Is this a scam or what?

Question

Yahoo!! International Lottery Organization

Bangkok Branch Office

Address: 3 Rajdamnern Avenue

Bangkok 10200 Thailand

Yahoo! Mail announces you as one of the 25 lucky winners in the ongoing 12 Years Yahoo lottery Award of the Year Held on 1st of June, 2008.

All 25 winning email addresses were randomly 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 out of ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS ( $1, 000. 000.000 USD)

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.

Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our Bangkok representative office in Bangkok Thailand, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of ( $1, 000.000.00USD) will be released to you from this regional branch office in Bangkok Thailand.

Your fund is now deposited with our Bank/Security Company Bangkok Thailand and insured in your name. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed, and your winning Atm Card have been sent to you or remitted to your account, as this is part of our security protocol, to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking of advantage of this program by participants, as has happened in the past.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

These are your identification numbers.

Ticket number.....................085-12876077-...

Serial number.......................51390-0

Lucky number...................03-05-12-14-28-...

Ref number...................N.EGS/366236711...

To begin your lottery claims, Please contact our Yahoo! Lottery Co-ordinator as follows,

Email:[e-mail]

Name: Kane Iva

Tel: +(66) 890007544

You are to send the completed verification form below to the co-ordinator whose email address is given above so that you will be advised on what to do to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!!

1. FULL NAME

2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

3. PRESENT ADRESS.

4. DATE OF BIRTH

5. OCCUPATION

6. TELEPHONE NUMBER

6. FAX NUMBER

7. MARITAL STATUS

8. WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th of June, 2008. Any claim not made by this date will be returned to HER MAJESTYS DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. And also be informed that 10% of your lottery winning belongs to (THE PROMOTIONS COMPANY). Because they are the company that bought your ticket and played the lottery in your name.

Note also that this 10% will be remitted after you have received your winnings prize, because the money is insured in your name already.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with us, Furthermore, should there be any change of address, please do inform our Co-ordinator as soon as possible. Yahoo lottery is a free service that does not require you to be a Yahoo! Registered user.

An original copy of your lucky winning ticket and your deposit certificate will be sent to you by Administrative Remittance Operation Manager of Fuji Bank Limited Bangkok Thailand .

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Once again from all members of our staff and thank you for being a part of our International Promotions program.

We wish you continued good fortunes.

Yours Sincerely,

Answer 1

YEAP! Its a scam.A friend of mine knows all about these kinds of scams.(shes a police officer)These come from Nigeria and West Africa. They get your personal info and run with it.Just because they dont ask for you Social Security # up front doesnt mean they dont have their ways of getting it with the other personal info you already gave them.

This looks all ligit but its not.

Answer 2

Yes it is a scam.  These creeps from other countries just want to get enough of your personal information so they can clean out your bank account.    I have gotten so many of these "official looking" messages in my spam that I just have to laugh.  Rich people in Africa and the rest of the t**d world are just dying right and left to leave me money.  Don't fall for it.

Answer 3

da,  you think

That is the oldest scam in the book

Answer 4

You have to ask?

Answer 5

YES IT SURE IS. THIS IS SPAM. YOU MUST DELETE IT AND NEVER OPEN EMAILS LIKE THESE. IF YOU OPEN IT THEY WILL TRACK YOUR EMAIL AND SEND YOU EVEN MORE OF THOSE KINDS OF FAKE MESSAGES. DELETE IT, DON'T EVEN OPEN THEM, AND THEN SIGN OUT RIGHT AWAY. DON'T EVEN MARK IT AS SPAM BECAUSE THEY CAN STILL TRACK YOU DOWN AND SEND YOU EVEN MORE.