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From: "Yahoo!" Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
Subject: You Have Won $300,000 U.S Dollars From Yahoo
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 04:26:38 +0100


BETA MAIL AWARD
701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($300,000.00) for the introduction and launching of the All New Yahoo Beta Mail which is organized by YAHOO INC.

YAHOO!INC arranged and gathered all the email addresses, among the millions that subscribed to other email dormains. Five people were selected as winners through random selection Electronic Balloting System without them applying.
We congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
Your Payment Approval File was sent to Nigeria due to we have 3 lucky winners in Africa so that you can be paid simultaneously with them. You are to contact the
African Location Claim Agent.

MR. TONY SOUGLAS at his email:
E-mail: [e-mail]
PHONE NO:[phone]
Yahoo Beta award Prize must be claimed not later than seven days you receive this winning notification. Any prize not claimed within this period of 14 days will be forfeited.

You have to send your BATCH NUMBER, REFF NUMBER, WINNING NUMBER and fill the form below to enable him and the Bank facilitate your payment approval file and process the transfer of your money to you.

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

Batch No: YBM-EBS-390AF
Reff No: YBM-EBS-719AF
Winning: YBM-EBS-798AF





NOTE: PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE FOLLOWING
Affidavit Of Claim And Facts
Stamp Duty and Change Of Ownership
Bank Transfer Service Charge

MR. TONY DOUGLAS OR THE BANK HAS NO LAWFUL RIGHT TO TOUCH OR DEDUCT ANY MONEY FROM YOUR MONEY FOR ANY REASON. THIS IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEM AND THE YAHOO INC. ASSURANCE HAS BEEN GIVEN THAT YOU MUST RECEIVE YOUR $300,000.00
If you have questions to claim your prize money, contact this email, [e-mail]

Answer 1

It's a scam. They will use your information to steal your identity, and/or ask you to send them some money in advance as a "processing fee".

Throw it away.

Answer 2

Are YOU for real?

If this is not OBVIOUSLY a scam to you, then you must be the most gullible person on earth.

An American company with a British email addy and the statement "Your Payment Approval File was sent to Nigeria due to we have 3 lucky winners in Africa so that you can be paid simultaneously with them." Companies don't process payments based on where people live, other than knowing your mailing address, and if you had entered a contest they wouldn't be asking for it again. And no professional writer would ever write "due to we have".

DUHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! It amazes me people even ask.
.

Answer 3

FAKE, FAKE, FAKE I JUST SAW ANOTHER POST LIKE THIS FROM A GUY TOLD HE WON $500 FROM YAHOO. DONT GIVE OUT ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION OR PAY THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET YOUR SO CALLED WINNINGS, RUN FOR THE HILLS SIR!!!

Answer 4

Don't recognize the address and it is too good to be true. Probably SPAM!

Answer 5

just remember that nothing in this world is free you have to get somthing by earning them not the thing like these hope u remember it

Answer 6

Yes it is SPAM,it has a spoofed address, forward it to [e-mail] .

Answer 7

anything to do with nigeria is a fraud and a scam ... trust me its well known ...

Answer 8

Yes, it's spam.

Answer 9

nope! it's meat loaf! mmm....

Answer 10

I would say.....SPAM