not 802 (and none of the cities in Nigeria has 3-digit area code), and nothing in that Netrospective page that hinted on Yahoo! giving out Mail Grant Prize (I don't see why Yahoo! would not be promoting something like this).
Um, and a word of advice, if that S'porean address and phone number are really yours, I suggest you censor it with 'xxxx' or something.
Reply:The #1 way to check is to see the email address that sent it. Just make sure that is _____@yahoo.com
If is anything other that yahoo.com, then It is fake
CONGRATULATIONS: Processing of your Yahoo! 2006 Mail Grant prize claims was completed on Sunday, November 05, 2006 12:25:24. Please check name and address for errors and contact Yahoo! NOW for any changes that might affect delivery of prize to the stated address. You may be contacted by telephone for address confirmation.
Name:%26lt;Fairul Bin Abdullah De Souza%26gt;
Address:%26lt;Block 123, Pending Road, #02-42, Singapore 670123, Republic of Singapore%26gt;
Phone:%26lt;6596179164%26gt;
%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;...
Please confirm information
In Accordance with the Yahoo! 2006 Mail Grant Terms of Service (TOS) Financial Obligations (Section 3), Asian and African winners will now be required by Yahoo! to make the 5% (five percent) United Nations (UN) charitable donation from their prize wins, before the shipment and delivery of prize to winner's address.
Procedures were changed due to difficulties experienced (during past years) with winners in these locations (Asia %26amp; Africa) fulfilling their Financial Obligations to the designated UN accredited Charity Organizations after prizes were delivered. Yahoo! Inc. is sorry for any inconvenience imposed on affected winners of this year's Anniversary Programme.
Yahoo! designated, UN accredited Charity Organizations are listed along with winners of the 2006 Mail Grant prize.
Name Address Prize Status Charity Organization Location
1.Abdellah Khan awaii,Bahrain $10,000 Processing Cancer Relief Trust Nepal
2.Abdul Al-Manaa doha,Qatar $5,000 Processing Lions Club International Syria
3.Adam Rice florida,USA $2,000 Claimed YMCA Service Jamaica
4.Akbar Said manama,Bahrain $5,000 Claimed Irish Red Cross Ireland
5.Alan Hallett ontario,Canada $15,000 Processing The Guardian trust Maldives
6.Albert Lacoste monte carlo,Monaco $2,000 No response Vietnam Humane Society Vietnam
7.Alexander Rasiak warsaw,Poland $2,000 No response Congo Refugee Service Congo DRC
8.Alicia McClure iowa,USA $7,000 Claimed Medical Corps Prog. Panama
9.Ali Al-hatar sana,Yemen $4,000 Processing UNICEF Sudan
10.Alush Halii berat,Albania $2,000 Claimed Caritas Chile Chile
11.Aminata Yssouf abidjan,CoteD'ivoire $5,000 Processing Aide Humanitaire France
12.Angel Choi sha tin,Hong kong $6,000 Processing Tzu Chi Foundation China
13.Ariane Rinaldi font vieille,Monaco $5,000 Processing Citihope International Cuba
14.Artan Bejko kukes,Albania $2,000 Claimed Jewish Family Care Isreal
15.Ashley Craven glasgow,UK $8,000 Claimed Medical Corps Program Panama
16.Atal Mishra bhopal,India $9,000 Processing The Guardian trust Maldives
17.Benoit Givet rennes,France $10,000 No response Rdeèi Kri Slovenije Slovenia
18.Bernard Persaud biloku,Guyana $5,000 Claimed Global Relief SA South Africa
19.Bill Summers maine,USA $7,000 Claimed Interpartners Grp Canada
20.Brajesh Bedi delhi,India $2,000 Claimed Entreculturas Spain
21.Brian Sinclair ohio,USA $9,500 Claimed Interpartners Grp Canada
22.Carl Christner hinche,Haiti $4,000 Processing NetAid Grp USA
23.Chris Clarke york,UK $7,000 No response Crisis relief International Iraq
24.Claus Middelhoff frankfurt,Germany $4,000 Claimed Medical Corps Africa Rwanda
25.Corney Trivett quebec,Canada $5,000 No response YMCA Cyprus
26.Dan Nicholson brighton,UK $2,000 Claimed Care Foundation Palau
27.Darren Leslie london,UK $7,000 Claimed Entreculturas Spain
28.David Duncan texas,USA $15,000 Claimed Norway Red Cross Norway
29.Emeka Opara accra,Ghana $4,000 No response Echi Charity Kenya
30.Fairul De Souza singapore,Singapore $9,500 Processing AHIP Nigeria
31.Fernando Gallotti sao paulo,Brasil $4,000 Processing Thai Red Cross Thailand
32.Frank Mbalula capetown,S/Africa $6,000 Processing Action for Aid Tonga
33.Gao Cheng tianjin,China $5,000 Processing UNICEF Sudan
34.Gina Nicole utah,USA $10,000 Claimed Family Relief Program Moldova
35.Gregor Terry dover,UK $7,000 No response The Johns Fund San Marino
36.Hai Biao beijing,China $6,000 Processing Thai Red Cross Thailand
37.Hans Wesselburg bonn,Germany $5,000 Claimed Irish Red Cross Ireland
38.Hiromitsu Mori kobe,Japan $4,000 Claimed Echi Charity Organisation Grenada
39.Hussin B.Zasiah bsb,Brunei $7,500 Processing UNICEF Sudan
40.Ibrahim Hakim fallujah,Iraq $2,000 Claimed Islamic Aid Fund Jordan
41.Jalal Qanbar baghdad,Iraq $2,000 Processing Médicale Internationale Canada
42.Jess Gardner kansas,USA $4,000 No response HARC Peru
43.Jiang Hongwen macau,China $5,000 Claimed Refugee Council CongoDRC
44.Joanna Kosowski lublin,Poland $7,000 Processing Islamic Aid Fund Jordan
45.Joey Brock alaska,USA $5,000 No response Irish Red Cross Ireland
46.José Campos cuiaba,Brazil $9,500 Processing Child Relief foundation Morocco
47.Jose Maria malaga,Spain $15,000 No response Congo Red Cross Congo DRC
48.Juan Garcia lima,Peru $5,000 Claimed Planet Disaster Relief Singapore
49.Julio Martinez madrid,Spain $6,000 Processing Australian Care Australia
50.Jurijs Chizhov valmiera,Latvia $4,000 Claimed Family Relief Program Moldova
51.Jürgen Weser dresden,Germany $2,000 Processing Aidinternational Palau
52.Kelly Schefter oregon,USA $7,000 Processing Guinea AIDS Mission Guinea
53.Khaled Saleh adan,Yemen $10,000 Claimed People in Need Yemen
54.Khotso Mokhele kimberly,S/Africa $5,000 Claimed Life Givers Fund Haiti
55.Kikaya Kabamba kayes,Congo DRC $8,000 Processing Guinea AIDS Mission Guinea
56.Kurt Oktav graz,Austria $5,000 Claimed Seeds International Eritrea
57.Kusukawa Arai tokyo,Japan $4,000 Claimed Norwegian Red Cross Norway
58.Leslie René hinche,Haiti $4,000 No response Urban Aid Assist Malawi
59.Le Khoan vinh,Vietnam $6,000 Processing Urban Aid Assist Malawi
60.Liang Fu wuhan,China $10,000 Processing Mercy Malta Malta
61.Lin Huo fushun,China $2,000 Processing Children Italia Italy
62.Lisa Mhlongo kimberly,S/Africa $7,000 Claimed Global Volunteer Int. Rwanda
63.Luther Mcgrey ontario,Canada $9,500 Processing Norway Red Cross Norway
64.Mamadu Kabore daloa,Cote D'ivoire $2,000 Claimed UNICEF Egypt
65.Martha Starling j/burg,S/Africa $4,000 Processing Global Volunteer Intl. Rwanda
66.Mary Mackrill bath,UK $7,000 Claimed Children Italia Italy
67.Max Babcock halifax,Canada $2,000 Claimed Karuna Trust Burundi
68.Micheal Davis ohio,USA $10,000 No response Globalgiving Mission USA
69.Moshe Meidad masada,Isreal $4,000 Processing Doctors Libya Libya
