Yahoo Lottery eMail Scam

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately did not win the Yahoo Lottery, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:
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From: yahoo customers award [mailto:yah_customers3@live.fr]
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 7:05 AM
Subject: !!!!!!!YOUR PRIZE!!!!!!

[YAHOO! Mail LOGO here]

Yahoo Lottery Inc.
Customers care winning dept
701 First Avenue , sunnyville
Ca 94089

!!!!!!!YOUR PRIZE!!!!!!

Dear yahoo lucky email balloting winner,

This is to inform you that you have won an internet email lotto cash prize of Six hundred and twenty thousand euro(€620,000.00) in YAHOO BETA FREE LOTTERY ORGANISATION!!.

CONGRATULATION!!
This program is held to promote our new YAHOO BETA MICROSOFT WINDOW.

Your email address was selected through Electronic Balloting Shoot (E.B16&369) out of 78million email raffle draw with the co-operation of GOOGLE MAIL, HOTMAIL, O2.PL, AND AOL.FR.
Congratulations for being selected.

Your email address raffle ticket is 45663ab4599; conduct this raffle ticket to the customer payment department at confirmation_centre@yahoo.fr
All the remedy of your cash prize will be explained further, once again congratulations.


Yours,
Yahoo Lottery Inc.

[YAHOO! LOGO here]
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Any contact with the sender of this email could result in financial and identity loses. If you received an email like this, just delete it. If you have made contact with this person you may be at risk. You should immediately contact your local law enforcement agency and or financial institution for assistance if you provided ANY personal or financial information.

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