I have just received another ‘phishing’ scam email, this one apparently from Yahoo/MSN Lottery. It seems that this particular scam pops up every year and each year they have made refinements like improving the spelling and other obvious mistakes. One that still stands out though is the fact that Yahoo and MSN are competitors and I doubt very much that they would get together with Microsoft Windows to give away money. When you really think about about it, no-one gives anything away for nothing, and if there was any truth to this scam it would have been heavily advertised.

In conclusion, if you are new to the net and receive this or any variant of this email, delete it immediately.

Yahoo/Msn Lottery
Incorporation
Baley House, Har Road
Sutton, Greater London SM1 4te
United Kingdom.

This is to inform you that you have won a prize
money of Five hundred thousand, Great Britain
Pound Sterlings(£500,000.00) for this month
2008 Lottery promotion which is organized by
YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO/MSN & MICROSOFT WINDOWS,
collects all the email addresses of the people
that are active online, among the millions that
subscribed to the internet,we only select five
people every Month as our winners through
electronic balloting System without the winner
applying,we congratulate you for being one of
the people selected.

You are to contact the events manager on
or before your date of Claim, Winners Shall be
paid in accordance with his/her Settlement
Centre.

Yahoo/Msn Lottery Prize must be claimed no
later than 20 days from date of Draw Notification
after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any
prize not claimed within this period will be
forfeited.

These are your identification numbers:

Batch number………………..YM 09102XN
Reff number…………………..YM35447XN
Winning number……………….YM09788

These numbers fall within your Location file,
you are requested to contact the events
manager, send your winning identification
numbers to him,to enable him verify your
claims.How ever you will have to fill and submit
this form to the events manager for verification
& direction on how you can claim your winning
fund.

1. Full name…………..
2. Contact Address……..
3. Age……………….
4. Telephone Number…….
5. Marital Status………
6. Sex………………..
7. Zip Code…………..
8. Occupation………….
9. Company……………
11.State:……………..
12.Country……………
13.Nationality…………
14. Your Reference and Batch number at the
top of this mail:

(CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER)
Name: Mr.Baldric Beavis
E-mail: baldric_beavis_ymsn09@hotmail.com
TEL: +44-704-575-2977

Thank you and Accept my hearty
congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Lillian Hunt
(Yahoo/Msn Lottery Games/Lottery Coordinator).

Remember, this is absolute bullshit and you should in now way reply to this email. You may if you want print it out and use it for toilet paper but you may find it a bit rough.

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