by Obi-Wan Knievel
Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:59 pm
There is no Yahoo Internet Lottery of course, but at least it makes it easier for the scammer to explain why an "official" lottery is contacting you through a free e-mail account.
from INFO - MAIL <ymail2008>
reply-to [email protected]
to undisclosed-recipients
date 15 August 2008 01:50
subject Yahoo! Lottery Results 2008
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YAHOO 2008 SUMMER INTERNET LOTTERY
CONGRATULATIONS!
Yahoo! Mail announces you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing Yahoo lottery Award for 2008 SUMMER.
All the 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada, Australia, United State, 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 of SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ($600,000 .00)
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies and the WORLD BANK as part of their social responsibilities to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.
Furthermore, your details (e-mail address) falls within our Spanish representative office in Madrid Spain as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of ($600,000.00) will be released to you from this regional branch office in Madrid.
Please note this:
You are now being advised to call the telephone number below for the tracking of your prize online through World Bank telephone banking system,
World Bank fund confirmation unit in Switzerland.
TEL: +41-445801493 ext.4 / FAX: +41-434302102
LOTTERY PRIZE AWARD DEPOSIT ACCOUNT TRACKING NUMBER IS: 784285#
As part of our security protocol, you are required to quote this SECURITY CODE (YLAW/AUG/XX08) to your claim Agent. This is to prevent scam. Yahoo's Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:
ZURICH SEGUROS ESPANA S.A
Francisco Gervas, 10 28020
Madrid Spain,
Tel: +34-666-268-256 Ext. 001
Fax: +34-912-919-688
E-mail: [email protected]
Contact Person: Mr. Morris Moore
Telephone lines are open between the hours of
8:00am-19:30pm Monday-Saturday
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
You are mandated to supply the following winning information which is the identification numbers tagged to your e-mail address:
Batch number:....................12115-04/SZ
Reference number:................RN /0999/ 171 ESP
Lucky numbers: ..................9-13- 21- 30- 31- 44
You are to notify the Agent whose e-mail address is given above in Madrid Spain via e-mail or fax of your prize for you to receive the application form for the processing of your prize.
As part of our security protocols, we advise you to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-selected winner or un-official personnel.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Chris Carlos
(Coordinator)
http://es.lottery.yahoo.com/
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