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Yahoo Lottery Scam Email:
Yahoo! Mail - Yahoo International Internet Lottery
"Eng. William Gerri (PHD)", "Dr. John David & Associates(Esq.) "
"YAHOO!!! MAIL CONGRATULATES YOU!!!"
Did you know that Yahoo has a lottery? And that they give
away huge amounts of money to people simply for having "an active online email
account"? This is news to Yahoo, too. If you received an email from "Eng. William Gerri (PHD)" at "Yahoo! Mail - Yahoo International Internet Lottery "
telling you that "your email address won in the second category" or something
similar, and to contact "Dr. John David & Associates(Esq.)" to collect your winnings, it is a scam. Yahoo has
never had any lottery (and we're pretty sure they never will). Yahoo
certainly doesn't "collect email addresses" or selects winners "using a
database of email addresses", or "from websites worldwide", or from "our
computer ballot system". Each of those activities would be illegal in many
countries, under existing privacy laws. Not to mention, it simply makes no
sense for Yahoo to simply give away money. Real lotteries take in much
more money than they give away, through ticket sales? Businesses are not
lotteries - customers don't buy or use their products or services on the hope
that the company will run a lottery for its customers. And it's just plain
dumb to believe that!
And did you notice that the scammer love to give their names
titles and degrees: Dr., Esq, Barrister, PHD, Rev., Engr (or Eng.), Lady, etc.
Often the titles conflict or are redundant. And how many Rev. Dr., Esq
Smiths would acquire all those degrees only to work as "an online coordinator"
or a "claims agent" for Yahoo?
The scammers may
change the names and details, but it is still a scam! Don't be an complete
imbecile!
Below is the example of the fake lottery scam claiming to
be from the "Yahoo! Mail - Yahoo International Internet Lottery ".
Although the most important clue is that no legitimate
lottery will ever email a winner, there are many other signs that this is a fraud.
We have
highlighted some of these in the email below, not the least
of which are:
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Yahoo does not have or sponsor any lottery.
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Email address ballot: There is no such thing as a
"computer ballot system" or "computer email draw". No one, not even
Yahoo has a database of email addresses of the type or magnitude they
suggest.
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"No tickets were sold": You care to explain where the
money comes from? Perhaps the lottery money fairy? Why would a lottery
give away money to "email address randomly selected by a computer ballot
draw system"? This is CLEARLY nonsense: you MUST, repeat MUST buy a
ticket to have a chance of winning any lottery!
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Terrible spelling, punctuation, syntax and grammar - Scammers
apparently don't know how to use spell checkers. We assume they
dropped out of school before that class. They use almost excessive and random CapItaLiZAtion.
They often can't even spell "February" or know that "22th" ought to
be "22nd". These scammers usually write at the 3rd grade level.
Being non-native English speakers, they also often get first names and
surnames (last names reversed), so you will frequently see names like "Mr.
SMITH JAMES.", instead of "Mr. James Smith", along with the peculiar usage
of periods (full stops) and spaces or the lack thereof. Real lotteries also proofread their emails
and look and read more professional.
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Using free email account: The scammer is writing to
you from a FREE email account (Yahoo, Hotmail, Excite, AIM, Gmail, etc.) -
often not even a Yahoo free account. Don't you think Yahoo would write
from their own corporate address?
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Keep Confidential - Real lotteries THRIVE on
publicity - they don't want you to keep anything secret - the publicity
causes people to buy more tickets. there is NO risk of "double claiming"
because they can validate where the ticket numbers were sold. The scammer
want you to keep quiet because they don't want the police or
ConsumerFraudreporting to hear about them! It should read: "For our own security, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential until we have
finished scamming you!"
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Email notification: NO REAL LOTTERY SENDS AN EMAIL TO
NOTIFY WINNERS. Period. Full-stop. End of story. There mere fact
ALONE that you received an email saying you won a lottery is proof that it
is a scam.
Here is a typical scam lottery winning notification.
Actual scam email (One example - the scammers constantly change
names, dates and addresses!):
Scam sent by: YAHOO AWARD [ yah_awar8@hotmail.com
]
Scam Subject: YAHOO!!! MAIL CONGRATULATES YOU!!!
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Congratulations
You
 Messenger
Yahoo! Lottery
Results
You won £480,000.00!
Yahoo!
Mail congratulates you!
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From:Yahoo International Internet Lottery
Promotion Award
Headquarters U.K :67a, Bexon
Court Carlton
Liverpoo
shire,
Liverpool
mc4 1St
Essex
United Kingdom Customer
Service:
580 NCA 85914 Ref:
YUKIIILPA/941OYI/04
Dear Winner,
GBP£480,000.00
Yahoo!
Mail announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing
Yahoo Lottery
Draw for the 28/12/ 2007.
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, consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of
£480,000.00(FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS STERLING ONLY
).
This
Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational
companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the
communities and the whole world where they have operational base. Further more
your details(e-mail address) falls within United
Kingdom representative
office, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £480,000.00 will be
released to you from this regional branch office here in
United Kingdom.
How
to get your fund claimed
These are your identification numbers
Customer Service: 680 NCA
85914
Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/04
Batch No Lotto 6/49
Draw Coupon : Match 6+B
Ref No: 474061725/04,
Batch: 7056490902/188,
Winning No: GB8701/LPRC
Insurance No:8179TDWW
Pin
1206
To
file for your claim, please contact our certified and accredited corresponding
agent here in U.K immediately for category "A" winners for quick and urgent
release of your fund, contact information is as follow: -:
Contact Our Overseas Claim Agent/Representative
Name: Dr. John David & Associates(Esq.)
Legal attorneys Group: No 25
Gill building
Vet hill fiden Liverpoo
United Kingdom
Telx:+44 7024063589
Fax:+44 87097 49483
E:mail:
dr.johndavidinfo1966@gmail.com
Endeavour to email him with
your claim details
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1,
Full Names: |
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2, Date of birth: |
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3, Present Contact
Address: |
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4.
Country Of Residence: |
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5.
Netionality: |
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6.
Tel/Fax:
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7.Ref:
No |
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8.
Batch: No |
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9.
Pin No |
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10.
Beneficiary |
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11. Occupation |
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12. Sex: |
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13. Total
amount won |
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Remember:
all prize money must be claimed
within 30 days of this notification. All funds not claimed on or before the
fixed date will be returned as unclaimed and donated to charity organizations.
Please be warned :
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 program by non-selected winner or
unofficial personnel.
Yours
Sincerely
ENG.WILLIAM GERRI (PHD)
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
The
Yahoo.com
staff
POX 1010 170,INL-LIVERPOOL-UNITED KINGDOM
Yahoo Lottery
is a free service that does not require you to buy a lottery ticket before you
become a winner.
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