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This is a favourite combination for the lottery fraud e-mails.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mrs.Marcelino Hull <mrs.marcelino_hull@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Subject: Batch number………………..YM 09102XN
To: undisclosed-recipients

Yahoo/Msn Lottery
corporation
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. WALLTER SCOTH
E-mail: mr.wallter_scoth12@hotmail.com
TEL: +44-702-4053-243
+44-702-4087-250

Thank you and Accept my hearty
congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Marcelino Hull
(Yahoo/Msn Lottery Games/Lottery Coordinator).

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The proposed takeover of Yahoo by Microsoft is not yet a reality, but this does not prevent the African crooks from using the company names for a bogus lottery.

The Yahoo/Microsoft combination has been used quite often in the past as our archives show.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: YAHOOMSN AWARD DONATION <info@yahoomsn.com>
Date: Thu, May 22, 2008 at 9:40 PM
Subject: Dear Beneficiary
To: undisclosed-recipients

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

Dear Winner,

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling’s for this month Lottery promotion which was 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 Yahoo and Hotmail 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.
These are your identification numbers:
Batch number…………………YM 09102XM
Reff number…………………..YM 35447XM
Winning number……………….DTYFM0988
However you will have to fill and submit this form to the events
manager.

1. Full name…………..
2. Contact Address……..
3. Age………………..
4. Telephone Number…….
5. Sex………………..
6. Occupation:…………
7. State………………
8. Country…………….
9. Your Reference and Batch number at the top of this mail.

(CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER)
Name:Mr Robert Henry
E-mail: eventmanager_henry@yahoo.com.hk

Tags: LotteryScam, Yahoo, MSN, Microsoft

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All of these companies are regularly misused for lottery scams. Basically the crooks are using the brand names to try and achieve a higher trust factor.

Trust is a very hard thing to gain online. And as the crooks are not in a position to provide their own trust factor, they use the names of well know companies and public persons to lull potential victims into believing what they are offering is an honest offer or, as in this case lottery company.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: MSN AWARD TEAM &lt;paulsmiths_uk@yahoo.co.uk&gt;
Date: Fri, May 9, 2008 at 1:59 PM
Subject: MSN AWARD TEAM
To:

–

Msn Award Team
Baley House, Har Road
Sutton, Greater London
SM1 4te United Kingdom.
Batch: 12/25/0340
Ref:MSN-Y/101OXI/02

Hello Winner

Congratulations to you, we bring to your notice the result of YAHOO LOTTERY WINDOWS LIVE.YAHOO & MICROSOFT WINDOWS. We are happy to inform you that your your email address in addition to millions of company and individual email addresses were extracted with a software and the addresses were scrutinized with a ballot system and after the process, 100 email addresses were selected and they were shared into 5 categories respectively and which you are a winner in the 3rd category of (500.000.00GBP) .Be informed that your cash donation has a hardcover insurance policy that makes it impossible to make any deduction of any kind, until the sum is finally credited into your designated account.

NOTE: Please contact the claims department With the following information.
1.Full name…………
2.Country…………..
3.Contact Address……..
4.Telephone Number…….
5.Marital Status………
6.Occupation………….
7.Age………………..

Mr. Daniel Moore
(VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT MANAGER)
PHONE:+44 794 679 1342
EMAIL:msnawardteam12@jmail.co.za
Technorati-Tags: MSN, Microsoft, Yahoo, lottery scam

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