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Yahoo Lottery Scam Email:
Yahoo! Mail
"Dr Mrs Jenifer White", "Mr Richard Olsen"
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 "Dr Mrs Jenifer White" at "Yahoo! Mail"
telling you that "your email address won in the second category" or something
similar, and to contact "Mr Richard Olsen" 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!
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".
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:
-
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!):
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTION MANAGER
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF NO: BTL/4910X1/04
BATCH NO: 12/25/0304
RE: YAHOO PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION!!!
Yahoo! Mail announces you as one of the 10 lucky winners
in the ongoing Yahoo Lottery Draws .
Your email address was attached to e-ticket number 564.756.005, with
serial number 5388/08, which consequently won you the lottery in the 1st
category. All participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from
Microsoft users and other
company/dividual email addresses
of several domains around the globe.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a
lump sum of £800,000.00 GBP (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS
STERLING ) in certified cheque. Please be advice to keep your winning
information confidential until your claims has been processed and your prize
remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program,
For verification and release of your winning, contact
your claims officer via email or fax below:
Mr Richard Olsen
Claim Security Offcer
Yahoo Lottery Mail Lottery Promotion
Tel: +44 704 574 4318
Fax: +44 203 002 5646
Email:
richard.claimsofficer@yahoo.co.uk
You are to provide the below information to the Claims
Officer to facilitate the processing and release of your claim
1.Your Full Name:
2.Your Age:
3.Your Address:
4.Your Nationality:
5.Your Telephone:
6.Your Fax Number:
The claims officer will immediately commence the process
to facilitate the release of your prize as soon as you contact him. Endeavour to
quote your winning batch number and reference
numebr for confirmation of your
winning in your correspondences with him.
Note: All winnings must be claimed not later than 10
days upon receipt of this notification. After this deadline, any unclaimed prize
will be returned to TheYahoo Email
Lottery Treasury as unclaimed. Furthermore, should there be any change
in your address; do inform your Claims Officer as soon as possible.
Congratulations!!! once again from all our staff here.
Yours faithfully,
Dr Mrs
Jenifer White
Promotions Manager
Names of Scam / Fake / Fraud Lottery
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