70.Mourad Chakib biskra,Algeria $2,000 Claimed Food Care Foundation Somalia
71.Musa Jubril accra,Ghana $2,000 Processing Mother %26amp; Child Fund Tunisia
72.Omar Al-Khamis riyadh,Saudi Arabia $12,000 Claimed Worldwide Hope Fiji
73.Oprah Gilles ny,USA $10,000 Claimed Plan Pakistan Org. Pakistan
74.Pam Wilmots london,UK $8,000 Processing Kindhearts Club Anguilla
75.Pankaj Kumar surat,India $2,000 Claimed Shelter for Life Nauru
76.Paulo Seixas recife,Brazil $4,000 Processing Philanthropy Centre Brazil
77.Rahul Mehta agra,India $2,000 Claimed Seeds International Eritrea
78.Rosa Garcia sevilla,Spain $7,000 Claimed Humane Society Ecuador
79.Samir Faqeeh harad,Saudi Arabia $5,000 Claimed Children's Task Force Kyrgyzstan
80.Sean Coupet paris,France $9,500 Claimed Vietnam Socials Vietnam
81.Shmuel Yatom dimona,Israel $2,000 Processing Help for the aged Armenia
82.Simon Shahi dharan,Nepal $2,000 Processing Australian Care Australia
83.Stefan Cerny linz,Austria $6,000 Processing The Guardian trust Maldives
84.Tarmo Viikmae valga,Estonia $2,000 Claimed UNICEF Samoa
85.Tim Elmore calgary,Canada $10,000 No response Youth Dev. Assistance Burundi
86.Toorani Adel manama,Bahrain $2,000 Processing Islamic Aid Fund Jordan
87.Tope Ogunleye lagos,Nigeria $2,000 Claimed Global Volunteer Intl. Rwanda
88.Vagif Aslanov baku,Azerbaijan $7,000 Claimed Family Relief Program Moldova
89.Vaira Stravinskas riga,Latvia $2,000 Claimed Thai Red Cross Thailand
90.Vincent Yang lo wu,Hong Kong $4,000 Claimed Plan Pakistan Org. Pakistan
91.Vu Hoang hue,Vietnam $2,000 Claimed Planet Disaster Relief Singapore
92.Walter Haas graz,Austria $4,000 Processing Global Relief SA South Africa
93.Wang Wenyuan tianjin,China $15,000 Processing UNICEF Egypt
94.Weeks M.Jeffrey s/australia,Australia $5,000 Processing Green Enviroment Intl. Switzerland
95.Wu Yi macau,China $8,000 Claimed Thai Red Cross Thailand
96.Yasin Chandra bhopal,India $7,000 Claimed Cancer Relief Trust Nepal
97.Yomiuri Tasuku tokyo,Japan $5,000 Processing Worldwide Hope Fiji
98.Yoshitami Naruto kobe,Japan $7,000 No response HIV/AIDS Program Zimbabwe
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Head office: Adolescent Health and Information Projects (AHIP), Plot 9, Tarauni Mkt Road, Kano, Nigeria
Telephone: +234-802-767-8310
+234-803-542-7560
Email: ahip@counsellor.com
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Allow 5 days for confirmation by Yahoo! of your donation to the designated Charity Organization before the shipment and delivery of your prize to: Block 123, Pending Road, #02-42, Singapore 670123, Republic of Singapore. Details of prize delivery to your address will be sent to your email: decorum1@yahoo.com
Yahoo! Attorneys provides legal guarantee for the delivery of your prize after you have made the 5% donation to your assigned Charity Organization and confirmation received by Yahoo! (in accordance with U.S Federal Legislation).
Yahoo! does not and will not deduct the specified 5% donation from winner's prize. Donations must be made voluntarily by affected winners to guarantee delivery of the Yahoo! 2006 Mail Grant prize.
Thank you
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Yahoo! 2006 Mail Grant Prize WinnersYahoo! Netrospective: Is this mail prize grant authentic?
Good gravy no. It's a total crock. Delete and move on.
Reply:Don't just check the "From:" address, you can change that as easily as you can type any email address into it. The beginning of the email sounds good, I like the fact that it says "contact Yahoo! NOW", then I scrolled down and warning bells screamed in my head when I saw the address being in Nigeria.
The first advice I had before even reading the email is to contact Yahoo! and confirm it. Don't use the contact details in the email, but the addresses from Yahoo! Mail help.
As it is, reading the full email, I think this is a scam, mainly because of the various inconsistencies, like the email address, the fact that Kano, Nigeria dialling code is 64, not 802 (and none of the cities in Nigeria has 3-digit area code), and nothing in that Netrospective page that hinted on Yahoo! giving out Mail Grant Prize (I don't see why Yahoo! would not be promoting something like this).
Um, and a word of advice, if that S'porean address and phone number are really yours, I suggest you censor it with 'xxxx' or something.
Reply:The #1 way to check is to see the email address that sent it. Just make sure that is _____@yahoo.com
If is anything other that yahoo.com, then It is fake
IAM WIN You won $500! Yahoo!® Mail congratulates you!BUT STILLI HAVE NOT RECEVED MY CASH PRISE?
PLEASE SEND MY CASH PRISE IN MY E-GOLD A/C NO 3515979[SHIVAE-GOLD]
Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:09:09 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: please wy your deley my cash prise its tru , send conformetion email and pay ment $500
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sir please send my cash prise
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sir,
ahalya nanam %26lt;shusma2sheshi@yahoo.com%26gt; wrote:
please send my conformetion email and send my payment $500 wy your deley its tru completed 5 days wy your deley of conformetion please send conformetion and send my prose meney in e-gold a/c no 3515979 $500
ahalya nanam %26lt;shusma2sheshi@yahoo.com%26gt; wrote:
Get your own web address.
Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business.Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 19:11:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: ahalya nanam %26lt;shusma2sheshi@yahoo.com%26gt;
Subject: Re: YOU WON $500! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!
To: Yahoo! Mail %26lt;admin@mail.yahoo.com%26gt;
sir kindeley conform and credet in my a/c $500
YAHOO $500
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SPAM -- SPAM -- SPAM!!!
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Reply:keep on knocking no one well answer
Reply:This is a scam.
Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:09:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: "ahalya nanam" %26lt;shusma2sheshi@yahoo.com%26gt; View Contact Details View Contact Details Add Mobile Alert
Subject: please wy your deley my cash prise its tru , send conformetion email and pay ment $500
To: "Yahoo! Mail" %26lt;admin@mail.yahoo.com%26gt;
sir please send my cash prise
ahalya nanam %26lt;shusma2sheshi@yahoo.com%26gt; wrote:
ahalya nanam %26lt;shusma2sheshi@yahoo.com%26gt; wrote:
ahalya nanam %26lt;shusma2sheshi@yahoo.com%26gt; wrote:
sir,
ahalya nanam %26lt;shusma2sheshi@yahoo.com%26gt; wrote:
please send my conformetion email and send my payment $500 wy your deley its tru completed 5 days wy your deley of conformetion please send conformetion and send my prose meney in e-gold a/c no 3515979 $500
ahalya nanam %26lt;shusma2sheshi@yahoo.com%26gt; wrote:
Get your own web address.
Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business.Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 19:11:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: ahalya nanam %26lt;shusma2sheshi@yahoo.com%26gt;
Subject: Re: YOU WON $500! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!
To: Yahoo! Mail %26lt;admin@mail.yahoo.com%26gt;
sir kindeley conform and credet in my a/c $500
YAHOO $500
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Reply:This is a scam.
I got an email about the yahoo lottery promotion, is it true?
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Subject: Yahoo! 2008 Promotions (You Have Won One Million Pounds Cash Prize)
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:27:33 +0000
MICROSOFT-YAHOO! CORPORATION
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
REF:MICRO-YAHOO7/315116127/27
BATCH No:15/623/UK.
Registered Lottery No: 220949.
CBS/AP) Microsoft Corporation has bought search engine operator Yahoo Inc. for $44.6 billion in cash and stock in a move to boost its competitive edge in the online services market. Microsoft bid $31 per share for Yahoo, representing a 62 percent premium to Yahoo's closing stock price, the Corporation hereby announces the conclution of the deal and the deal could also give lift to the entire technology market. This is the company’s major milestone to embrace online services. Microsoft officials noted that Yahoo! Corporation, which has about 75 percent worldwide market share in the online search business and that the online advertising industry - which today stands at more than $40 billion - is forecast to reach $80 billion in the next three years.
W e hereby announce the official notification o f the results of the Microsoft-Yahoo! Financial Promotions held this Month. 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 £1,000,000.00 (i.e One Million United Kingdom Pounds) in cash credited to file REF:YAHOO6/315116127/27.
This Lottery is approved and licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). Please note that this Promotional Programmes tagged "Thanks for contributing to our financial Sucess" was sponsored and organized by the Microsoft-Yahoo! Corporation in view of the Financial benefits Microsoft-Yahoo! have received from its numerous customers either through adverts, hosting and personal emails. The reason this lottery was organized is to than k the numerous public including us ers and non-users of YAHOO! MAIL for the financial benefits THE MICROSOFT-YAHOO! CORPORATION have received as a result of their Patronage last Year. For processing and remittance of your winnings, you are required to contact our designated claims director providing him with your detailed information as listed below;
Contact:
Mr.Owen Smith
REMMITANCE DIRECTOR
MICROSOFT-YAHOO! CORPORATIONS UK
44 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AL UNITED KINGDOM
Email: mrsmithsagentoffice@yahoo.de
mr_owensmithoffice@yahoo.co.uk
PHONE NUMBER: +447031741202
APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM
(Receipt Official Notification Letter)
FULL NAM ES*
CONTACT ADDRESS*
COUNTRY*
SEX*
AGE*
MARITAL STATUS*
OC CUPATION*
NATION ALITY*
TELEPHONE NUMBER*
EMAIL ADDRESS*
HAVE Y OU A PASSPORT OR LICENCE (identification on delivery)*
TICKET NUMBER*
SERIAL NUMBER*
BATCH NUMBER*
REFERENCE NUMBER*
Once Again Thanks For Contributing To Our Financial Success!!!
Yours Sincerely,
Steve Ballmer
Chief Executive Officer
Microsoft-Yahoo! Corporation.
======================================...
MICROSOFT-YAHOO! CORPORATION
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
REF:MICRO-YAHOO7/315116127/27
BATCH No:15/623/UK.
Registered Lottery No: 220949.
CBS/AP) Microsoft Corporation has bought search engine operator Yahoo Inc. for $44.6 billion in cash and stock in a move to boost its competitive edge in the online services market. Microsoft bid $31 per share for Yahoo, representing a 62 percent premium to Yahoo's closing stock price, the Corporation hereby announces the conclution of the deal and the deal could also give lift to the entire technology market. This is the company’s major milestone to embrace online services. Microsoft officials noted that Yahoo! Corporation, which has about 75 percent worldwide market share in the online search business and that the online advertising industry - which today stands at more than $40 billion - is forecast to reach $80 billion in the next three years.
W e hereby announce the official notification of the results of the Microsoft-Yahoo! Financial Promotions held this Month. 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 £1,000,000.00 (i.e One Million United Kingdom Pounds) in cash credited to file REF:YAHOO6/315116127/27.
This Lottery is approved and licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). Please note that this Promotional Programmes tagged "Thanks for contributing to our financial Sucess" was sponsored and organized by the Microsoft-Yahoo! Corporation in view of the Financial benefits Microsoft-Yahoo! have received from its numerous customers either through adverts, hosting and personal emails. The reason this lottery was organized is to than k the numerous public including us ers and non-users of YAHOO! MAIL for the financial benefits THE MICROSOFT-YAHOO! CORPORATION have received as a result of their Patronage last Year. For processing and remittance of your winnings, you are required to contact our designated claims director providing him with your detailed information as listed below;
Contact:
Mr.Owen Smith
REMMITANCE DIRECTOR
MICROSOFT-YAHOO! CORPORATIONS UK
44 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AL UNITED KINGDOM
Email: mrsmithsagentoffice@yahoo.de
mr_owensmithoffice@yahoo.co.uk
PHONE NUMBER: +447031741202
APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM
(Receipt Official Notification Letter)
FULL NAM ES*
CONTACT ADDRESS*
COUNTRY*
SEX*
AGE*
MARITAL STATUS*
OC CUPATION*
NATION ALITY*
TELEPHONE NUMBER*
EMAIL ADDRESS*
HAVE Y OU A PASSPORT OR LICENCE (identification on delivery)*
TICKET NUMBER*
SERIAL NUMBER*
BATCH NUMBER*
REFERENCE NUMBER*
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I got an email about the yahoo lottery promotion, is it true?
This is a SCAM. Check out the below link for confirmation of various email scams hitting the internet including the famous Yahoo/MSN lottery scams and how to report them:
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. 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.
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Reply: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
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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
Reply:NO! It is a phishing scam
Reply:Actully I don't know exactly but I think it's not true,...?!
Reply:i recive evey day 3 or 4 email like this
it is cheating
if you want to belive that look at the header of the email to the ( TO : ) you willnot see you email it is either empty or to the same sender
Reply:I'm sorry to tell you that the e-mail you received is a scam. The message sounds too good to be true because it is. There is no such thing as the Yahoo! Lottery. The same goes for MSN, Toyota, AOL, Coca-Cola, et cetera. None of these companies are giving away money to random Internet users.
Rather, scammers are collecting e-mail addresses from all over the Internet and bombarding them with these fake e-mails. If you reply to this scam e-mail, the con artist will soon ask you for money. There are many excuses for why the scammer wants money, but they're all lies.
Many scammers will tell you that you need to wire them money to cover "courier fees." When you do this, the scammer will come back soon to ask for more money. This will continue until you are either broke or wise to the scam. Either way, you have lost your money - and there will not be a lottery prize to collect at the end of this mess, either.
Some scammers will even go so far as to provide you with documents as "proof" that they are trustworthy. You might receive a scanned copy of a passport as identification. This is either fake or stolen. Seeing an ID proves nothing. And anybody with MS Paint and five minutes of free time can forge confirmation papers, lists of winners, or other such documents to convince victims that the lottery winnings are real. The scammers will try to make their cons look as genuine as possible so as to extract your money from you.
