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This has been around for awhile but they're still scamming people. You can google 'yahoo awards center' and read the many articles/blogs on it. Just received this latest email today so thought I'd share the entire contents with you.
First, I'll mention the names involved, along with the word scam, so the search engines pick this up when anyone searches those names:
Steve Amstill - scam scammer
Amanda Ford - scam scammer
There are obvious holes in the whole letter big enough to drive a truck through, but I'll let you find them. Here's the email:
The subject line was:
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Contact your claims agent Through Email
And the content was:
From: YAHOO LOTTERY AWARDS <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wed, December 1, 2010 3:06:53 PM
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! Contact your claims agent Through Email
Yahoo Awards Center
From The Desk Of The Promotions Manager
International Promotions/Yahoo Award Center
124 Stockport Road, Long sight,
Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom
Date:2/12/2010
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of (USD $ 800,000.00) Eight hundred thousand United States Dollars for the month of Novemeber, 2010 Prize promotion draw which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS & MICROSOFT WINDOWS LIVE. The email selection balloting machine collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Eight people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed no later than 18 days from date of Draw Notification.
Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. Stated below are your identification numbers:
IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS:
Batch number.....................YBM-EBS-390AF
Reff number........................YBM-EBS-719AF
Winning number...............YBM-EBS-798AF
PIN: 1291
These numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in London and send your winning identification numbers to him; Below you will find a Documentation Form, requesting you're required Particulars.
YAHOO ONLINE DOCUMENTATION FORM
FULL NAMES:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP:
PHONE:
FAX:
COUNTRY:
SEX:
AGE:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
NATIONALITY:
You are required to fill and submit the above particulars to our Overseas /United Kingdom Claim Agent with the below email address.
Overseas Claims/Exchange Online Payment Unit
Contact Person: Name: Rev. Fr.Steve Amstill
Tel/Fax: +44-704-571-7401
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
At your disposal, I remain.
Yours in service,
Dr. (Mrs.) Amanda Ford.
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WARNING!
Be careful not to disclose your Prize Award details to any body until your money is successful handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim. You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, kindly delete it from your mail box and give no further correspondence to such person or body. Yahoo shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned.
First, I'll mention the names involved, along with the word scam, so the search engines pick this up when anyone searches those names:
Steve Amstill - scam scammer
Amanda Ford - scam scammer
There are obvious holes in the whole letter big enough to drive a truck through, but I'll let you find them. Here's the email:
The subject line was:
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Contact your claims agent Through Email
And the content was:
From: YAHOO LOTTERY AWARDS <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wed, December 1, 2010 3:06:53 PM
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! Contact your claims agent Through Email
Yahoo Awards Center
From The Desk Of The Promotions Manager
International Promotions/Yahoo Award Center
124 Stockport Road, Long sight,
Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom
Date:2/12/2010
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of (USD $ 800,000.00) Eight hundred thousand United States Dollars for the month of Novemeber, 2010 Prize promotion draw which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS & MICROSOFT WINDOWS LIVE. The email selection balloting machine collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Eight people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed no later than 18 days from date of Draw Notification.
Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. Stated below are your identification numbers:
IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS:
Batch number.....................YBM-EBS-390AF
Reff number........................YBM-EBS-719AF
Winning number...............YBM-EBS-798AF
PIN: 1291
These numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in London and send your winning identification numbers to him; Below you will find a Documentation Form, requesting you're required Particulars.
YAHOO ONLINE DOCUMENTATION FORM
FULL NAMES:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP:
PHONE:
FAX:
COUNTRY:
SEX:
AGE:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
NATIONALITY:
You are required to fill and submit the above particulars to our Overseas /United Kingdom Claim Agent with the below email address.
Overseas Claims/Exchange Online Payment Unit
Contact Person: Name: Rev. Fr.Steve Amstill
Tel/Fax: +44-704-571-7401
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
At your disposal, I remain.
Yours in service,
Dr. (Mrs.) Amanda Ford.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
WARNING!
Be careful not to disclose your Prize Award details to any body until your money is successful handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim. You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, kindly delete it from your mail box and give no further correspondence to such person or body. Yahoo shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned.
