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"Yahoo, AOL and Gmail Award Promotion" Lottery Scam

Yahoo, AOL and Gmail Award Promotion Lottery Scam

There is no Yahoo, AOL or Gmail lottery. Therefore, online users who have received email messages claiming that they are winners in the "Yahoo, AOL & Gmail Award Promotion" should delete them and should 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 "Yahoo, AOL and Gmail Award Promotion" Lottery Scamming Email

YAHOO!, AOL & GMAIL AWARD PROMOTION CENTER

Promotions/ Prize Award Department South Africa.

This is to inform you that you have won prize money of Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United State Dollars, ($820,000.00) on our ongoing Monthly 2017 prize promotion, which was organized by YAHOO, AOL & GMAIL AWARDS.

Yahoo, Aol & Gmail collects all email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Aol & Gmail 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, AOL & GMAIL 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: Mr Dick Turkel

Address: 2nd Floor SABC Universal Building Auckland Park, South Africa.

PLEASE CONTACT HIM THROUGH THIS EMAIL, ADDRESSES:

E-mail: mturke857@gmail.com

E-mail: mturke857@yahoo.com

Phone: +27 63 881 4045

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. Sex/Marital Status:

7.Occupation:

8. Date of birth:

9.Alternate email if any:

Mrs. Laurie Clark

Lottery coordinator

Yahoo! Aol & Gmail

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Comments 26

May 29, 2019 at 9:21 PM by
"Yahoo, AOL and Gmail Award Promotion" Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

I received the exact email in my email spam box this evening(5/29) from Mrs. Mary D. Cooper to contact Agent Turkel. My question is other than to be "AWARE" of these money laundering scams, why isn't fake emails like this using affiliates names like Yahoo, AOL and Gmail being investigated and caught for a crime?

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May 29, 2019 at 9:33 PM by
"Yahoo, AOL and Gmail Award Promotion" Lottery Scam
info

Finding these cyber criminals is difficult because they can operate from anywhere, and once they are discovered and taking down, they quickly setup shop somewhere else on the dark web.

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May 6, 2019 at 9:29 AM by
"Yahoo, AOL and Gmail Award Promotion" Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: London, England, United Kingdom

Hi, everyone,

I'm from the UK and I have just received an email saying the exact same thing as the text attachment above they have sent me another saying we need your details as soon as possible, glad I searched them up to check this out, I have not and will not be replying. And just a heads up for anyone else do not respond back or out any personal information.

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May 5, 2019 at 12:09 AM by
"Yahoo, AOL and Gmail Award Promotion" Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Jewell Ridge, Virginia, United States

Do not respond to this scam!

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Apr 26, 2019 at 2:54 AM by
"Yahoo, AOL and Gmail Award Promotion" Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Farnborough, England, United Kingdom

I recieved email said I have won 2 million dollars. Thought how! People mention money to get your attention. Do not fall for scam, do not give your details, stay safe! BEAWARE OF SCAMS!

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Apr 2, 2019 at 12:30 AM by
"Yahoo, AOL and Gmail Award Promotion" Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Notice this initially started as a Hotmail email address. This is the makings of either the big time SCAM or it may go as far as identity theft if someone gave all the information requested.

Ive been down this road, this is bullsh**t and needs to stop with this c**p coming from Ghana and Africa!


"Yahoo Aol Gmail

Mon 4/1/2019 1:50 AM

YAHOO! AOL & GMAIL AWARD PROMOTION CENTER Promotions/ Prize Award Department South Africa.

Email Subscriber,

This is to inform you that you have won prize money of Four Million Two Hundred Thousand United State Dollars, ($4,200.000.00) for the 2019 New Year Bonanza Promotion, which was organized by YAHOO! AOL & GMAIL AWARDS.

Your identification numbers:

BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658 REFERENCE NUMBER: 2008234522 WINNING NUMBER: 14, 21, 30, 34, 47, 71 PIN: 1206

Yahoo! Aol & Gmail collects all email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Hotmail, MSN, AOL, Gmail 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. You are requested to contact your fiduciary agent Mr. D**k Turkel via both email address for a quick response with details below.
Agent Name: Mr. D**k Turkel E-mail: mrtkdick024-gmail.com mrtkdick024-yahoo.com
Tel: 27 72 381 0088 (Dial with the sign) Stating your winning reference number and personal information as stated below for claims:
1. Full Names: 2. Country: 3. Contact Address: 4. Telephone Number: 5. Mobile Number: 6. S*x: 7. Date of Birth: 8. Marital Status: 9. Profession:

Congratulations!

Yours Truly

Mrs. Mary D. Cooper Online Coordinator..."

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