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From: "Madam Hannah Forrest. Phd." <gregoryamah@ymail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:56:41 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS FROM YAHOO INC.
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sp; *Payment No.
M30911* *[image: Yahoo! News] *
*
Date:10 - July -
2008. *
* *
* [image: Yahoo! Mail] Lottery*
*PAY THE AMOUNT OF*:* TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS* [ $250,000
]
*AUTHORIZED BY: YAHOO MAIL INC.*
[image:
arabtrans@arabtrans.com]
* CONGRATULATIONS !!!!*
* YOU HAVE WON 250,000 US DOLLARS! *
**
YOU HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AS ONE OF THE 12 TOP LUCKY WINNERS!!
**
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**
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YOU HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AS ONE OF THE 12 TOP LUCKY WINNERS!!
*Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes every month. Today, your
account was randomly selected as one of the 12 top winner accounts who will
get same cash prizes from us. We are happy to inform you that you have won a
cash prize of **(Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars)** **for the year
2008. This is a lottery promotion organized by **YAHOO! Messenger** every
year. *
* *
*YAHOO!** Collects all the e-mail addresses of the people that are
online and offline on yahoo messenger. Among the millions that subscribe to
yahoo messenger, we only select 12 lucky winners annually through our
electronic balloting System. It is an automated selection process that does
not require anyone to apply.*
*
We congratulate you for emerging one of 2008's top 12!
You and the other successful eleven were selected through a balloting system
that was drawn from a little above twenty seven million E-mail addresses
from Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Oceania, South America, The
Middle East and The United States of America.
It is an annual international promotions program.
Your winning details (e-mail address), falls within our REPUBLIC OF BENIN
representative office in PORT-NOVO, as indicated in your play coupon. Your
cash prize of **$250,000 w**ill be released to you from this regional branch
office in THE REPUBLIC OF BENIN.*
*
We hope that with part of your prize, you will positively affect the lives
of the less privileged in your community and also further IT Literacy in any
way you can. We congratulate you!*
*
**HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE*
*These are your Winning Information and Identification Numbers:*
*Batch Number........................ .........276/07/3647821*
*Winning Numbers....................... ....06,11,17,27,37*
*Reference Number.........................YML.INC /768650/82*
*To begin your claims, kindly contact the Yahoo (Overseas) Payment Officer,
Dr. Gregory Amah,** **using the below contact details:*
*Dr. Gregory Amah (Overseas Payment Officer)*
*EMAIL: **gregoryamah@ymail.com*
*PHONE: Tel: +**229 93 188 384**.*
*You are required to forward your winning details via the Overseas Payment
Officer's e-mail address above. Note that you MUST send your information in
the e-mail for verification purposes.***
*YOU MUST GIVE THE DETAILS BELOW IN SAME E-MAIL:*
*1. FULL NAME.......................... ....................*
*2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN........................ ......*
*3. PRESENT ADDRESS....................... ...........*
*4. AGE........................... .............................. ......*
*5. OCCUPATION.................... ..........................*
*6. SEX........................... .............................. ........*
*7. TELEPHONE NUMBER........................ .....*
*8. MARITAL STATUS........................ ...............*
*9. BATCH NUMBER........................ .................*
*10. WINNING NUMBER........................ ............*
*11. REFERENCE NUMBER.............. ..............*
*As soon as you contact the Payment Officer, he will advise you on what to
do in order to get your prize money.*
*For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep their
winning information [numbers] confidential until their claims are processed
and their money released to them. It is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claims and unwarranted monopoly of this program by
non-participants or unofficial personnel. *
*Congratulations once again from me and all members and Staff of **Yahoo
Lottery** INC!!*
*Yours Sincerely,*
**
*APPROVED*
** *MADAM HANNAH FORREST (PHD)*
*LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.*
*The Yahoo.com <http://yahoo.com/>staff
Yahoo.com <http://yahoo.com/>**http://www.yahoo.com*
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Naomi, Teresa and Ann were among three winners to share the Lotto Rollover
Jackpot , each scooping a massive $1,
500,000 in 2007. **
NB: PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS NOTIFICATION MAIL BOX. MAILS SENT TO THIS
MAIL BOX ARE NOT MONITORED AND CANNOT BE REPLIED. PLEASE REPLY ONLY TO YOUR
PAYMENT OFFICER AS INSTRUCTED ABOVE.
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