Have you ever received e-mails stating that you won in Yahoo lottery through their EBS (Electronic Balloting System)? And Promising you chunks of money in exchange of all your Information? stating that they need it for the processing of your fund transfer. Beware of this E-mails and delete it immediately if you will receive one. There a lots of e-mails received everyday and many innocent people are victims of this fraud. Here's a sample of the e-mail they send:
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From: International Draw <wbdrc@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-to: rev_frdonaldchris@winning.com
Subject: Welcome To Yahoo!Mail Beta Award Lottery 2010 (Your Email Address Is Selected
Date: 01/16/2010 08:22:49 PM (Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:22:49 -0800 (PST))
Yahoo! Inc.
Customer Care
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089.
USA.
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One Million (US$1,000,000.00 ) in the YEAR 2010 YAHOO! Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO! LOTTERY INC for the introduction and Launching of the New YAHOO ! BETA MAIL which all YAHOO! subscribers are required to switch to.
YAHOO! & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, arranged and gathered all the e-mail addresses of the people that are active online, among the Millions that subscribe at YAHOO!, HOTMAIL and others we only selected THREE candidates as our winners after undergoing the random selection process through Electronic Balloting System (E.B..S) without the candidate applying, we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
You are to contact the Claim Agent Rev. Fr. Gary James who will issue you a clearance paper as a winning certificate approved and certified from our Regional office in London, and your prize money will be released to you from any of our regional promotion banks as directed by the claim agent.
YAHOO! Beta Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 14 days from date of Draw Notification in which Prize has been won .
Note: (Any prize not claimed within this period 15 days) will be forfeited.
IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS:
Batch number.....................YBM-EBS-390AF
Reff number.............................YBM-EBS-719AF
Winning number...............YBM-EBS-798AF
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European Regional booklet representative office in London as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your (One Million United States Dollars) will be released to you by our payment Regional offices in EUROPEAN PAYMENT CENTER Precisely London.
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT HERE
Our European Fiduciary Claims Agent:
Rev. Fr. Donald Christian
Official Email:rev_frdonaldchris@winning.com
Enjoy Online Lottery
YAHOO!MAIL BETA LOTTERY APPROVED
Send your Identification Numbers/Your Personal Information to him so that he will proceed further for your prize claim immediately:
PERSONAL INFORMATION
1. Full Name:.........................................
2. Nationality/Religion:..............................
3. Contact Address:...................................
4. Telephone Number:...............................
5. Fax Number:.........................................
6. Da te of Birth:.......................................
7. Occupation..............................................
8. Age.......................................................
9. Sex................................................
10. Alternative E-mail address:.................
11. Next of Kin of the Beneficiary in case...........
You are advised to keep your winning information confidential to avoid double claim and abuse of the program until your prize is paid to you.
We hope you're enjoying your new Yahoo! Mail account. Now take the next step and claim your money and say thanks to Yahoo!
This prize will be released to you from any of our promotional banks as will be directed by the London Claim/verification agent.
Yahoo! UK & Ireland
Copyright © 2010 Yahoo Inc!. All rights reserved
Reply-to: rev_frdonaldchris@winning.com
Subject: Welcome To Yahoo!Mail Beta Award Lottery 2010 (Your Email Address Is Selected
Date: 01/16/2010 08:22:49 PM (Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:22:49 -0800 (PST))
Yahoo! Inc.
Customer Care
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089.
USA.
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One Million (US$1,000,000.00 ) in the YEAR 2010 YAHOO! Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO! LOTTERY INC for the introduction and Launching of the New YAHOO ! BETA MAIL which all YAHOO! subscribers are required to switch to.
YAHOO! & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, arranged and gathered all the e-mail addresses of the people that are active online, among the Millions that subscribe at YAHOO!, HOTMAIL and others we only selected THREE candidates as our winners after undergoing the random selection process through Electronic Balloting System (E.B..S) without the candidate applying, we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
You are to contact the Claim Agent Rev. Fr. Gary James who will issue you a clearance paper as a winning certificate approved and certified from our Regional office in London, and your prize money will be released to you from any of our regional promotion banks as directed by the claim agent.
YAHOO! Beta Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 14 days from date of Draw Notification in which Prize has been won .
Note: (Any prize not claimed within this period 15 days) will be forfeited.
IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS:
Batch number.....................YBM-EBS-390AF
Reff number.............................YBM-EBS-719AF
Winning number...............YBM-EBS-798AF
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European Regional booklet representative office in London as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your (One Million United States Dollars) will be released to you by our payment Regional offices in EUROPEAN PAYMENT CENTER Precisely London.
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT HERE
Our European Fiduciary Claims Agent:
Rev. Fr. Donald Christian
Official Email:rev_frdonaldchris@winning.com
Enjoy Online Lottery
YAHOO!MAIL BETA LOTTERY APPROVED
Send your Identification Numbers/Your Personal Information to him so that he will proceed further for your prize claim immediately:
PERSONAL INFORMATION
1. Full Name:.........................................
2. Nationality/Religion:..............................
3. Contact Address:...................................
4. Telephone Number:...............................
5. Fax Number:.........................................
6. Da te of Birth:.......................................
7. Occupation..............................................
8. Age.......................................................
9. Sex................................................
10. Alternative E-mail address:.................
11. Next of Kin of the Beneficiary in case...........
You are advised to keep your winning information confidential to avoid double claim and abuse of the program until your prize is paid to you.
We hope you're enjoying your new Yahoo! Mail account. Now take the next step and claim your money and say thanks to Yahoo!
This prize will be released to you from any of our promotional banks as will be directed by the London Claim/verification agent.
Yahoo! UK & Ireland
Copyright © 2010 Yahoo Inc!. All rights reserved
These persons who are sending the E-mails try to make it real that they are even using the Yahoo Logos which makes it more convincing. To those who are not yet exposed to this kind of SCAMS, Please beware and take necessary precautions.