You can confirm that you've received a scam e-mail by doing one or more of these things:
* Open the company's official Web site in a fresh browser window. Yahoo!, MSN, et cetera will not have any information on their Web sites about their lottery drawings or giveaways. This is because these companies are not really giving away money. At the most, you might find a fraud warning on these official Web sites. This is an excellent indication that you're being scammed, as companies that *are* giving away money will promote this fact all over the place.
* Copy part of the e-mail and paste that into a search engine. Many known scam e-mails are collected and published at various anti-scam Web sites. These pages are there to help spread the word about these scams so that fewer people will fall for them. Use these free tools to your advantage: search parts of any suspicious e-mail you receive before you reply.
* Contact your local law-enforcement department. More often than not, somebody there is familiar enough with this widespread scam to confirm that it is not real.
You should delete the scam e-mail and forget about it. If you have not actually lost money to the scammer, you do not have a case for law enforcement to investigate. They're busy trying to catch the scammers who have stolen from actual victims. Reporting the scammer's e-mail account to the provider to have the box closed might seem like a good idea, but this can ruin an active law-enforcement investigation.
You can also warn people you know about these scams. The more people we all tell, the fewer potential victims these low-life scammers will have.
http://www.scamwarners.com is an excellent Web site for more information about fake lottery scams and other, similar cons.
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Subject: Yahoo! 2008 Promotions (You Have Won One Million Pounds Cash Prize)
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:27:33 +0000
MICROSOFT-YAHOO! CORPORATION
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
REF:MICRO-YAHOO7/315116127/27
BATCH No:15/623/UK.
Registered Lottery No: 220949.
CBS/AP) Microsoft Corporation has bought search engine operator Yahoo Inc. for $44.6 billion in cash and stock in a move to boost its competitive edge in the online services market. Microsoft bid $31 per share for Yahoo, representing a 62 percent premium to Yahoo's closing stock price, the Corporation hereby announces the conclution of the deal and the deal could also give lift to the entire technology market. This is the company’s major milestone to embrace online services. Microsoft officials noted that Yahoo! Corporation, which has about 75 percent worldwide market share in the online search business and that the online advertising industry - which today stands at more than $40 billion - is forecast to reach $80 billion in the next three years.
W e hereby announce the official notification o f the results of the Microsoft-Yahoo! Financial Promotions held this Month. 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 £1,000,000.00 (i.e One Million United Kingdom Pounds) in cash credited to file REF:YAHOO6/315116127/27.
This Lottery is approved and licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). Please note that this Promotional Programmes tagged "Thanks for contributing to our financial Sucess" was sponsored and organized by the Microsoft-Yahoo! Corporation in view of the Financial benefits Microsoft-Yahoo! have received from its numerous customers either through adverts, hosting and personal emails. The reason this lottery was organized is to than k the numerous public including us ers and non-users of YAHOO! MAIL for the financial benefits THE MICROSOFT-YAHOO! CORPORATION have received as a result of their Patronage last Year. For processing and remittance of your winnings, you are required to contact our designated claims director providing him with your detailed information as listed below;
Contact:
Mr.Owen Smith
REMMITANCE DIRECTOR
MICROSOFT-YAHOO! CORPORATIONS UK
44 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AL UNITED KINGDOM
Email: mrsmithsagentoffice@yahoo.de
mr_owensmithoffice@yahoo.co.uk
PHONE NUMBER: +447031741202
APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM
(Receipt Official Notification Letter)
FULL NAM ES*
CONTACT ADDRESS*
COUNTRY*
SEX*
AGE*
MARITAL STATUS*
OC CUPATION*
NATION ALITY*
TELEPHONE NUMBER*
EMAIL ADDRESS*
HAVE Y OU A PASSPORT OR LICENCE (identification on delivery)*
TICKET NUMBER*
SERIAL NUMBER*
BATCH NUMBER*
REFERENCE NUMBER*
Once Again Thanks For Contributing To Our Financial Success!!!
Yours Sincerely,
Steve Ballmer
Chief Executive Officer
Microsoft-Yahoo! Corporation.
======================================...
MICROSOFT-YAHOO! CORPORATION
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
REF:MICRO-YAHOO7/315116127/27
BATCH No:15/623/UK.
Registered Lottery No: 220949.
CBS/AP) Microsoft Corporation has bought search engine operator Yahoo Inc. for $44.6 billion in cash and stock in a move to boost its competitive edge in the online services market. Microsoft bid $31 per share for Yahoo, representing a 62 percent premium to Yahoo's closing stock price, the Corporation hereby announces the conclution of the deal and the deal could also give lift to the entire technology market. This is the company’s major milestone to embrace online services. Microsoft officials noted that Yahoo! Corporation, which has about 75 percent worldwide market share in the online search business and that the online advertising industry - which today stands at more than $40 billion - is forecast to reach $80 billion in the next three years.
W e hereby announce the official notification of the results of the Microsoft-Yahoo! Financial Promotions held this Month. 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 £1,000,000.00 (i.e One Million United Kingdom Pounds) in cash credited to file REF:YAHOO6/315116127/27.
This Lottery is approved and licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). Please note that this Promotional Programmes tagged "Thanks for contributing to our financial Sucess" was sponsored and organized by the Microsoft-Yahoo! Corporation in view of the Financial benefits Microsoft-Yahoo! have received from its numerous customers either through adverts, hosting and personal emails. The reason this lottery was organized is to than k the numerous public including us ers and non-users of YAHOO! MAIL for the financial benefits THE MICROSOFT-YAHOO! CORPORATION have received as a result of their Patronage last Year. For processing and remittance of your winnings, you are required to contact our designated claims director providing him with your detailed information as listed below;
Contact:
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I got an email about the yahoo lottery promotion, is it true?
This is a SCAM. Check out the below link for confirmation of various email scams hitting the internet including the famous Yahoo/MSN lottery scams and how to report them:
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. 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/
Reply: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
Reply:NO! It is a phishing scam
Reply:Actully I don't know exactly but I think it's not true,...?!
Reply:i recive evey day 3 or 4 email like this
it is cheating
if you want to belive that look at the header of the email to the ( TO : ) you willnot see you email it is either empty or to the same sender
Reply:I'm sorry to tell you that the e-mail you received is a scam. The message sounds too good to be true because it is. There is no such thing as the Yahoo! Lottery. The same goes for MSN, Toyota, AOL, Coca-Cola, et cetera. None of these companies are giving away money to random Internet users.
Rather, scammers are collecting e-mail addresses from all over the Internet and bombarding them with these fake e-mails. If you reply to this scam e-mail, the con artist will soon ask you for money. There are many excuses for why the scammer wants money, but they're all lies.
Many scammers will tell you that you need to wire them money to cover "courier fees." When you do this, the scammer will come back soon to ask for more money. This will continue until you are either broke or wise to the scam. Either way, you have lost your money - and there will not be a lottery prize to collect at the end of this mess, either.
Some scammers will even go so far as to provide you with documents as "proof" that they are trustworthy. You might receive a scanned copy of a passport as identification. This is either fake or stolen. Seeing an ID proves nothing. And anybody with MS Paint and five minutes of free time can forge confirmation papers, lists of winners, or other such documents to convince victims that the lottery winnings are real. The scammers will try to make their cons look as genuine as possible so as to extract your money from you.
