Is this email legitimate that I received from Yahoo/MSN(Microsoft)?
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result
of the just concluded draws held on the
{20th Of August, 2008} by Yahoo/MSN
{Microsoft} in conjunction with the
BritishGaming Board.Your email was among
the 20 Lucky winners who won £1,000,000.00
{One Million Great Britain Pounds} each in
the Yahoo/MSN{Microsoft} 2008 Online Promo.
This draw is being organized to create and
improve a larger awareness record for
internet users worldwide. However the
results were released on the {22nd of
August,2008} and your email was attached
to ticket number xxxxxxxxxx) and ballot
number xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. The online draws
was conducted by a randomselection of email
addresses from an exclusive list of
29,031,643 E-mail addresses of individuals
and corporate bodies picked by an advanced
automated random computer search from the
internet.
However,no tickets was sold but all email
addresses were assigned to different ticket
numbers for representation and privacy. The
selection process was carried out through
random selection in our computerized email
selection machine (TOPAZ) . This Lottery is
approved by the British Gaming Board and
also licensed by the International
Association of Gaming Regulators
(IAGR).This lottery is the 3rd of its kind
and we intend to sensitize the public. To
begin the claim processing of your prize,
you are to contact the Online Co-ordinator
and provide him with the following
informations as stated below, so we can
proceed with the verification andclearance
process of your file.
1. Full
Names : ………………………………
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2. Residential
Address : …………………………….
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……..
3. Cell
Number :Mobile &
Home……………………..
…………….
4. Fax
Number : ……………………………..
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5.
Occupation : ………………………….
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6.
Sex : ………………………………..
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7.
Age : ………………………………..
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8. Nationality :…………………
9.Ballot No. :…………………..
10.Ticket No.:………………….
Dr Bryan Howard
Online Co-ordinator.
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs,PE9 2YP,London,
United Kingdom.
Email: micro_claimsunit@live.com
Phone Number: +447045765473
+447035932699
*You are adviced to forward these
informations as soon as possible to enable
us attend to your file. This email is
registered and sent only to a certified
Yahoo/MSN{Microsoft} promo winner. Due to
possible mix up of some numbers and email
contacts, we ask that you keep this award
strictly from public notice until your
claim has been processed and your money
remitted. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by some participants of
this program. Our special thanks and
gratitude to Bill Gates and associates.
Accept our hearty congratulations once
again.
Yours Faithfully,
Management.
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LOTTERY SCAM:-
♦Its entirely a ‘SPAM’. Do not respond to any of those messages as they intend to ‘STEAL’ your personal information. It is entirely a ‘FAKE’. Answer this for yourself ‘Who would give you free money if you had never participated in any of the contests’? Do not trust any of those lottery mails and you’re NOT going to win any of those!
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/abuse/abuse-15.html
♦Its an EASY way of getting personal information and send you MORE of such messages to FILL up your Inbox! Yahoo keeps telling that they never send lottery E-mails to anyone saying that you’ve won XXX amounts. Never go to a site, which has contests and hosts mail lotteries.
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/abuse/abuse-63.html
Mark it as SPAM and delete them immediately. If you try to respond or do any kinds of things, then the spammers will know that you have a working E-mail address and send you hundreds of such mails. It’s popularly called as Phishing SCAM to steal your identity and mail passwords. If people were winning huge amounts and lotteries every day it would be featured on the news with pictures of the lucky people.
http://www.419legal.org/
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/hughes/4337
♦People get thousands of E-mails everyday saying that they’ve ‘WON’ lottery prizes and amounts and even go to the extent of claiming their prize. NEVER RESPOND TO IT!!
Folks are also getting ‘DUPED’ by such kind of activities and fall to the trap of spammers! These lotteries ‘CONFIRM’ your working E-mail address and intend to send more of such mails
♦These links could help you out:-
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/phishing/lottery.mspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery_scam
Best Wishes and Take Care ♫♪