Is there any validity to a company call Yahoo inc.?

Question

Yahoo Awards Center
124 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Eight Hundred,Twenty Thousand Great Britain Pounds (£820,000,00.) for the month of December, 2007 Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS & WINDOWS LIVE.


YAHOO collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed no later than one month and two weeks from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

Stated below are your identification numbers:

BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2007234522

PIN: 1206

WINNING NUMBER:...


These numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in Manchester and send your winning identification numbers to him;


Agent Name: Mr. David Andy.

E-Mail: [e-mail]


Tel: [phone]



You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent to facilitate the release of of your fund to you.

1.Name:...........................................,2.Address:...........................................
3.Marital Status:................................4.Occupation:........................................
5.My Date of birth...................... 6.Sex:..........................................
7.Nationality:................................. 8.Residence:...................................
9.Telephone Number:......................... 10.Fax Number:................................
11Ref Number:.................................
13.PIN: Number:.............................. 14. Amount Won:................................
15. Batch Number:..............................


Congratulations!! once again.

Yours in service,


Dr. (Mrs.) Mercy Martins
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WARNING!

Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim.

You may also receive similar e-mails from people potraying to be other Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, Kindly delete it from your mail box and give no further correspondence to such person or body.

Yahoo shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Answer 1

It's a scam, period .You didn’t enter a lottery, and YAHOO isn’t running a lottery. All you are going to win is an empty bank account and more trouble than you ever dreamed of. Possibly a “courier” bill for a few thousand to “deliver” a “prize” you’ll never see.g. If you want to bother, forward the fraudulent email to [e-mail], [e-mail], and [e-mail].

FBI: http://www.fbi.gov/

FTC: http://www.ftc.gov/

Answer 2

This part should tell you that it is a scam:

WARNING!

Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim.

Translation-Don't say anything to anyone or they'll tell you we're full of s**t and we won't be able to steal your money!

Answer 3

It's a scam. I get these e-mails about once a month and just delete them. You can get some info on this type scam at Badchecks.org

Answer 4

That's an alternative of the Nigerian 419 scam. Delete it, then Google it -- interesting.

Answer 5

This is a scam. Yahoo do not hold these competitions. Try to report it to Yahoo. http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/search/...might do it.