Is Yahoo messenger is conducting any "Yahoo Internet Lottery"? I have received the following letter,shall I?

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 Us Dollar ($800,000) for the month of JANUARY in respect of the New Year lottery winnining promotion which is organized by Yahoo Messenger.com every Year.





YAHOO, collects all the mail id of the people that are online on yahoo messenger, among the millions that subscribe to yahoo messenger 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 US$800,000 will be released to you from this regional branch office in UK / African Branch.





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.....................Ab/673-740/01


Ref. number.......................56/73-99/76...


Winning number...................15806





To begin your claims, kindly contact the Bank of England Judiciary Agent Name : Dr.Clement Hall Adams, Phone : +44 7024 0686 10( from Monday to Friday ) email address ( clementhall_2007@yahoo.co.uk ) You are required to forward him with the following details:








1.FULL NAME : ...........................................





2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN : ...........................................





3.PRESENT ADRESS.: ...........................................





4.DIRTH OF BIRTH / AGE. :..........................................





5.OCCUPATION : ...........................................





6.TELEPHONE NUMBER : ...........................................





6.FAX NUMBER ( IF ANY : ...........................................





7.MARITAL STATUS : ...........................................





8.SEX : ...........................................





9.WINNING NUMBER,BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER: .............





As soon as you contact the Claims agent, 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.





Congratulations once more!!


Yours Sincerely,











Brian Hunt (PHD),


ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR.


The Yahoo.com staff


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

Is Yahoo messenger is conducting any "Yahoo Internet Lottery"? I have received the following letter,shall I?
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 accounts. Yahoo! doesn't run a lottery -- see the link below for a lot more info on Yahoo Lottery scam emails...





And notice this bit? "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." That's not to keep your "prize" safe -- it's so you wouldn't ask questions of your friends (or Yahoo! Answers) and find out this is just an elaborate trick to steal your money.
Reply:Even i received the same two days back.


i was not believing it.. but yahoo's logo forced me believe.


and i sent them the details.


but now i m not going to do follow-ups with them as i knew its a complete spam.
Reply:Someone else won this about an hour ago. Send them your money and give them your bank account number. They will send you your "Sign".


http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...
Reply:dude this is spam , no one else has received it


ignore it and forward it to yahoo authorities who will take appropriate action
Reply:YES
Reply:I recieved same e-mail, but with diffrent amount of prize. I think they need your address and a copy of your driving licence or passport. Then they can order or buy expensive stuff for themselves and bills coming to your address !!! very simple !!!
Reply:Don't fall for it !!! it's a spam
Reply:try and use some common sense here


u dont know the exact recipient


u get a random message about a lottery and the mail demands personal info


u r instincts shud tell u it is a SCAM!!!!!!!
Reply:Hi Shamalika,





You have done a Good job by making this mail online..let me tell you that i have received exactly the same e-mail from yahoo from the same person Brian Hunt (PHD),today i got a confirmation of same that you are the lucky winner,but i could not believe this,i tried calling..no response..then i tried on google..have seen many spams..and yours was the one which was exactly in same format,same place,same person..so i am 101 % sure its a fake..don't try to give any personal details..they are fraud...

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