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Just got this sent to my Gmail account....

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YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY

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CONGRATULATIONS!

YOU WON 820,000.00!
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Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly selected as the one of 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us.We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of (Eight Hundred And twenty Thousand Euros) (820,000euros) for the month of June Lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo.messenger.com every month.

YAHOO! collects all the mail id of the people that are online, among the millions that subscribe to the world email we only select five people every month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we are 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 Oceania as part of our international promotions program 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 Spanish representative office in Spain, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of 820,000.00 Euros will be released to you from this regional branch office in Spain,

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of the year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
These are your identification numbers

Batch number.....................Lw.10.21.17.36.12
Lotto number.......................Lw.19.13.27.32.49
Winning number...................Lw.45.28.14.22.18
Serial number....................Lwh009482/07

To begin your claims, kindly contact the Fudiciary Agent Mr Barry Knight kuman Seguros S.A Madrid España
[EMAIL="kumanseguros@aim.com"]kumanseguros@aim.com[/EMAIL] :

Tel +34 691 715 695 lines are
open between the hours of 8:00am-19:30pm.Monday -Saturday ...Ext..12

You are required to forward Them with the following details:

1.FULL NAME

2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

3.PRESENT ADDRESS

4.SEX

5.DATE OF BIRTH

6.AGE

7.OCCUPATION

8.TELEPHONE NUMBERS/CELL

9.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY)

10.MARITAL STATUS

11.WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.

12.THE MONTH YOU WON

13.WINNING AMOUNT

As soon as you contact your agent, he will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!!

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.

Yours Sincerely,

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Dr. MOORE (PHD)
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
The Yahoo.com staff
http://www.yahoo.com
If I had 8 hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend 6 hours sharpening my axe

Comments

  • Dr Moore (PHD) must be similar to much of the illiterati on this forum who don't know the difference between advise and advice (paragraph 13, 1st line below the title).
    Maybe it's PHD (Calcutta, failed)
  • A modification of the Dutch Lotto Winner scam. Only one place for this. BIN.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
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