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lottery

I received this email today is this true or is it a scam.

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:56:56 +0900

Subject: !!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER OF YAHOO JUNE LOTTERY 2007!!!

From: ''YAHOO LOTTERY DRAWN!!!'' [email protected] Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert

Messenger You won �800.000! Yahoo! Mail Congratulates you!

Yahoo! Mail are pleased to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the last Yahoo Lottery Draw held on the 16th of July, 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 800,000.00 GBP (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING ).

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 where they have operational bases.


Asked on 7/19/07, 6:29 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Anthony Smith LawSmith

Re: lottery

It is most likely a scam. You should contact Yahoo and ask them.

Good Luck

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Answered on 7/26/07, 9:58 pm


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