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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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From: Mr MICHAEL DAVID <mac_david07@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:13:25 +0100 (BST)
Subject: RE;Congratulation!!!!!Your Email have won YAHOO Internet Lottery
You won GBP 650,000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you! Messenger
YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU WON GBP 650,000.00!
Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly selected as the one of 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us.We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of (Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great ) (GBP 650,000.00) for the month of Nov Lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo.messenger.com every month.
YAHOO! collects all the mail id of the people that are online, among the millions that subscribe to the world email we only select five people every month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we are congratulating you for been one of the people selected.All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base. Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our London representative office in London, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of (GBP 650,000.00) will be released to you from this regional branch office in London,
We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for GBPS1 Billion international draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
These are your identification numbers.......................
Batch number.....................Lwh 09445
Pin number.......................Lwh09446
Winning number...................Lwh09447
To begin your claims, kindly back to me Fudiciary Agent/Co-ordinator
Mr.Arnold Jamme of African/EUROPEAN on CONSULT Email address: claims.fundoffice@yahoo.com
Phone:+447045752039
You are required to fill and forward Them with the following details:
1.FULL NAME.........................................
2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN..................................
3.PRESENT ADDRESS......................
4.SEX..................................
5.DATE OF BIRTH............................
6.AGE.....................................
7.OCCUPATION.......................
8.TELEPHONE NUMBERS/CELL..............................
9.FAX NUMBER (IF ANY)..................................
10.MARITAL STATUS..................................
As soon as you contact your agent, he will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!!
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-participant or unofficial personnel.
Yours Sincerely,
ASST.CO-ORDINATOR.
The Yahoo.com staff
http://www.yahoo.com
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