I Won the Lotto and Didn’t Even Know I Was Playing!

Lotto Scam

It’s official, I won the YAHOO/MICROSOFT LOTTERY today and I didn’t even have to buy a ticket. I’ve already got  my new gold plated toilet seat picked out. I’m gonna be living in luxury baby.

Here’s the “official” lotto email I received today…

YAHOO/MICROSOFT LOTTERY !!! CONGRATULATION !!! YOU HAVE WON £500,000,00.

Yahoo Lottery
Incoperation
Baley House, Har Road
Sutton, Greater London
SM1 4te
United Kingdom

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND POUNDS (£500.000.00) for the month of March 2007 Lottery
promotion which is organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the
people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to
Yahoo and Hotmail we only select five people every Month as our winners
through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we
congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

You are to contact your Claims Agent on or before your date of
Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement
Centre.

Yahoo Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 15 days from date of
Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize
not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
These are your identification numbers:

Batch number…………………YM 09102XN
Reff number…………………..YM35447XN
Winning number……………….YM09788

These numbers fall within the African agent’s Location file, you
are requested to contact STANDARD CHARTERED BANK PLC,, send your winning
identification numbers to them at this email:
E-mail:mrmanddy_claimsagent@yahoo.co.uk
Phone:+44-70111-38832

You are therefore advised to send the following information to the
bank to facilitate them and process the transfer of your money.
1. Full name…………..
2. Country…………….
3. Contact Address……..
4. Telephone Number…….
5. Marital Status………
6. Occupation………….
7. Sex…………………..
8. Age………………..

Congratulations!! once again.
Yours in service,

Mr. Herley Peterson
(Public Relations Officer)

Anyone else have any ideas on how I should spent all the cash? 

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2 Comments »

  1. maryanne Says:

    Are you serious??

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  2. Matthew Says:

    Just to clarify…NO!

    If you do get one of these emails please, please, please delete it! Do not give them your information and do not pay them anything it’s a scam.

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