Question: Does Yahoo have a lottery see e-mail received below - checking validity???? From:  "YAHOO LOTTERY PROMOTION" <christinajoyjones@hotmail.com>  [ Save Address ]  \nSubject:  CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS($300,000)  \nDate:  Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:22:51 -0800 \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n  \n\n  \n            Yahoo Lottery\n       Incoperation \n               Baley House, Har Road\n                Sutton, Greater London\n SM1 4te\n         United  Kingdom\n        +4470240792335 \n\nThis is to inform you that you have won a prize money of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS($300,000) for the month of OCTOBER 2006 Lottery  promotion which is organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.\n\n    YAHOO & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail we only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.\n\n              PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM\n \n      You are to contact your Claims Agent on or before your date of Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre.\nYahoo Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.\n \nThese are your identification numbers:\n\n \nBatch number.....................YM 09102XN\nReff number.......................YM35447XN\nWinning number...................YM09788\n\n \n     These numbers fall within the African agent's Location file, you are requested to contact him and send your winning identification numbers to him, \n \nNAME:BARR HOWELL CRESENT\n \nE-Mail barrhowellcresent@yahoo.co.uk \n \nPhone:  +2348050546449 \n \n    You are therefore advised to send the following information to the Cliams Agent to facilitate them and process the transfer of your fund.\n \n1. Full name.....................\n2. Country........................\n3. Contact Address...................\n4. Telephone Number......................\n5. Marital Status...........................\n6. Occupation..............................\n7. Age....................................\n8. SEX...............................\n \nCongratulations!! once again.\nYours in service,\n                   \n   \nMRS CHRISTINA JOY\n \n\n\n\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Answer: No. It's a well known scam! Ignore and delete it!\n\nhttp://www.hoax-slayer.com/issue20.html#one\n\nNote the spelling mistakes, African agent?? with a UK yahoo address??\n\nThe Postal Code is actually Sutton Court Road ... there is no such address as 'Baley House, Har Road' (from the map, it looks as if the post code is that of the Police HQ in Sutton!)
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