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Is this email from yahoo?

Date: 21 Nov 2006 12:05:11 -0000


To: 8000000@yahoo.com


Subject: ***CONGRATULATIONS FROM YAHOO INC****


From: "John Perry" %26lt;perry.john10@rediffmail.com%26gt; Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert


You won $800.000! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!


Messenger





YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY








CONGRATULATIONS!





YOU WON $800.000!








YOU WON $800.000!


Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly selected as the one of 12 top winner’s accounts who will get cash prizes from us. We are happy to inform you that you have won prize money of £1.2,000.00 (ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS) for the month of NOVEMBER lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo messenger.com every month.











YAHOO, collects all the mail id of the people that are online on yahoo, among the millions that subscribe to yahoo 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 participants 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 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 US$800,000 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 US$1.3 Billion 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 Bank of England Judiciary Agent at this email address (drphillipmoor@myway.com) You are required to forward him with the following details:











1. FULL NAME





2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN





3. PRESENT ADDRESS.





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.











As soon as you contact the Attorney, he will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!!











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.











Yours Sincerely,








Dr WILLIAM GERRI (PHD)


LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.


The Yahoo.com staff


Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com


The Yahoo.com staff


Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com











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Is this email from yahoo?
YAHOO" does not have a lottery. It's a scam. Do not under any circumstance give out any personal information. Also, don't you think it's odd that the man mailing you the e-mail doesn't have a "Yahoo" e-mail address?

FISH

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