Lottery Scam: Yahoo! Financial New Year Promotions

Is this a Scam?

Answer: Yes, everytime when you have to pay money, to get money.

What will happen? After you have paid, you will not be able to get a single cent.

Why is that so? Because it is a stupid scheme (pay money to get money), and this is simply a scam.

But they didn’t ask me for money? Try it out. These scammers don’t send emails to you for fun, they will eventually ask you for some form of payment after confusing you with tonnes of procedures, be it legal, government, banking, etc.

So what should I do? Just delete this email and won others who might receive it.

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FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER

CONTACT EMAIL:LIVEUK@LIVE.COM

INTERNATIONAL GRANTS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT

REF:YAHOO7/315116127/27

BATCH:15/623/UK.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Yahoo! Financial new

year promotions held on the 07/03/2009.Your e-mail address attached to ticket

number 883734657492-5319 with serial number 7263-267, batch number

8254297137, lottery ref number 7336065782 and drew lucky numbers 14-22-28-37-40-44 which

consequently won you the cash prize in the 1st category, you have

therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £1,000,000.00 (i.e One Million

United Kingdom Pounds).Please note that this Promotional Programmes

tagged “Thanks for contributing to our financial Sucess” was sponsored and

organized by the Yahoo! Corporation in view of the Financial benefits YAHOO! have

received from its numerous customers either through adverts, hosting and

personal emails. The reason this lottery was organiz ed is to thank the

numerous public including users and non-users of YAHOO! MAIL for the

financial benefits THE YAHOO! CORPORATION have received as a result of their

Patronage last Year.Thi s Lottery is approved and licensed by the International Association

of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This lottery is the first of its kind organised

by YAHOO! In view of this, your  One Million  United Kingdom Pounds

(£1,000,000.00) would be released to you by the claims office here in

UK.

To file for your claims, please contact our claims director Mr. Michael

Smith who is incharge of the claims office in UK. Contact him for the claims of

your One Million United Kingdom Pounds.

You are to contact the claims officer with his office email address

provided in the below details:

Mr. Michael Smith

REMITTANCE DIRECTOR

YAHOO PROMOTIONS UK

44 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AL United Kingdom
Email:liveuk@live.com

For processing and remmitance of your winnings, you are required to

contact our designated claims officer with the following underlisted informations:

   APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM

(Receipt Official Notification Letter)

FULL NAMES*

CONTACT ADDRESS*

COUNTRY*

SEX*

AGE*

MARITAL STATUS*

OCCUPATION*

NATIONALITY*

TELEPHONE NUMBER*

EMAIL ADDRESS*

HAVE YOU A PASSPORT OR LICENCE (identification on delivery)*

TICKET NUMBER*

*SERIAL NUMBER*

BATCH NUMBER*

REFERENCE NUMBER*

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Nichole Brown,

Online Promotions Manager,

Uk Administrative Unit