Congratulations!!! You Have Won £500,000

alexjames33Tue 11/03/08 18:35

just recieved my 15th e mail of the day, all stating this........
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER
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 15/01/2008.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
£500,000.00 (i.e Five Hundred Thousand 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 organized 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 Five
Hundred Thousand United Kingdom Pounds (£500,000.00) would be
released to you by any of our claims office here in UK.

To file for your claims, please contact our claims director Mr. Micheal
Smith who is incharge of the claims office in UK. Contact him for the
claims of your Five Hundred Thousand United Kingdom Pounds.

You are to contact the claims officer with his office email address
provided in the below details:

Mr. Micheal Smith
REMITTANCE DIRECTOR
YAHOO PROMOTIONS UK
44 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AL United Kingdom
Email:dr_michlsmith@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, CONG RATULATIONS!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Nichole Brown,
Online Promotions Manager,
Uk Administrative Unit.

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They are really starting to piss me off, do they really think anyone is going to fall for this crap

cookie.monsterTue 11/03/08 18:38

quoting > "do they really think anyone is going to fall for this crap"

Yes, they do.

Over the past 6 months, two of my otherwise-intelligent friends have fallen victim to phishing e-mails and had their Paypal and e-mail accounts hacked.

It works, that's why they keep doing it.