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"Microsoft Yahoo and Gmail Lottery Mega Promotion" Lottery Scams

There is no "Microsoft Yahoo and Gmail Lottery Mega Promotion." Therefore, online users who have received email messages claiming that they are winners in the "Microsoft Yahoo and Gmail Lottery Mega Promotion" should delete them, and never follow the instructions them. Every month, lottery scammers randomly send out thousands of fake email messages claiming the recipients are winners in some bogus lottery. The bogus email messages will request personal information, and will subsequently ask the recipients to send money in order to receive their so-called prizes or winnings. But, once the lottery scammers receive their victims' money, they will disappear leaving their victims disappointed and hundreds or thousands of dollars broke. This is why online users should never send their personal information to anyone in an email message or send money to someone who contacted them via email message claiming they have won some lottery or promotion.

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A Sample of the "Microsoft Yahoo and Gmail Lottery Mega Promotion" Lottery Scam

Attn Winner,

The Microsoft Yahoo and Gmail Lottery Mega Promotion are please to inform you of your winning of the sum of $ 500,000 USD. Conjunction with Microsoft, Yahoo and Gmail corporation. We collect all email address of the people that are active online from all the email provider directory, we only select five people as our winners without the winner applying and we are also congratulating you for being one of them.

However, you should fill and submit the below information to the events manager for the processing of your winnings:

Full Names:
Phone numbers:
Mailing address:
occupation:
Sex:
Age:
State:
Country:
Occupation:

Please note that as part of the laid down policies, you will be responsible for the cost of delivery of your winning because our partner courier service does not operate cash on delivery or bank transfer opening fee if you request a bank transfer.

On behalf of Microsoft Yahoo and Gmail promotions Mega Lottery board kindly accept our warmest congratulations.

Best regards,
Dr. Haigh Nick
Events Manager
Email: haigh.nick@megadpt.com
Microsoft Yahoo and Gmail Lottery Mega

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