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This is obviously a scam, and was not sent by Yahoo. Check out 419 scam or Lottery scam.

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Wednesday, 6 May, 2009 12:38 AM
From: “drkellyhenshaw@yahoo.com” <gloria_toure@universia.cl>

YOU ARE YAHOO LOTTERY WINNER, CONGRATULATIONS…

Payment No. YML27536

Date: MARCH 2009

Lottery
PAY THE AMOUNT OF: FIFTY THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS * £50,000.00*
AUTHORIZED BY: YAHOO MAIL INC.

YOU HAVE WON £50,000 POUNDS!
YOU HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AS ONE OF THE 5 TOP LUCKY WINNERS !!!

Dear Esteemed Winner,

We are happy to inform you that you have won a total cash prize money of (fifty thousand British Pounds (£50,000) for the month of MARCH 2009 lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo messenger every month.

YAHOO, collects all the mail addresses of the people that are online and offline on yahoo messenger, among the millions that subscribe to yahoo messenger 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 to receive top cash prize for this month. 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 conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.
Further more your winning details(e-mail address) falls within our African Representative Office in Banjul, The Gambia as indicated in your play coupon and your cash prize of Fifty thousand British Pounds will be released to you from this regional branch office in Gambia, Africa .
We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for £37 MILLONS GBP international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

These are your Winning Information and Identification Numbers:
Batch Number…………………… …. 123/08/09474
Winning Numbers…………………. 02,07,19,24,35
Reference Number………………… YLINC/09697809

Payment No………………………. …. YML27536

To begin your claims, kindly contact the Yahoo (Overseas) Payment Officer, DR KELLY HENSHAW

at this email address below.
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DR. KELLY HENSHAW(Overseas Payment Officer) REPLY IN THIS Email: drkellyhenshaw@yahoo.com
Phone: +220 7720957
:+220 6361070
(pls call this number as it is written here, don’t add or remove any number from it)

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You are required to forward your winning details to the above email address for verification purposes and release of your won prize to you.

WINNER’S VERIFICATION FORM
WINNER’S PERSONAL DATA
FIRST NAME.: *