YAHOO & MSN WINDOW LIVE AWARD PROMOTION CENTER?

[kemurray]

I received this email today and if what I am saying can prevent one innocent victim from falling into the scammer's hands, it will be worth the time it takes to post this. Don't you think if there was such a lottery, we all would know because there would be so much advertising from them, you would have seen it. These people want to get you excited so you will tell them all about you, everything they need to destroy you, your family, and your credit. Here is what the email looks like or at least part of it so you can avoid ANY that promise you of money in emails. Please, ignore them because if you answer them, your email address is posted on a central site for spammers and you will be slammed with so much. Also, if its a name of a place, go to yahoo search and look it up. See if the address matches up and especially the phone number. Tip* all numbers that begin with *44 are scams. This is a special network in the UK that lets them assign the phone number they actually want you to call. I.E. Cell Phones. AND they will always be using a free email service like yahoo.Here it is if I have enough letters left:
YAHOO & MSN WINDOW LIVE AWARD PROMOTION CENTER
Promotions/ Prize Award Department South Africa.
Dear Lucky Winner,
This is to inform you that you have won prize money of Eight Hundred And Twenty Thousand
United State Dollars, ($820,000.00) for the new year Bonanza Promotion 2012, which was
organized by YAHOO & MSN WINDOWS LIVE AWARDS.
Yahoo/Msn collects all 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. Five
people are selected this month to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the lucky
Selected Winners.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. YAHOO & MSN WINDOWS
LIVE PRIZE AWARD must be claimed no later than 30 days from date of Draw Notification. Any
Prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
Stated below are your identification numbers:
BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2008234522
WINNING NUMBER: 14, 21, 30, 34, 47, 71
PIN: 1206
These numbers fall within the Africa Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary
agent in South Africa and send your winning identification numbers to him:
Agent Name: Dr. Terry Williams
Address: 1st Floor Medical Mews, Sandton City, South Africa.
PLEASE CONTACT HIM THROUGH THIS EMAIL, ADDRESSES:
E-mail: drterrywilliams393@yahoo.co.za
E-mail: dr.terrywilliams.394@live.com
Direct Tel: 00277-313-18017
You are advised to send the following information’s to your agent to facilitate the release of
your winning fund to you.
1. Full Names:…………………………………..
2. Country:…………………………………..…..
3. Contact Address:………………………..….
4. Telephone Number:……………………..….
5. Fax Number:……………………...………….
6. Marital Status:……………………………….
7. Occupation:………………………………….
8. Date of birth:…………………………………
9. Sex:……...…………………………………….
Mrs. Rita Johanness
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WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!!
WARNING!!
Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully handed over to you to
avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim.
You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations or Yahoo Inc.
This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event
that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, kindly delete it from
your mail box and give no further correspondence to such person or body.
Yahoo shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned.

YES! Thats the whole message. Notice the free email addresses? I guess I have sort of combined an answer with a question, but I dont care. I want to help you to keep from what could be one of the biggest mistakes in your life. Also notice how they spell some words and the expressions they use, you will notice it as long as you don't get too excited and you miss details. Believe me when I say this, you will know it way before it gets on the internet. Don't share with them please.
Check these sites, they will help you with spotting spam.
http://www.419scam.org/419-freemail-abuse.htm

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