Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 18:01:21 -0800 (PST)
From: "YAHOO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL"
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Subject: ((((((((((CONGRATULATIONS))))))))))
To: yah_lotery38@yahoo.com
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($500,000.00) 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! & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, arrange and gather all the e-mail addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail, and others we only select FIVE (5) 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 was sent to United Kingdom due to we have 3 lucky winners in United Kingdom so that you can be cleared and paid simultaneously there. You are to contact our African Location Claims Agent on or before your date of Claim.
Yahoo Beta Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 14 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won.
Note: Any prize not claimed within this period (14 days) will be forfeited.
These are your identification numbers:
Batch number.....................YBM-EBS-390AF
Reff number........................YBM-EBS-719AF
Winning number...............YBM-EBS-798AF
To claim your prize money,you are required to contact BARR. CHRISTAIN O. KNOPP with your Batch number,Reff number,Winning number through his email below.
BARRISTER CHRISTIAN O.KNOPP at his email : barr_christian_chambers@hotmail.com
CONTACT PHONE: +2348061669420
You are therefore advised to send the following information to him to facilitate them and process 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. Country....................
3. Contact Address...........
4. Telephone Number.........
5. Marital Status..............
6. Occupation..................
7. Age.........................
8. Sex.........................
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
Electronic Money Transfer
See what's happening on Yahoo.com today. Do you Yahoo!?
If you have questions or wish to claim your prize money kindly contact this email, barr_christian_chambers@hotmail.com see the instructions at the body of this message.
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2007-01-24 18:03:57 · 14 answers · asked by the13_warrior 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
It's not. It's a scam to get your personal information.
2007-01-24 18:08:34 · answer #1 · answered by Dan821 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just the regular normal SCAM mail. It is a total fraud designed to seperate money from you to them. They ask info on you and maybe your bank account number , so that way they can transfer the money from your bank to theirs before you know it. Or tell you that you need to send some money to cover expenses for mailing the check to you and insurance. Lazy, greedy, American people will fall for it. Yahoo has an address to notify Yahoo when you get stuff like this. Just go to the help section.
Then there is the Nigerian scam, where someone usually a hot looking female will tell you that their late father or relative died and has $20,000,000 stashed away. They found your name by divine guidance or your name seemed like an honest one (or a sucker name to them). They will give you a healthy cut, but they just need your Identification along with your bank account number. Sometimes they want a copy of your driver's license. Again, they want to transfer money all right. But from your bank account to theirs. If I had replied to all the scams and they were honest, I would be richer than Bill Gates. lol But again, the elderly, Americans usually fall for this. 60 minutes did an expose, and they secretly showed guys posing as women on the internet trying to con guys. I always tell them, let me see you on the video cam, but they never do producting excuses. Cuz they are guys.
PS. the 234 telephone prefix I think is Nigerian. lol
2007-01-24 18:18:37 · answer #2 · answered by Big C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looks like a scam to me. Did you enter into any lottery? If no longer, it's Phishing... Do not be fooled. If it got here from Yahoo! The historical past on the message can be blue(in your inbox list).
2016-08-10 13:39:00 · answer #3 · answered by tuft 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anything that says africa in it is false. There is no were there that america has working offices with that kind of technolgy for yahoo. I got a check in the mail once from canada it was real and eveything but i talk to my bank bout it they traced it turned out to be on a closed account. Gotta be careful to many people out there trying to scam!
2007-01-24 18:12:58 · answer #4 · answered by fine_ass_fatty21 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like a rip-off to me. Did you enter into any lottery? If no longer, it is Phishing... don't be fooled. If it got here from Yahoo! The history on the message could be blue(on your inbox checklist).
2016-11-27 00:40:08 · answer #5 · answered by crossland 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it sounds too good to be true it is. Don't tell them anything they will send you junk mail.
Call Yahoo customer service not the number this scammer gave you and ask their opinion > I bet you $500,000.00 they will say it's a scam.
2007-01-24 18:14:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah it looks real to me. I think all Yahoo personnel have Hotmail addresses. Just send him all your bank account information and see what happens. What could go wrong?
2007-01-24 18:42:41 · answer #7 · answered by one buckeye 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't even email them back. Erase it. Its any information you send them of importance could be used to steal your identity. It's a scam to get your money and personal information., and why doe's it matter if your married. If it seems to good to be true, it is.
2007-01-24 18:14:15 · answer #8 · answered by Henry B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i can't believe there re dumb people enough even to consider it to be true. yes, dear, send them information about yourself, do not forget the number and a pin code for a credit card, if u have one.
2007-01-24 18:13:29 · answer #9 · answered by jacky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
absolutely NO - do not even answer spam like that.
if you do you acknowledge your email exists and open the
door to more spam - ignore it
just another version of the age old Nigerian scam
2007-01-24 18:27:03 · answer #10 · answered by Mark 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