I have recieved the following email from Yahoo/MSN corporation 2009 : -

The Msn/Yahoo Lottery Incorporation
PO Box 1010, Liverpool
L70 1NL, United Kingdom.
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Ref: XYL /26510460037/05
Batch: 24/00319/IPD

Dear Guaranteed Winner

We are Pleased to inform you that you have
won a prize money of 750, 000.00 (Seven hundred And Fifty
Thousand, Great Britain Pound Sterlings)for the Annual 2009
Lottery promotion which is organized by Msn/Yahoo Lottery in
conjunction with the MICROSOFT WINDOWS.Msn/Yahoo windows, collects all the
email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions
that subscribed to Yahoo, Hotmail and various Microsoft window users, we
only select five people every Month as our winners, through electronic
balloting System without the winner applying.

These are your identification numbers:

Ref: XYL /26510460037/05
Batch: 24/00319/IPD
Winning number:YM/09788

To File for your claim, please contact our
payment/release order
officer below.
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Name:David Bent
E-mail: [email protected]
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and
Release order Department,
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You are advice to provide him with the
following information:
1.FULL NAMES:_____________
2.ADDRESS:________________
3.SEX:____________________
4.AGE:___________________
5.MARITAL STATUS:_________
6.OCCUPATION:____________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:______
9.AMOUNT WON:____________
10.STATE:_________________
11.COUNTRY:______________
12.NEXT OF KIN:____________
13.ZIP CODE:______________
14:NATIONALITY:___________
15).I____________________________ hereby
declare that the aboveinformation is true and binding on me. If
at any time it is discovered that

I have given false information, I will forfeit my rights to my winnings.

Make Sure this Verification and Funds
Release Form is sent to the payment/release order officer for quick
verification and funds release purpose.Our winners are assured of
the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until
the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further
advised to maintain the strictestlevel of confidentiality until the end of
proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.

This is part of our precautionary measure
to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program.

Congratulations from me and members of
staff of the THE MSN/YAHOOLOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Online coordinator
(Sweepstakes International Program)


This is the first email which i have recieved in which they are asking for personal details and then they will start asking bank account details to get the money transferred...
Once u are satisfied that u are going to recieve the prize money in the next 2 to 3 days...they will then ask u for a amount to be paid by the winner to file the effidafit for the transfer...

Please donot respond to these type of emails to protect yourselves from identity theft etc...

Thanks and Regards...