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Yahoo! Mail announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing Yahoo Lottery Draw of the New year 2007.



All 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada , Australia , United States , Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually,consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of ( $600.000 USD)

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 details(e-mail address) falls within our Spainsh representative office in Madrid Spain, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of ( $600.000USD) will be released to you from this regional branch office in Madrid.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
These are your identification numbers.

Batch number.....................Lwh 09445

Lotto number.......................Lwh09446

Winning number...................Lwh09447

Serial number........................Lwh0094478

Yahoo!'s Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:



OCEANIC SEGUROS ESPA脩A S.A
AVENIDA DE TORES 15.28006 MADRID SPAIN
CONTACT PERSON:MR.MIKE LONGMAN
E-mail:oceanicseguros@aim.com
Tel: +34 663 710 692
Fax: +34 911 849893
Telephone lines are open between the hours of
8:00am-19:30pm.Monday -Saturday ...Ext..001


You are to send the completed verification form below to the our Agent in the Madrid Spain whose email address is given above so that you will be advised on what to do to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!!

1. FULL NAME

2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

3. PRESENT ADRESS.

4. DATE OF BIRTH

5. OCCUPATION

6. TELEPHONE NUMBER

6. FAX NUMBER

7. MARITAL STATUS

8. WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.



For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-selected winner or unofficial personnel.



Yours Sincerely,


DR. WILLIAM GERRI
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
The Yahoo.com staff
Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com

This is such a SCAM. Please don't send them any of your personal info!

There is no YAhoo lottery; there are a dozen people a day here who have been ripped off or are about to be.

What kind of Doctor wants to run an international lottery?

Scam, Scam, Scam

I believe this is a SCAM...
I do not believe Yahoo has a lottery...

THIS IS A SCAM, just like it has been as SCAM to the hundreds of people who have written the same question. Stop opening emails from people/organizations you don't know. (FYI, I received this too, but recognized that their email address was not a valid Yahoo address)

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