Lottery Scam: Yahoo Awards Center – Yahoo UK & Ireland
Updated: Latest updated scam, see attachment.
Hot Scam Specifications (old):
Scam Type: 419 Scam (Lottery Scam)
Fake Names: Dr (Mrs) Edith Barth, Rev. Albert Time
Offer Type: Lottery Winnings
Transfer Amount: 84,500 GBP
Storyline: You won a lottery which you did not join
Scammer Location: “Appears” to be UK
Scammer Email: Walla.com, Hotmail.com
We thought we had the same scam mail somewhere in our categories, but anyway this is the version in recent month as requested by some of our visitors.
Some more facts:
1) Yahoo Awards Center is fake, so are the addresses.
2) Walla.com appears to be a free email provider. The site seems to be in Hebrew. We can’t read, but we can guess the language with some accuracy based on years on the web, e.g. we know when we see Tamil, Chinese, Russian and Japanese words.
3) erm… there is no need to find “Exact matching” Yahoo! Awards Center email to confirm that they are scams. None of them, in whatever variations, are real.
This is a scam that has been around for ages, and scammers are still sending out new scams every now and then. Please check out the attachment for the latest scam dated 11 Jan 2010. We are not sure why, but many scam mails are sent with attachment these days.
For more information about fake Yahoo! lottery, please see our Yahoo! Awards Center Lottery Scam article here.
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From: Yahoo Awards <yah_results@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007
Subject: Yahoo -Towards Your Winning
Yahoo! UK & Ireland
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 Eighty Four Thousand, Five Hundred Great Britain Pounds (GBP84,500) for the 2007 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 not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
Stated below are your identification numbers:
BATCH NUMBER: YPA/07-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2007234522
PIN: 1206
These numbers fall within the England Location file and you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in Manchester and send your winning identification numbers to him;
Agent Name: Rev. Albert Time
E-Mail: talbert04@walla.com
Tel: +447045732863
As soon as our agent hears from you, he shall commence the process that will facilitate the release of your fund to you.
Congratulations!! once again.
Yours in service,
Dr. (Mrs.) Edith Barth
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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.

i am among the 2012 lottery emial winner and i have process all i am ask to do, but uptill now i have’t recieve my prize. is this real? thanks
All are fake!
i had already informed that ihave won 1ooooo.oomillionGBP cash money for the year 2012 e mails prize by your yahoo.msn.com site.so is it true?
YAHOO MAIL LOTTERY
124 Stockport Road, Long Sight, Manchester M60 2DB – United Kingdom
Telephone: +447031749965 Fax: +448704786394
This is to inform you that you have won prize money of Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars ($950, 000. 00) for 2012 Prize Promotion which is organized by YAHOO, AOL, WINDOWS LIVE & OTHER SOCIAL NETWORK.
YAHOO and MICROSOFT 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 to benefit from this Promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIMS
Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed no later than 14th days, from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
Please be informed that you’re CHEQUE (CHECK) of the sum of US$950, 000. 00 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) is now with your FIDUCIARY AGENT in your allotted Settlement Centre insured and issued with your email address which won you this prize, therefore you should contact your FIDUCIARY AGENT with your detail information so that they will expedite actions for the processing of your fund transfer.
Stated below are your identification numbers:
BATCH NUMBER: MFI/08/ap45kh26
REFERENCE NUMBER: 45123654
AWARD WINNING NUMBER: 01 23 45 69 56
These numbers fall within the South Africa Location file, you are requested to contact your Fiduciary Agent in South Africa and send your winning identification numbers to him;
FIDUCIARY AGENT/CLAIMS MANAGER CONTACT INFORMATION:
TEL: + 27-73-747-7786
FAX: +27-86-659-2003
CONTACT PERSON: MR. SIMON RHOSSOR
E-Mail: rhossorsimon@email.ua
You are advised to send the following information to your Fiduciary Agent to facilitate the release of your fund to you. Terms and Conditions applied.
1. Full Name……………………………
2. Country……………………………….
3. Contact Address……………………..
4. Telephone Number…………………
Congratulations!! Once again.
Yours in service,
Dr. Johnson Smith.