You can confirm that you've received a scam e-mail by doing one or more of these things:
* Open the company's official Web site in a fresh browser window. Yahoo!, MSN, et cetera will not have any information on their Web sites about their lottery drawings or giveaways. This is because these companies are not really giving away money. At the most, you might find a fraud warning on these official Web sites. This is an excellent indication that you're being scammed, as companies that *are* giving away money will promote this fact all over the place.
* Copy part of the e-mail and paste that into a search engine. Many known scam e-mails are collected and published at various anti-scam Web sites. These pages are there to help spread the word about these scams so that fewer people will fall for them. Use these free tools to your advantage: search parts of any suspicious e-mail you receive before you reply.
* Contact your local law-enforcement department. More often than not, somebody there is familiar enough with this widespread scam to confirm that it is not real.
You should delete the scam e-mail and forget about it. If you have not actually lost money to the scammer, you do not have a case for law enforcement to investigate. They're busy trying to catch the scammers who have stolen from actual victims. Reporting the scammer's e-mail account to the provider to have the box closed might seem like a good idea, but this can ruin an active law-enforcement investigation.
You can also warn people you know about these scams. The more people we all tell, the fewer potential victims these low-life scammers will have.
http://www.scamwarners.com is an excellent Web site for more information about fake lottery scams and other, similar cons.
Yahoo help??
can anyone here give me descriptions about these yahoo products :
Yahoo! Autos
Yahoo! Bookmarks
Yahoo! Finance
Yahoo! Groups
Yahoo! Local
Yahoo! Message Boards
Yahoo! Mobile
Yahoo! Photos
Yahoo! Real Estate
Yahoo! Shopping
Yahoo! Small Business
Yahoo! Toolbar
Yahoo! Travel
Yahoo! Widgets
Yahoo! Search
also tell me other yahoo products and give their descriptions too!
Yahoo help??
You can go to each of them and click on the help link.
human teeth
Yahoo! Autos
Yahoo! Bookmarks
Yahoo! Finance
Yahoo! Groups
Yahoo! Local
Yahoo! Message Boards
Yahoo! Mobile
Yahoo! Photos
Yahoo! Real Estate
Yahoo! Shopping
Yahoo! Small Business
Yahoo! Toolbar
Yahoo! Travel
Yahoo! Widgets
Yahoo! Search
also tell me other yahoo products and give their descriptions too!
Yahoo help??
You can go to each of them and click on the help link.
human teeth
Is Yahoo! been fair to me?My simple question was deleted twice.?
AFTER MY FIRST APPEAL:
Hi peacedotcomm,
Thank you for taking the time to submit an appeal. Upon review, we found the following question was not in violation of the Answers Community Guidelines:
"Will The Arabs or the world listen to Bush after destruction of Iraq?"
The Yahoo! Answers Team regrets that your question was wrongfully reported by the Answers community. Your question has been reposted to Yahoo! Answers, and we are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.
As a result of your appeal, the people who reported your question will have less influence when reporting abuse in the future.
Thanks,
Yahoo! Answers Team
AFTER MY SECOND APPEAL:
Hello,
Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Answers.
We have reviewed your appeal request. Upon review we found that your
content was indeed in violation of the Yahoo! Answers Community
Guidelines, Yahoo! Community Guidelines or the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
As a result, your content will remain removed from Yahoo! Answers
Please note: Your use of Yahoo! Answers is subject to the Yahoo! Answers
Community Guidelines, Yahoo! Community Guidelines, and also the Yahoo!
Terms of Service. Members who have violated the Community Guidelines are
at risk for review and possible termination of their Answers accounts.
In extreme cases, members who have also violated the Yahoo! Terms of
Service risk losing their Yahoo! ID and access to other Yahoo! services.
Please review the Yahoo! Answers Community Guidelines here:
http://qa.answers.yahoo.com/info/communi...
Please review the Yahoo! Community Guidelines here:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/guidelines/co...
Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Answers.
Regards,
Carmen
Yahoo! Customer Care
Is Yahoo! been fair to me?My simple question was deleted twice.?
I honestly wouldn't lose too much sleep over the violation notices. I have received a number of violation notices for trivia things, and although I appeal most, it isn't worth the aggrevation to yourself to pursue beyond that. The real problem lies with the people who have appointed themselves judge and jury. There is an element on this site which seemingly takes pleasure in reporting anything they don't like, whether it is a true violation or not. Unfortunately, due to the nature of this forum, there is no way around the unfair violations except to appeal when you can. The rest of the time, live and let live. You can't control how other users respond to your questions or answers. I just do my thing and don't worry about it anymore.
Reply:Perhaps the first time it was reported as one violation, and the second time it was reported as a different kind of violation.
Although I can't figure out what either violation would be.
Reply:at least you got a response from YA....i demand an explanation for each of my many many violations but never had i gotten a letter from Carmen. Good for you
Reply:well who knows with the communist gestapo censors. say and post exactly what they want to see, or be permantly removed like mark w was. you don't see him or most of his contacts anymore do you?? they got booted for pointing out that a christian fundamentalist was a bigotted racist. boom they're gone. he's a pal fr.360, and many like minded contacts also got removed. on the grounds their posts were not questions or answers. isn't the word yes an answer to a question. see you would have said yes. tread carefully, the supremists control everything.
Reply:Maby not, if it happens, change your password.
Hi peacedotcomm,
Thank you for taking the time to submit an appeal. Upon review, we found the following question was not in violation of the Answers Community Guidelines:
"Will The Arabs or the world listen to Bush after destruction of Iraq?"
The Yahoo! Answers Team regrets that your question was wrongfully reported by the Answers community. Your question has been reposted to Yahoo! Answers, and we are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.
As a result of your appeal, the people who reported your question will have less influence when reporting abuse in the future.
Thanks,
Yahoo! Answers Team
AFTER MY SECOND APPEAL:
Hello,
Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Answers.
We have reviewed your appeal request. Upon review we found that your
content was indeed in violation of the Yahoo! Answers Community
Guidelines, Yahoo! Community Guidelines or the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
As a result, your content will remain removed from Yahoo! Answers
Please note: Your use of Yahoo! Answers is subject to the Yahoo! Answers
Community Guidelines, Yahoo! Community Guidelines, and also the Yahoo!
Terms of Service. Members who have violated the Community Guidelines are
at risk for review and possible termination of their Answers accounts.
In extreme cases, members who have also violated the Yahoo! Terms of
Service risk losing their Yahoo! ID and access to other Yahoo! services.
Please review the Yahoo! Answers Community Guidelines here:
http://qa.answers.yahoo.com/info/communi...
Please review the Yahoo! Community Guidelines here:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/guidelines/co...
Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Answers.
Regards,
Carmen
Yahoo! Customer Care
Is Yahoo! been fair to me?My simple question was deleted twice.?
I honestly wouldn't lose too much sleep over the violation notices. I have received a number of violation notices for trivia things, and although I appeal most, it isn't worth the aggrevation to yourself to pursue beyond that. The real problem lies with the people who have appointed themselves judge and jury. There is an element on this site which seemingly takes pleasure in reporting anything they don't like, whether it is a true violation or not. Unfortunately, due to the nature of this forum, there is no way around the unfair violations except to appeal when you can. The rest of the time, live and let live. You can't control how other users respond to your questions or answers. I just do my thing and don't worry about it anymore.
Reply:Perhaps the first time it was reported as one violation, and the second time it was reported as a different kind of violation.
Although I can't figure out what either violation would be.
