Dear my yahoo i receive a mesage that i am winner in yahoo promotion? its troutrh that?

CONGRATULATIONS!!!YOU HAVE WON £500,000 IN THE YAHOO PROMOTION


From: Yahoo! (first_winner_16@comcast.net)


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Sent:


Saturday, January 12, 2008 4:16:33 PM


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FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER


INTERNATIONAL GRANTS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT


REF:YAHOO7/315116127/27


BATCH:15/623/UK.





We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Yahoo! Financial new year promotions held on the 01/01/2008.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 883734657492-5319 with serial number 7263-267, batch number 8254297137,lottery ref number 7336065782 and drew lucky numbers 14-22-28-37-40-44 which consequently won you the cash prize in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £500,000.00 (i.e Five Hundred Thousand United Kingdom Pounds).Please note that this Promotional Programmes tagged "Thanks for contributing to our financial Sucess" was sponsored and organized by the Yahoo! Corporation in view of the Financial benefits YAHOO! have received from its numerous customers either through adverts, hosting and personal emails. The reason this lottery was organized is to thank the numerous public including users and non-users of YAHOO! MAIL for the financial benefits THE YAHOO! CORPORATION have received as a result of their Patronage last Year.


This Lottery is approved and licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This lottery is the first of its kind organised by YAHOO! In view of this, your Five Hundred Thousand United Kingdom Pounds) would be released to you by the claims office here in UK. To file for your claims, please contact our claims director Mr.Jimmy Walters who is incharge of the claims of your Five Hundred Thousand United Kingdom Pounds.





You are to contact the claims officer with his office email address and telephone number provided in the below details:





contact:Mr.Jimmy Walters


REMMITANCE DIRECTOR


YAHOO PROMOTIONS UK


44 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AL UNITED KINGDOM


Tel :+447031945176


+447031970761


+447031958107


Email: mrjimwalters_dept10@yahoo.com


OR


Email: mrjimwalters_dept10@hotmail.com





For processing and remmitance of your winnings, you are required to contact our designated claims officer with the following underlisted informations:





APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM


(Receipt Official Notification Letter)

Dear my yahoo i receive a mesage that i am winner in yahoo promotion? its troutrh that?
This is a SCAM. Check out the below link for confirmation of various scams, including the famous Yahoo/MSN lottery scams and how to report them.


http://www.hotscams.com/articles/759/1/l...


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:i don't think so....
Reply:Fake and fraud.
Reply:Sorry friend but there is no Microsoft, Yahoo other e-mail lottery, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information


www.scambusters-419.co.uk


www.truthorfiction.com


.Also If you go to the following link 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:It's a total scam don't give them any informtaion.
Reply:yahoo doesn't have a lottery. its a scam!
Reply:Every email that states you have won a lottery or there is money waiting for you is a scam. There will be a followup asking for a prepayment of some type of fee to receive the money. Haven't you noticed that even though you have won 100 million your name appears nowhere in the email? It may not even contain your email address. If people were winning 100 million every day it would be on the news with pictures of the lucky people.





Unless you enter a lottery or contest, such as with one of the magazine companies, any notification is a scam. If you get 100 million you will not be notified by email.


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Reply:I have also received a mail like this. Thanks for the friends who has given proper answer of truth behind this mail.


In this mail also, while clicking the link, it closes the yahoo page, i tried several times, samething happened each time.





finaly i concluded that it is a scam.
Reply:sorry i dont know