yahoo cheat ?

Question

i got this from yahoo its true?







You won $1,000.000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!
Messenger


CONGRATULATIONS!

YOU WON $1,000.000.00!


Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly selected as the one of 50 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us. We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of ($1,000,000.00) for the YEARLY LOTTERY WIN PROMOTION which is organized by yahoo messenger.com every year.

YAHOO MESSENGER collects all the mail id of the people that are online on yahoo messenger, among the millions that subscribed to yahoo we only select twelve people every year as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying.We are therefore 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 Oceanic as part of our international promotions programme 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 AFRICAN representative office in NIGERIA , as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of
US$1,000,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office
in NIGERIA.

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.....................06/05/046

Code number.......................23109222
Winning number...................

To begin your claims, kindly contact the YAHOO CLAIMS AGENT, SIR DR. LUGARD BRIGHT at this phone number and email address :

[phone]

[e-mail]

you are required to foward him with the following details:

1.FULL NAME
2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
3.PRESENT ADDRESS.
4.DIRTH OF BIRTH
5.OCCUPATION
6.TELEPHONE NUMBER
7.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY)
8.MARITAL STATUS
9.WINNING NUMBER,BATCH NUMBER AND CODE NUMBER.
10. SCANNED INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENCE.

As soon as you contact the Agent, he will advice you on what to do in order to get your prize money.

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,


DR JOHN MULU(PHD)
MANAGEMENT



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Answer 1

why would u think this is NOT a scam? dont send them any info. if u win a lottery u didnt enter its a scam...especially if its saying its from nigeria.

Answer 2

Dr. John Mulu PhD? Either Dr. John Mulu or John Mulu, Phd. And Sir Dr. Jugard Bright is wrong too. Dr. Sir Lugard Bright is the correct title.

I wonder where Oceanic is?

The Nigerian scam takes yet another form. Did you know that it pre-dates the Internet?

You have been spammed.

Answer 3

It's a scam to get hold of your details so they can rip you off.
There's a phone number there. The 234 prefix means it's from Nigeria, a so called Nigerian scam. Call the police and they may be able to trace the culprits from the phone number and put them away.!!

Answer 4

This:
>>>>>
you are required to foward him with the following details:

1.FULL NAME
2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
3.PRESENT ADDRESS.
4.DIRTH OF BIRTH
5.OCCUPATION
6.TELEPHONE NUMBER
7.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY)
8.MARITAL STATUS
9.WINNING NUMBER,BATCH NUMBER AND CODE NUMBER.
10. SCANNED INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENCE.
<<<<<

Should be a dead giveaway that this is a scam to get personal info.

Answer 5

Do not fall prey to such gimmicks. 10 Lakh dollars is too much. And this prize is given to 50 winners. Cannot digest.

Answer 6

This is a classic scam originating in Nigeria and other 3rd world countries....DON'T RESPOND or send them any information. You should immediately delete it.

Answer 7

Answer: Just go ahead and buy a new car and then start burning $100 bills baby because you're rich! You should call your boss and tell him/her off right now. Quit, you don't need it because you're a luck millionaire.

Answer 8

classic Nigerian scam full of misspellings and grammatical errors. Laugh at it and move on.

Answer 9

get an official help address, foreward it, and ask them if it's real.

From looking at the information they want, though, they're trying to steal your identity.

Answer 10

So to this site:

http://www.419eater.com/

Read it and have fun!