Reply:at least you got a response from YA....i demand an explanation for each of my many many violations but never had i gotten a letter from Carmen. Good for you
Reply:well who knows with the communist gestapo censors. say and post exactly what they want to see, or be permantly removed like mark w was. you don't see him or most of his contacts anymore do you?? they got booted for pointing out that a christian fundamentalist was a bigotted racist. boom they're gone. he's a pal fr.360, and many like minded contacts also got removed. on the grounds their posts were not questions or answers. isn't the word yes an answer to a question. see you would have said yes. tread carefully, the supremists control everything.
Reply:Maby not, if it happens, change your password.
Why will Yahoo not remove Kiddy P profiles?
I have reported the list below of yahoo profiles to Yahoo Abuse, but Yahoo will not remove them.
Why?
Can anyone help to get these profiles removed?
http://profiles.yahoo.com/ford_field_kid...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/fat_depressed_...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/heavy_metai_fa...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/glen_wagner_ki...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/m4nch3s13rs_fa...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/cam_brainard_p...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/IRresPoNSibLe_...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/deanagelis_kid...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/gochej_cocaine...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/jasonhowton
http://profiles.yahoo.com/old_cakka02
http://profiles.yahoo.com/brian_warner_c...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/als_party_stor...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/a_tom_dupont_k...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/dwayne_suess_k...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/donald_french_...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/druitch_hartoo...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/a_tanglewood_e...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/paulbeaudin24
http://profiles.yahoo.com/als_friendy_ki...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/grandemanny
http://profiles.yahoo.com/albanian_cocai...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/dons_kiddyporn...
Why will Yahoo not remove Kiddy P profiles?
They're flagged as adult profiles. Adults have a right to adult content without your censorship. It's a free country.
Why?
Can anyone help to get these profiles removed?
http://profiles.yahoo.com/ford_field_kid...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/fat_depressed_...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/heavy_metai_fa...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/glen_wagner_ki...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/m4nch3s13rs_fa...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/cam_brainard_p...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/IRresPoNSibLe_...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/deanagelis_kid...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/gochej_cocaine...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/jasonhowton
http://profiles.yahoo.com/old_cakka02
http://profiles.yahoo.com/brian_warner_c...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/als_party_stor...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/a_tom_dupont_k...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/dwayne_suess_k...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/donald_french_...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/druitch_hartoo...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/a_tanglewood_e...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/paulbeaudin24
http://profiles.yahoo.com/als_friendy_ki...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/grandemanny
http://profiles.yahoo.com/albanian_cocai...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/dons_kiddyporn...
Why will Yahoo not remove Kiddy P profiles?
They're flagged as adult profiles. Adults have a right to adult content without your censorship. It's a free country.
Yahoo Lottery Draw of the year 2006. is real?
Messenger Yahoo! Lottery Results You won £800.000! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!
Yahoo! Mail announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing Yahoo Lottery Draw of the year 2006.
All 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada , Australia , United States , Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually,consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of 800,000.00 GBP (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS STERLING ).
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.
Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our British representative office in United Kingdom , as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of 800,000.00 GBP will be released to you from this regional branch office in UK.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
These are your identification numbers.......................
Batch number.....................Yll/uk/ 09445
Lotto number.......................Yll No:052146325
Winning number...................Yll/uk/fua:1045...
Yahoo!'s Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:
FIDUCIARY AGENT Email: lottolotterycontactagent@yahoo.co.uk
You are to send the completed verification form below to the our Agent in the United Kingdom whose email address is given above so that you will be advised on what to do to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!!
1. FULL NAME
2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
3. PRESENT ADRESS.
4. DATE OF BIRTH
5. OCCUPATION
6. TELEPHONE NUMBER
6. FAX NUMBER (IF ANY)
7. MARITAL STATUS
8. WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your
prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-selected winner or unofficial personnel.
Yours Sincerely,
DR. MRS.SANDRA FREEMAN(PHD)
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
The Yahoo.com staff
Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com
Yahoo! Lottery Results
Yahoo! Lottery is a free service that does not require you to be a Yahoo! registered user.
DR. WILLIAM GERRI (PHD)
SECRETARY GENERAL YAHOO LOTTO.
The Yahoo.com staff
Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com
Yahoo! Lottery Results
Yahoo! Lottery is a free service that does not require you to be a Yahoo! registered user.
Yahoo Lottery Draw of the year 2006. is real?
Yet another scam. When will people ever wise up to this nonsense.
If it seems too good to be true, it's a scam.
Reply:This is an ongoing scam that's been around for ages in various forms. Some come from England and state you won in an email drawing, others originate here. They prey on people that believe they can win major bucks without entering a sweepstakes. There are other scams originating in Nigeria. Some banking official (ha ha) is in charge of millions of dollars left in the bank after someones death. There are no relatives. Will you say you are the next of kin for 40% of the money? Don't fall for any of it!!!
Reply:you get nothing for nothing
Reply:Yes it is real! Give those people all of your banking information, your social security number and any other information or money that tehy require so you can get your prize money! DO IT NOW !
Oh , and one more thing, your question is WAY TOO LONG !!
Reply:This is a genuine e-mail,when you claim your prize,I've got some magic beans I can sell you.
Reply:it's quite obviously fake.
Reply:It's a scam - there are a lot of reports of this at the moment. If you really are unsure, contact Yahoo - mail@cc.yahoo-inc.com to confirm this.
Reply:of course its not real.
Yahoo! Mail announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing Yahoo Lottery Draw of the year 2006.
All 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada , Australia , United States , Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually,consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of 800,000.00 GBP (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS STERLING ).
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.
Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our British representative office in United Kingdom , as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of 800,000.00 GBP will be released to you from this regional branch office in UK.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
These are your identification numbers.......................
Batch number.....................Yll/uk/ 09445
Lotto number.......................Yll No:052146325
Winning number...................Yll/uk/fua:1045...
Yahoo!'s Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:
FIDUCIARY AGENT Email: lottolotterycontactagent@yahoo.co.uk
You are to send the completed verification form below to the our Agent in the United Kingdom whose email address is given above so that you will be advised on what to do to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!!
1. FULL NAME
2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
3. PRESENT ADRESS.
4. DATE OF BIRTH
5. OCCUPATION
6. TELEPHONE NUMBER
6. FAX NUMBER (IF ANY)
7. MARITAL STATUS
8. WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your
prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-selected winner or unofficial personnel.
Yours Sincerely,
DR. MRS.SANDRA FREEMAN(PHD)
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
The Yahoo.com staff
Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com
Yahoo! Lottery Results
Yahoo! Lottery is a free service that does not require you to be a Yahoo! registered user.
DR. WILLIAM GERRI (PHD)
SECRETARY GENERAL YAHOO LOTTO.
The Yahoo.com staff
Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com
Yahoo! Lottery Results
Yahoo! Lottery is a free service that does not require you to be a Yahoo! registered user.
Yahoo Lottery Draw of the year 2006. is real?
Yet another scam. When will people ever wise up to this nonsense.
If it seems too good to be true, it's a scam.
Reply:This is an ongoing scam that's been around for ages in various forms. Some come from England and state you won in an email drawing, others originate here. They prey on people that believe they can win major bucks without entering a sweepstakes. There are other scams originating in Nigeria. Some banking official (ha ha) is in charge of millions of dollars left in the bank after someones death. There are no relatives. Will you say you are the next of kin for 40% of the money? Don't fall for any of it!!!
