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Fraud email example:
From: united kingdom <uk_consult74@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:30:23 +0000
Subject: United kingdom Yahoo
Lottery!!!!!!!!!Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
United Kingdom Messenger Yahoo! Lottery Results You won £250.000! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!
Yahoo! Lottery is a free service that does not require you to be a Yahoo! registered user.
Yahoo Incorporation CenterP O Box 1010Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM(Customer Services)
Yahoo! Mail announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing Yahoo Lottery Draw held on the 1st of August, 2007 in liverpool,United Kingdom.
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 through Our Central Computer draw System, consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of £250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS STERLING )
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of somemultinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base and way of saying thanks for supporting Yahoo Incoporation world wide. Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our British representative office in United Kingdom , as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £250,000 will be released to you through our corresponding bank .
Stated below are your identification numbers:
BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658REFERENCE NUMBER: 2006234522PIN: 1206
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
Yahoos Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be contacted as follows:
NAME; Steven Cole
PHONE: +447031893113
FAX: +448709748067
E-MAILlottery_consult2007@yahoo.co.uk , steve_2cole@yahoo.co.uk
st_cole@hotmail.co.uk
Provide him with the information below:
1). Full name...............................
2). Contact Address.....................3). Telephone Number.................
4). fax Number............................5). Marital Status.........................6). Occupation.............................
7). My Date of birth......................8). Sex.................................
9) Ref: No
10) Batch: No .
11)PIN:.......................
12) Nationality ................
13) Country of resident.................
14) Beneficiary
15) Company Details where you work ..
16).A scanned copy of your international passport or drivers license
That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. You would be required to show an instrument of identification when cashing your Draft i.e. Drivers license or International passport. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
Good luck from me and members of Yahoo lottery Incorporation here in United Kingdom.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Mary BlessingOnline coordinator for Yahoo lottery Inc.Uk
The Yahoo.com staffYahoo.com http://www.yahoo.co.uk
United Kingdom Yahoo! Lottery Results Yahoo! Lottery is a free service that does not require you to be a Yahoo! registered user.
Ben Smitt MRS CHRISTIANA DAVID CAIN AND RUFUS
Our WINNING MEMBERShIP. Our WINNING MEMBERShIP. Our WINNING MEMBERShIP.
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