Does Yahoo have a lottery see e-mail received below - checking validity????

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From: "YAHOO LOTTERY PROMOTION" [ Save Address ]
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS($300,000)
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:22:51 -0800











Yahoo Lottery
Incoperation
Baley House, Har Road
Sutton, Greater London
SM1 4te
United Kingdom
[phone]

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS($300,000) for the month of OCTOBER 2006 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail we only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

You are to contact your Claims Agent on or before your date of Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre.
Yahoo Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

These are your identification numbers:


Batch number.....................YM 09102XN
Reff number.......................YM35447XN
Winning number...................YM09788


These numbers fall within the African agent's Location file, you are requested to contact him and send your winning identification numbers to him,

NAME:BARR HOWELL CRESENT

E-Mail [e-mail]

Phone: [phone]

You are therefore advised to send the following information to the Cliams Agent to facilitate them and process the transfer of your fund.

1. Full name.....................
2. Country........................
3. Contact Address...................
4. Telephone Number......................
5. Marital Status...........................
6. Occupation..............................
7. Age....................................
8. SEX...............................

Congratulations!! once again.
Yours in service,


MRS CHRISTINA JOY






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Answer 1

No. It's a well known scam! Ignore and delete it!

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/issue20.html#one

Note the spelling mistakes, African agent?? with a UK yahoo address??

The Postal Code is actually Sutton Court Road ... there is no such address as 'Baley House, Har Road' (from the map, it looks as if the post code is that of the Police HQ in Sutton!)

Answer 2

It is just a person or person's who want to steal your identity sweaty. There is no prize. Think back, did you enter a contest? No? Then, how could they even draw your name? NEVER send anyone your personal information online. If you must buy something online, make sure that there is a little pad lock symbol in the bottom right corner of the window, otherwise don't do it. When you send information on the internet, it can not only be seen by the reciever, it can also be seen by every tecnician that has to review that data. Also, there are hackers that can see anything you send ddigitally too. Be very careful!

Answer 3

Interesting

Answer 4

I would say no. I get letters like this all the time and they are all fakes. I'm sure if you gave them this information they would then ask you for more personal info, ie Account Number, SSN

Answer 5

You need to unplug your computer from the internet. It isn't safe for you here. There is so much that is tough to tell it is a scam. THIS IS NOT TOUGH AT ALL.

Answer 6

Its a fake there just phfhing for your info I got this one too.

Answer 7

scam email dont open it delete that it will be a scam

Answer 8

No! Delete it.

Answer 9

scam.