Reply:you get nothing for nothing
Reply:Yes it is real! Give those people all of your banking information, your social security number and any other information or money that tehy require so you can get your prize money! DO IT NOW !
Oh , and one more thing, your question is WAY TOO LONG !!
Reply:This is a genuine e-mail,when you claim your prize,I've got some magic beans I can sell you.
Reply:it's quite obviously fake.
Reply:It's a scam - there are a lot of reports of this at the moment. If you really are unsure, contact Yahoo - mail@cc.yahoo-inc.com to confirm this.
Reply:of course its not real.
Why does Yahoo cooperate with the Chinese dovernment in stifle dissent?
Yahoo helped Chinese to prosecute journalist
By Joseph Kahn The New York Times
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2005
BEIJING The Internet giant Yahoo provided information that helped Chinese state security officials convict a Chinese journalist for leaking state secrets to a foreign Web site, court documents show.
The journalist, Shi Tao, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in June for sending an anonymous posting to a New York-based, Chinese-language Web site that authorities said contained state secrets. His posting summarized a communication from Communist Party authorities to media outlets around the country.
Shi's case has become a prominent symbol of the recent tightening of media controls in the one-party state, where authorities often punish outspoken journalists for leaking information deemed secret.
Yahoo provided records showing that Shi used a computer at his workplace, Contemporary Business News, in Changsha, late in the evening of April 20, 2004, to access his Yahoo e-mail account. Authorities say the offending e-mail was sent to the New York Web site from that e-mail account around that time, according to people involved in Shi's defense.
Yahoo's role in the prosecution of Shi was revealed in July by Boxun, a Web site run by overseas Chinese, and was repeated on Tuesday by Reporters Without Borders, a media watchdog group. Yahoo declined to comment on the matter Wednesday.
Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, Cisco and other major Internet service and equipment providers have come under scrutiny for helping China to monitor and censor content available to China's 100 million Internet users.
Chinese Internet experts say Google and Yahoo routinely exclude sensitive political or religious information from searches conducted by users in mainland China. Microsoft's MSN has come under attack for restricting the content of Web logs, or blogs, it hosts in China.
The companies have often said that they must abide by laws and regulations of countries where they operate.
Chinese journalists say the information that Shi, a 37-year-old journalist and democracy advocate, provided to the New York Web site, called Democracy Forum, was widely circulated at the time.
The information involved routine instructions on how officials were to safeguard social stability during the 15th anniversary of the June 4, 1989, democracy movement.
Shi's case alarmed critics of the Chinese government because his posting did not reveal the sender or the source of the information. That meant the authorities had no more to go on when they began their investigation than an anonymous posting on a U.S.-based Web site.
Using investigative techniques that were not revealed during Shi's trial, Beijing state security officials pinpointed the Chinese source of the e-mail to Democracy Forum that contained the information, according to the people involved in Shi's defense. The people asked to remain anonymous because evidence introduced in Shi's trial was declared secret.
How investigators obtained that information - either by gaining access to the computers at Democracy Forum in New York, or by retroactively searching the content of e-mails that passed through China's Internet servers - was presented to judges in a secret addendum to the prosecution's evidence. Shi's defense lawyers did not have access to that evidence, the people said.
Yahoo's role remains murky, in part because the company has declined to provide any information about its cooperation with Beijing authorities.
It is unclear whether the company responded voluntarily to a request from Beijing state security, or provided data only when confronted with a court order.
Whether the information that Yahoo provided proved critical in identifying Shi, or merely supplementary to the case, also remains unclear. This is because it is not known whether the initial intelligence the Beijing authorities gathered identified Shi personally, or merely the Internet access point, or IP address, where the e-mail to Democracy Forum originated.
If authorities could trace the e-mail only as far as an IP address or to a Yahoo e-mail account, then it is possible that Yahoo's help proved crucial in linking the e-mail to Shi. This is true because Contemporary Business News of Changsha, Shi's employer, had only one IP address shared by many employees, the court documents show.
But people involved in Shi's defense said Yahoo might have played a less pivotal role, providing supplementary evidence to demonstrate how and when Shi transmitted the information after authorities had already identified Shi as the culprit.
Critics say, however, that Yahoo crossed a line by helping authorities prosecute the journalist, even if the company merely responded to a court order.
BEIJING The Internet giant Yahoo provided information that helped Chinese state security officials convict a Chinese journalist for leaking state secrets to a foreign Web site, court documents show.
The journalist, Shi Tao, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in June for sending an anonymous posting to a New York-based, Chinese-language Web site that authorities said contained state secrets. His posting summarized a communication from Communist Party authorities to media outlets around the country.
Shi's case has become a prominent symbol of the recent tightening of media controls in the one-party state, where authorities often punish outspoken journalists for leaking information deemed secret.
Yahoo provided records showing that Shi used a computer at his workplace, Contemporary Business News, in Changsha, late in the evening of April 20, 2004, to access his Yahoo e-mail account. Authorities say the offending e-mail was sent to the New York Web site from that e-mail account around that time, according to people involved in Shi's defense.
Yahoo's role in the prosecution of Shi was revealed in July by Boxun, a Web site run by overseas Chinese, and was repeated on Tuesday by Reporters Without Borders, a media watchdog group. Yahoo declined to comment on the matter Wednesday.
Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, Cisco and other major Internet service and equipment providers have come under scrutiny for helping China to monitor and censor content available to China's 100 million Internet users.
Chinese Internet experts say Google and Yahoo routinely exclude sensitive political or religious information from searches conducted by users in mainland China. Microsoft's MSN has come under attack for restricting the content of Web logs, or blogs, it hosts in China.
The companies have often said that they must abide by laws and regulations of countries where they operate.
Chinese journalists say the information that Shi, a 37-year-old journalist and democracy advocate, provided to the New York Web site, called Democracy Forum, was widely circulated at the time.
The information involved routine instructions on how officials were to safeguard social stability during the 15th anniversary of the June 4, 1989, democracy movement.
Shi's case alarmed critics of the Chinese government because his posting did not reveal the sender or the source of the information. That meant the authorities had no more to go on when they began their investigation than an anonymous posting on a U.S.-based Web site.
Using investigative techniques that were not revealed during Shi's trial, Beijing state security officials pinpointed the Chinese source of the e-mail to Democracy Forum that contained the information, according to the people involved in Shi's defense. The people asked to remain anonymous because evidence introduced in Shi's trial was declared secret.
How investigators obtained that information - either by gaining access to the computers at Democracy Forum in New York, or by retroactively searching the content of e-mails that passed through China's Internet servers - was presented to judges in a secret addendum to the prosecution's evidence. Shi's defense lawyers did not have access to that evidence, the people said.
Yahoo's role remains murky, in part because the company has declined to provide any information about its cooperation with Beijing authorities.
It is unclear whether the company responded voluntarily to a request from Beijing state security, or provided data only when confronted with a court order.
Whether the information that Yahoo provided proved critical in identifying Shi, or merely supplementary to the case, also remains unclear. This is because it is not known whether the initial intelligence the Beijing authorities gathered identified Shi personally, or merely the Internet access point, or IP address, where the e-mail to Democracy Forum originated.
If authorities could trace the e-mail only as far as an IP address or to a Yahoo e-mail account, then it is possible that Yahoo's help proved crucial in linking the e-mail to Shi. This is true because Contemporary Business News of Changsha, Shi's employer, had only one IP address shared by many employees, the court documents show.
But people involved in Shi's defense said Yahoo might have played a less pivotal role, providing supplementary evidence to demonstrate how and when Shi transmitted the information after authorities had already identified Shi as the culprit.
