I have got a mail from : YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE , what to do?

[sumanta]

IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT (Registration 0201GFRM-7)
Telephone:~ +44-701-006-3576.
Telephone:~ +44-701-006-3598.
FAX #: +447031898780.
Visit Our Web: http://www.ymspro.com

Amount Won: One Million Great Britain Pound Sterling (£1,000,000.00 GBP).

ATTN: Cert Reg No: Y/MSN-012011 [SUMANTA MOHANTA],

The Mega-jackpot of Yahoo-Msn Lottery Award was launched in 1989. It aims to support organizations working to create a fairer, greener world by raising funds and increasing public awareness with the help of a lottery. Today, the Yahoo-Msn Mega-Jackpot Lottery is England’s biggest and most popular charitable lottery and supports 53 charity organizations’. Since its launch in 1989, the lottery event has paid out more than 2 billion pound sterling to its beneficiaries over the years. It is obvious that the sms notification will come to you as a surprise, please read this notification carefully as we congratulate you for emerging as one of the lucky winners of the cash sum of One Million Great Britain Pound Sterling (£1,000,000.00) each, following official publication of results of the International Mobile Electronic online sweepstake organized by Yahoo-Msn Lottery Award in conjunction with the MICROSOFTWINDOWS. A Cash Lottery Draw held in London, United Kingdom. Having considered all possible measures to convey your cash prize, we resolve to use a special delivery courier company under Diplomatic Umbrella. We have made all necessary arrangement to convey your winning prize direct to your doorstep. Your name, phone number and complete residential/postal address has been Received.

Kindly note that we need to pay Rs.28,000/- ONLY towards taxes, insurance and handling charges before the delivery personnel come to your home. The Diplomat shall take responsibility of that and you shall be instructed by the delivery diplomat for the clearing of your consignment from the custom duties in India and any local V.A.T that may arise in INDIA before he proceed to the Reserved Bank Of India.

We hereby inform you that approval have been given for delivery of your winning cheque along with your winning certificate/all other documents that will empower your winning amount logged in your nominated account with assistance of our delivery diplomat, whom will facilitate payment formalities through the Reserve Bank of your country. The diplomat will personally present to you all the relevant documents to guide you against any India government queries. You are advice to make available all that may be needed to the diplomat in India immediately he instructs you to do so-for the clearing of your consignment, before you receive your prize of One Million Great Britain Pound Sterling (£1,000,000.00) From the Yahoo-Msn Lottery to enable him clear your prize from the custom. Please you must keep confidential your winning details and numbers until it arrives your doorstep for security reasons.

The delivery of your prize is currently on the way as it is passing through the British Security Screening. We realize recently that such procedures have been adopted on your consignment leaving UK for Asia. Find in this email the tracking number to your winning package aswell as your winning verification number and Pin, please keep all claims information confidential. Also the delivery diplomat's arrival details as he shall contact you on the said date below.

Due to the urgency needed in this delivery we are informing you that MR. LEWIS GRAHAM, Specially Assigned Diplomat will be leaving for INDIA to make delivery of your cash award prize through British Airways.

FLIGHT DETAILS
FLIGHT NUDMBER :-----UA0199
OPERATED BY : ----------UK GLOBAL AIRWAYS
DEPART:-------Heathrow (LONDON)
ARRIVE ---------(New delhi)
Ø Departure Date/time: time: Thursday 30th May, 2012. 10:00pm
Ø Arrival Date/time: time: Friday 31th May, 2012. 10:00am
Ø NAME OF ASSIGNED DELIVERY DIPLOMAT/REPRESENTATIVE:- LEWIS GRAHAM

FOR YOUR WINNING PRIZE VERIFICATION, PLEASE VISIT THE URL: http://www.ymspro.com
ØWinning Number:- YMSN009647331559
ØPin:88453528


FOR TRACKING OF YOUR WINNING PARCEL, DO VISIT THE COURIER SERVICE URL: http://www.midwayexpressn.com
ØFor Your Tracking Number: Ask the delivery personnel as soon as he contact you on his arrival in India, for security precautions taken by the executive board of trustee, only him can provide you with that.

For Any Inquiry/Assistance, kindly contact through email or telephone below:
Email: customerservice@midwayexpressn.net
Telephone: +447010063519
General Inquiry/Administrator's Office:
Email: info@midwayexpressn.net
Telephone: +447010063531

Please ensure that you co-operate and adhere strictly to his instructions and directives to avoid any delay in handing over your cash award prize to you as there is limited time to spend in INDIA. On the arrival of the Diplomatic Delivery Agent in your country, you

[Mehran Mesbahzadeh]

Never Ever answer these Mails thay aren't real that's a Spam Delete IT.

[Jaikumar]

That is a fake message and is called spam

they will take that money and never show their face to you

these messages come in different variants asking you to give some money and get loads more but you never get anything

they use names of reputed companies such as yahoo and windows to fool you


I would ask you to complain this to police/cyber police

[nz123456]

STOP! that's SPAM!
Delete the message. Do not under any circumstances give out your personal information to them.
Do not open any included attachments, they will be viruses

[Arpit or shravan]

they are fraud and its a spam don't panic delete it

[Rosh Rocker]

Select the mail> Mark as spam

Create a filter as well...

Dont ever get fooled on these kind of mails. Nobody is gonna give you bucks through a mail. believe me

[Foolishriver716]

100% scam.

There is no Yahoo, Facebook, Nokia, Shell, BBC, Google, Coca-Cola, MSN, Microsoft, BMW or any other company in the entire world that sponsors a lottery that notifies winners via email, phone call or text.

The next email was from another of the scammer's fake names and free email addresses pretending to be the "lottery official" and has demanded you pay for made-up fees and taxes, in cash, and only by Western Union or moneygram.

Western Union and moneygram do not verify anything on the form the sender fills out, not the name, not the street address, not the country, not even the gender of the receiver, it all means absolutely nothing. The clerk will not bother to check ID and will simply hand off your cash to whomever walks in the door with the MTCN# and question/answer. Neither company will tell the sender who picked up the cash, at what store location or even in what country your money walked out the door. Neither company has any kind of refund policy, money sent is money gone forever.

Whenever suspicious or just plain curious, google everything, website addresses, names used, companies mentioned, phone numbers given, all email addresses, even sentences from the emails as you might be unpleasantly surprised at what you find already posted online. You can also post/ask here and every scam-warner-anti-fraud-busting site you can find before taking a chance and losing money to a scammer.

If you google "fake yahoo lottery", "lotto Western Union fraud" or something similar, you will find hundreds of posts of victims and near-victims of this type of scam.