Email Scams (ESCAM)

[Chrisau]

This is different in that it made it through my spam filter;

Yahoo! Mail announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing Yahoo! 2007 Lottery Draw. All 10 winning email addresses were selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually. Consequently, you have been approved for a total pay of 800,000.00 GBP (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS STERLING).

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our British Representative Office in the United Kingdom, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of 800,000.00 GBP will be released to you from this regional branch office in the United Kingdom(UK).

Find below your identification numbers:
Batch Number.....................Lwh 09445
Lotto Number......................Lwh 09446
Winning Number.................Lwh 09447

To file for claim, fill out the information required in the verification form and establish contact via e-mail between the hours of 8.00am-7.30pm on Monday through Saturday and contact our overseas claims fiduciary unit with the information below:
OVERSEAS CLAIMS UNIT
Yahoo! Lottery Fiduciary
Contact Person: Mr Mark wakefield
Telephone:[phone]
Email: [e-mail]

VERIFICATION FORM
1.FULL NAMES:
2.ADDRESS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.MARITAL STATUS:
6.OCCUPATION:
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:
9.LOTTO NUMBER: B. DRAW NUMBER:
10.SERIAL NUMBER:
11.AMOUNT WON:
12.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:
13. COUNTRY:

Yours faithfully,
Dr. Williams Gerri.
Online coordinator for Yahoo! Lottery
Sweepstakes International Program.

Yahoo! Lottery is a free service that does not require you to be a Yahoo! registered user.