(Co-ordinator Yahoo/Msn Award Lottery Promotion, Manchester, United Kingdom)
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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 claims.
You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations of 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 mailbox 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. PLS SEND YOUR REPLY TO YOUR CLAIMS MANAGER EMAIL ADDRESS: rhossorsimon@email.ua
© 2012 Yahoo! Reward. All rights reserved.
i was message as a winner in south africa zion but my money has not be given to yet.
Yahoo & Window Live Awards Centre
Dear Prize Winner Budi Supriyanto
We acknowledge the receipt of your email which included your Personal Information, Winning Information and complete Banking Information. This is to Inform you that Your winning cash prize will be sent to you via Telegraphic Bank Transfer by BROADMARK CAPITAL BANK LONDON within 24 working hours as soon as you meet up with British Tax Requirement as specified by HMRC. A scanned copy of your winning certificate of claim is attached herein as recipients have the right to view their Winning certificate before receiving the original copy, to enable them acknowledge the correct Spelling and Arrangement of their names.
The original copy of your Winning Certificate and two other documents (Money Laundering protection and Letter of Affidavit for Claims) from the British government stating that the money was obtained legally through the Yahoo & Window Live Award will be sent to you via DHL courier to your house address. These two documents will be Immediately submitted to BROADMARK CAPITAL BANK for the transfer of your winning cash prize to be effected.
We advice You to reconfirm the Correctness of Your account Information to our Paying. Bank (BROADMARK CAPITAL BANK) through email (info@broadmarkcaptbk.com ) to avoid Wrongful telegraphic transfer of Your winning Prize.
ACCOUNT HOLDER:
ACCOUNT NUMBER:
BANK NAME:
BANK ADDRESS:
SWIFT CODE:
The British government is requesting for a Reduced VAT of 0.2 % of your total winning Prize upfront ( which is calculated in an amount of £ 500.00 or $1,100.00USD) from you through the office of the Yahoo & Windows Lives Award Centre to Her Majesty Revenue & Customs (HMRC) since your Award Prize of £250,000.00 falls under the Non-Residence Tax category due to restriction that was placed on transferring such amount of money that exceed 100,000.00GBP to Non residential citizen of the UK. Note that Your winning Prize of 250,000.00 GBP has been Insured to its real Value & as such the VAT charges cannot be deducted from it. The Insurance of Your Winning Prize to its real Value is done in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the Yahoo & Windows Live Award Commission as adopted in 1998 & amended in 2006, to protect winners & so as to avoid Misappropriation of Funds.
How to Make Payment:
The HM revenue & customs department is mindful of the Sensitivity of SARs even within the same organisation & endeavours to communicate only with persons whose personal information is verifiable by them. In-view of the fact that our Prestigious Establishment has a registration file with the HMRC Tax Department & its information is verifiable by HMRC; all Non-residential VAT payment MUST be made through us with the below procedure(s);
1).VAT payment can be made in cash by Non-residential Awardees Only (relations & friends are NOT allow to pay on behalf of Award Winners to avoid double claims) through our Manchester office, UK.
2).VAT payment can be made through our HNRC associate agent’s.Pay through western Union international money transfer outlet as stated below in the winner`s country of residence world-wide (In such cases, all award winners MUST submit the Pay-in Slip for Payment Confirmation from our agents).
Receiver Name: Mr James Moore
Address: 23 Northumber land Avenue
Amount Expected: 500 GBP or 1,000 USD
Country: United Kingdom
Just go to any Western Union branch and deposit the required amount, and as soon as you deposit the charges, do send us the scanned copy of the payment/deposit slip for confirmation and upon the receipt of the above charges by the HMRC, a clearance letter will be Issued to us & your winning prize will be tarnfer to you with the account information giving to us within 24 working hours in line with laid down procedures. I do hope you will show appreciations for the assistance. visit the HMRC website http://www.hmrc.gov.uk for further clarifications and get back to us, also note that we do not accept a third party claim in our organization in order to avoid double claim as we have experienced such in the past.
Congratulations again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of our Promotions programme..
Yours in service,
Yahoo & Windows Live Awards Center
Manchester City M60 3DB
United Kingdom .