I rec'd a mail saying i had won a prize money of Five hundred thousand, Great Britain Pound Sterlings(£500,000.00) for the month of OCTOBER 2007 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE. Later i was asked to deposit money into the account of a person for frontier couriers. I am copying the relevant part below. Luckily i wisened up and searched the net to know more. I hope this mail helps others to avoid such scams.

You are to pay for the Option 1 Express Delivery (24Hrs delivery ) which is 600 pounds... equivalent to... 53,790 INR and must be paid by you before we can deliver your winning parcel to you and as soon as your payment is confirm, your winning parcel will be deliver to your destination Pending on your choice of delivery.

Note: You are to send to this office you contact address in which your winning parcel will be delivered and you must provide a valid identity card at the time of delivery.You are requested to make payment for the cost of delivery(COD) to the account details stated below:
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Account Name: ARIF HUSEEN PATNI
Account Number: 003601527570
Name Of Bank: ICICI
BRANCH NAME: MARATH MANDIR
PAN NO:ASMPP2728E
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Note: After payment has been made, you are requested to send to us payment information, scan copy of the payment/deposit slip and do endavour to call this office for the notice of your payment. Please note that this office does not accept cheque payment in this company, We only accept cash payment.

Congratulations once again.
Yours faithfully,

Mr peter liu( Dispatch Officer)
FRONTIER FORWARDING SERVICE.
Direct Phone Numbers:+44 703 194 8032.