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.





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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.