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Here's one sent to me by a member of the Adlandpro community by the name of Nick Kitchen.
It is a scam email purporting to be from Yahoo.
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 04:30:37 -0600
From: "Yahoo! Lottery" Add to Address Book
To: "Yahoo! Members"
Subject: Congratulations! YOU WON $300!
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You won $300! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU WON $300!
Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. This month, your account is randomly selected as the one of 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us. Please click the link below and follow instructions on our web site. Your money will be paid directly to your e-gold, PayPal, StormPay or MoneyBookers account.
Click here to get your prize:
http://rds.yahoo.com/lottery/prizes.php?sid=a3n92dj2d3&rd=us&id=23018392384378&uid=2e5a4h43u2r3u5y1c3&id=28403934224345345
Sincerely,
The Yahoo.com staff
Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com
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Nick said he has done all the checks & passed it on to the relevant people.
He also said he has passed it on to our own Security expert here on Adlandpro Eileen H. He said that she has been in contact with Yahoo security & they confirm it is a scam email.
NEVER reply or click on any links or fill in any details to any email similar to this one.
ALWAYS check to see if they are genuine emails.
ALL real groups i.e; Yahoo, AOL, Google, MSN etc would rather you contacted them first before anything else. If it is a genuine email, they will confirm it.
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