Critics say, however, that Yahoo crossed a line by helping authorities prosecute the journalist, even if the company merely responded to a court order.
Why does Yahoo cooperate with the Chinese dovernment in stifle dissent?
Because it is a corporation that is itching to make more money and not lose favor with governments.
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By Joseph Kahn The New York Times
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2005
BEIJING The Internet giant Yahoo provided information that helped Chinese state security officials convict a Chinese journalist for leaking state secrets to a foreign Web site, court documents show.
The journalist, Shi Tao, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in June for sending an anonymous posting to a New York-based, Chinese-language Web site that authorities said contained state secrets. His posting summarized a communication from Communist Party authorities to media outlets around the country.
Shi's case has become a prominent symbol of the recent tightening of media controls in the one-party state, where authorities often punish outspoken journalists for leaking information deemed secret.
Yahoo provided records showing that Shi used a computer at his workplace, Contemporary Business News, in Changsha, late in the evening of April 20, 2004, to access his Yahoo e-mail account. Authorities say the offending e-mail was sent to the New York Web site from that e-mail account around that time, according to people involved in Shi's defense.
Yahoo's role in the prosecution of Shi was revealed in July by Boxun, a Web site run by overseas Chinese, and was repeated on Tuesday by Reporters Without Borders, a media watchdog group. Yahoo declined to comment on the matter Wednesday.
Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, Cisco and other major Internet service and equipment providers have come under scrutiny for helping China to monitor and censor content available to China's 100 million Internet users.
Chinese Internet experts say Google and Yahoo routinely exclude sensitive political or religious information from searches conducted by users in mainland China. Microsoft's MSN has come under attack for restricting the content of Web logs, or blogs, it hosts in China.
The companies have often said that they must abide by laws and regulations of countries where they operate.
Chinese journalists say the information that Shi, a 37-year-old journalist and democracy advocate, provided to the New York Web site, called Democracy Forum, was widely circulated at the time.
The information involved routine instructions on how officials were to safeguard social stability during the 15th anniversary of the June 4, 1989, democracy movement.
Shi's case alarmed critics of the Chinese government because his posting did not reveal the sender or the source of the information. That meant the authorities had no more to go on when they began their investigation than an anonymous posting on a U.S.-based Web site.
Using investigative techniques that were not revealed during Shi's trial, Beijing state security officials pinpointed the Chinese source of the e-mail to Democracy Forum that contained the information, according to the people involved in Shi's defense. The people asked to remain anonymous because evidence introduced in Shi's trial was declared secret.
How investigators obtained that information - either by gaining access to the computers at Democracy Forum in New York, or by retroactively searching the content of e-mails that passed through China's Internet servers - was presented to judges in a secret addendum to the prosecution's evidence. Shi's defense lawyers did not have access to that evidence, the people said.
Yahoo's role remains murky, in part because the company has declined to provide any information about its cooperation with Beijing authorities.
It is unclear whether the company responded voluntarily to a request from Beijing state security, or provided data only when confronted with a court order.
Whether the information that Yahoo provided proved critical in identifying Shi, or merely supplementary to the case, also remains unclear. This is because it is not known whether the initial intelligence the Beijing authorities gathered identified Shi personally, or merely the Internet access point, or IP address, where the e-mail to Democracy Forum originated.
If authorities could trace the e-mail only as far as an IP address or to a Yahoo e-mail account, then it is possible that Yahoo's help proved crucial in linking the e-mail to Shi. This is true because Contemporary Business News of Changsha, Shi's employer, had only one IP address shared by many employees, the court documents show.
But people involved in Shi's defense said Yahoo might have played a less pivotal role, providing supplementary evidence to demonstrate how and when Shi transmitted the information after authorities had already identified Shi as the culprit.
Critics say, however, that Yahoo crossed a line by helping authorities prosecute the journalist, even if the company merely responded to a court order.
BEIJING The Internet giant Yahoo provided information that helped Chinese state security officials convict a Chinese journalist for leaking state secrets to a foreign Web site, court documents show.
The journalist, Shi Tao, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in June for sending an anonymous posting to a New York-based, Chinese-language Web site that authorities said contained state secrets. His posting summarized a communication from Communist Party authorities to media outlets around the country.
Shi's case has become a prominent symbol of the recent tightening of media controls in the one-party state, where authorities often punish outspoken journalists for leaking information deemed secret.
Yahoo provided records showing that Shi used a computer at his workplace, Contemporary Business News, in Changsha, late in the evening of April 20, 2004, to access his Yahoo e-mail account. Authorities say the offending e-mail was sent to the New York Web site from that e-mail account around that time, according to people involved in Shi's defense.
Yahoo's role in the prosecution of Shi was revealed in July by Boxun, a Web site run by overseas Chinese, and was repeated on Tuesday by Reporters Without Borders, a media watchdog group. Yahoo declined to comment on the matter Wednesday.
Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, Cisco and other major Internet service and equipment providers have come under scrutiny for helping China to monitor and censor content available to China's 100 million Internet users.
Chinese Internet experts say Google and Yahoo routinely exclude sensitive political or religious information from searches conducted by users in mainland China. Microsoft's MSN has come under attack for restricting the content of Web logs, or blogs, it hosts in China.
The companies have often said that they must abide by laws and regulations of countries where they operate.
Chinese journalists say the information that Shi, a 37-year-old journalist and democracy advocate, provided to the New York Web site, called Democracy Forum, was widely circulated at the time.
The information involved routine instructions on how officials were to safeguard social stability during the 15th anniversary of the June 4, 1989, democracy movement.
Shi's case alarmed critics of the Chinese government because his posting did not reveal the sender or the source of the information. That meant the authorities had no more to go on when they began their investigation than an anonymous posting on a U.S.-based Web site.
Using investigative techniques that were not revealed during Shi's trial, Beijing state security officials pinpointed the Chinese source of the e-mail to Democracy Forum that contained the information, according to the people involved in Shi's defense. The people asked to remain anonymous because evidence introduced in Shi's trial was declared secret.
How investigators obtained that information - either by gaining access to the computers at Democracy Forum in New York, or by retroactively searching the content of e-mails that passed through China's Internet servers - was presented to judges in a secret addendum to the prosecution's evidence. Shi's defense lawyers did not have access to that evidence, the people said.
Yahoo's role remains murky, in part because the company has declined to provide any information about its cooperation with Beijing authorities.
It is unclear whether the company responded voluntarily to a request from Beijing state security, or provided data only when confronted with a court order.
Whether the information that Yahoo provided proved critical in identifying Shi, or merely supplementary to the case, also remains unclear. This is because it is not known whether the initial intelligence the Beijing authorities gathered identified Shi personally, or merely the Internet access point, or IP address, where the e-mail to Democracy Forum originated.
If authorities could trace the e-mail only as far as an IP address or to a Yahoo e-mail account, then it is possible that Yahoo's help proved crucial in linking the e-mail to Shi. This is true because Contemporary Business News of Changsha, Shi's employer, had only one IP address shared by many employees, the court documents show.
But people involved in Shi's defense said Yahoo might have played a less pivotal role, providing supplementary evidence to demonstrate how and when Shi transmitted the information after authorities had already identified Shi as the culprit.
Critics say, however, that Yahoo crossed a line by helping authorities prosecute the journalist, even if the company merely responded to a court order.
Why does Yahoo cooperate with the Chinese dovernment in stifle dissent?
Because it is a corporation that is itching to make more money and not lose favor with governments.
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