Discussion:
Yahoo new spam tricks
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SpamWatchers
2008-07-21 15:04:05 UTC
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Surfers be aware of new scammers calming that they ae from yahoo and sending
messages calming you are the chosend one lol for a sum of £250,000 with
address name ***@yahoo.com and other addresses reported as fake
scammers.
Body message:

Yahoo & Windows Live Awards Center
124 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester M60 2DB,
United Kingdom.

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Two Hundred
and
Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds (GBP 250,000), FOR THE YAHOO &
WINDOWS
LIVE AWARDS FOR 2008 Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO
AWARDS
& WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO/WINDOWS LIVE 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. Ten (10) people are selected yearly to
benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.


PAYMENT OF PRIZE / CLAIMS

Winners shall be paid in accordance with their Settlement Centers.
Yahoo
Prize Award must be claimed not later than 30 days from date of Draw
Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be
forfeited
and returned to its source as unclaimed.
Stated below are your identification numbers:

BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2007234522
PIN: 1207

You are requested to contact our online center help desk in Manchester
and
send your winning identification numbers to him:

Award coordinator's Name : CHARLES GATE
E-Mail : claims-***@live.co.uk
Tel : +44-7024080833
Fax : +44 870 974 6757

You are advised to send the following information to our co-ordinator
to
facilitate the release of of your fund to you.

1. Full name..............................................
2. Country.................................................
3. Contact Address................................
4. Telephone Number............................
5. fax Number..........................................
5. Marital Status.....................................
6. Occupation..........................................
7. Sex.........................................................
8. Date of Birth/Age ...............................
9. Identity card(carte identite).............

Congratulations!! once again.

Yours in service,
Mrs. Grace Sanders(Awards Supervisor)
Sincerely Yours,
Mr. CHARLES GATE.
(AWARDS COORDINATOR).


----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WARNING!

You must keep strict confidentiality of your Prize Award claims to
yourself until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid
disqualification that may arise from double claims.Yahoo & Windows live
Award Team shall not be held liable for any loss of funds arising from
the
above mentioned.

Copyright © 1994-2008 Yahoo! Inc.All rights reserved.
PA Bear [MS MVP]
2008-07-21 15:22:25 UTC
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That one's been around for well over a year:
http://www.hotscams.com/articles/499/1/820000-Euro-from-Yahoo-Awards-Center/Page1.html
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
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Post by SpamWatchers
Surfers be aware of new scammers calming that they ae from yahoo and sending
messages calming you are the chosend one lol for a sum of £250,000 with
scammers.
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