Is this "YAHOO LOTTERY INC for introduction of new YAHOO BETA MAIL" true?

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($550,000.00) for the YEAR 2007 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC for the introduction of the new YAHOO BETA MAIL which all YAHOO users are required to switch onto.


YAHOO! %26amp; MICROSOFT WINDOWS, arrange and gather all the e-mail addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to All email Address, and others we only select Nine(9) candidates per annually as our winners through Electronic Balloting System (EBS) without the candidate applying, we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.





PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM


We are sorry that your Payment Approval File is in Europe because we have 3 lucky winners in Europe so that you can be cleared and paid simultaneously here. You are to contact our Location Claim Agent on or before your date of Claim.





Yahoo Beta Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 21days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize was won.





Note: Any prize not claimed within this period (21 days) will be forfeited.





These are your identification numbers:








Batch number.....................YBM-EBS-390AF


Reff number........................YBM-EBS-71...


Winning number...............YBM-EBS-798AF





These numbers above fall within the agent's Location file, you are requested to contact your Agent and send your Identification Numbers and Personal Information to him;





Rev Dr. Stephen Cowen At His Direct Email Below:





E-mail: stephencowen@winning.com


E-mail: stepheno@winning.com


Direct Phone: +44-702-409-6852


+44-704-573-6819


+44-704-574-7822





You are therefore advised to send the following information to him to facilitate them and process the your winners certificate which you shall present to the paying bank for the transfer of your fund with the appointed paying bank.





Send your Identification Numbers/Your Personal Information to him immediately:





Personal Information


1. Full name..................


2. Email Address...............


3. Telephone Number.........


4. Date.....................





As soon as you contact him,your won email address shall be sent to the verification department by him for clearance and processing of your Winning Certificate.





Congratulations once again.


Yours in service,














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:


Cheque Delivery To Your Address


Bank Account Transfer


Diplomatic Delivery





NOTE: NOBODY WILL TOUCH YOUR MONEY FOR ANY REASON AND AN AFFIDAVIT OF CLAIM WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE BANK BY THE BRITISH CROWN COURT, BEFORE THE BANK CAN RELEASE YOUR MONEY.


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If you have questions or wish to claim your prize money kindly contact this email:stephencowen@winning.com see the instructions at the body of this message.

Is this "YAHOO LOTTERY INC for introduction of new YAHOO BETA MAIL" true?
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Reply:u have the name and phone number of the person to be contacted. just call him and speak to him. Or send a email to him as asked by him. But in any case dont give your bank account number, just your name, e mail adress, and phone number. If it is genuine they will tell u what do do.If it IS true give them your adress and tell them to send the draft/cheque bu post. They might ask you to send some money to them as administrative charges. If they do that, then this is a clear cut case of fraud/scam. dont send any money. Tell them to deduct the administrative charges from your prize money.Then see what happens.


I did the same and after my e mail telling them to deduct charges their end, the mails stopped.


You must learn first hand, do try the way I have told you


rest is upto you.
Reply:Yahoo! doesn't have a lottery.


http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/or...
Reply:No, this crap isn't true. Yahoo does not have lotteries.
Reply:no