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is this a spoof email

I received this email today, im sure its a spoof, but can some one just confirm thisa??

thanks



Original Message


From: [EMAIL="info@awardcentre.org"]Yahoo & Window Live Awards Centre[/EMAIL]
Date: 20/12/2007 20:00:43
To: [EMAIL="support@adhdinsuffolk.org"]support@adhdinsuffolk.org[/EMAIL]
Subject: Notice!!! from Yahoo & Window Live Awards Centre.



Yahoo & Window Live Awards Centre
124 Stockport Road,
Longsight, Manchester M60 2DB
United Kingdom.
Tel: +447045736125, +447024093946.


Dear Prize Winner,
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Two Hundred & Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds (GBP.250,000.00) 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. Four people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.


****** PAYMENT OF PRIZE*********


Winners shall be paid in accordance with their Settlement Centers.Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed not later than 10 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited and returned to its source as unclaimed.



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Comments

  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,620 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    it's a scam
    Ex forum ambassador

    Long term forum member
  • Yes, it's a scam. There are alot of them going around lately, and unfortunately, people are falling for them.
    The big giveaway for me is the fact that the numbers are mobile numbers! LOL! there are some sad people out there!
    After working for a call center in Clydesdale bank I realised that reading the small print is the best thing to do in this World! :rolleyes:
  • marble
    marble Posts: 258 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Yup, it's a scam ... why would Yahoo email you with a prize from the 'ADHD In Suffolk' domain? I don't think it'd do any harm if you tried to claim the prize (a bit pointless though) ... just ask for a cheque and never hand over any personal details (apart from your name ... and have the cheque delivered to work ... nothing else!).

    Al
  • Its not mobile nos. It's premium line nos.
  • Have a read of this article on follow me numbers , also known as virtual numbers
  • barak
    barak Posts: 1,258 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    NatWest will be pleased :rolleyes: - M60 2DB postcode is listed as "NatWest Customer Service Centre".
    ".....where it is corrupt, purge it....."
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