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the "2018 Yahoo Email Draws" Lottery Scam

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There is no "2018 Yahoo Email Draws" or "Yahoo Financial Reward Lottery Promotional Program 2018." Therefore, if you have received fraudulent or fake e-mails like the one below, which claim that you are a winner in such a lottery, please do not follow the instructions in it. This is because the email is a lottery scam. There is no Yahoo Email lottery and the fake email message was sent by cyber-criminals/scammers, and not by Yahoo! Yahoo will never ask their users to send their personal information via an email message. And, sending your personal information to those cyber-criminals will only help them rip you off. Every month, thousands of these email messages are sent out by scammers to trick their potential victims into sending their personal information and money.

For online users who have already been tricked by the fraudulent e-mail, please be careful next time. This is because the cyber-criminals/scammers will contact those online users, using the information they have submitted, in an attempt to scam them.

The "2018 Yahoo Email Draws" Lottery Scam

From: Yahoo! Asia <ciccio.lisciandra71@alice.it>
Subject: Fw: Your $1,443,651.00
Date: Wednesday, January 17, 2018, 6:58 PM
Yahoo!©
We are delighted to inform you that your e-mail have won (USD $1,443,651.00) in our 2018 Yahoo (email) draws.
please contact below:
Mr.Michaels Aaron
Executive
Promoter
Yahoo Asia
Pte. Ltd.
E-mail:
aarons.michael@yandex.com
You are to establish contact with the Following details:
Kindly
Confirm Your :
Name:
Residential/Office Address:
Telephone:
Age:
Gender:
Note: Your
file will expire after 14 days if there is no
response.
Thanks & Regards
Mrs. Georgina Rowland
Executive Secretary (AfDB)
Yahoo Asia Pte. Ltd.

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Feb 25, 2019 at 3:36 AM by an anonymous user from: Blantyre, Southern Region, Malawi

I got such emails...Trush

Jan 16, 2019 at 2:18 AM by an anonymous user from: Dhaka, Bangladesh

I got such emails.

Nov 26, 2018 at 8:59 AM by info

Here is another scam:

"From: "Yahoo! Mail"
Subject: Ref:7861809UK
Date: November 25, 2018 at 6:47:48 AM CST
Reply-To:

Yahoo!©
We are delighted to inform you that you were drawn a winner of (USD $5,005,000.00)
in our 2018 Yahoo (email) lottery. To file for claim please contact below our (claim officer)

Sir. Benjamin Duncan
(Claims Officer
Asian Regional Sector
E-mail: benjaminduncan-eclipso.be

You are to establish contact with the Following details:

Name
Residential/Office Address
Telephone
Fax Number
Age
M/F

Thanks & Regards
Mrs. Georgina Rowland
Yahoo Asia Pte. Ltd.
YAHOO! ASIA©

Yahoo Asia Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D) VERIFIED BY YAHOO ASIA."

Nov 13, 2018 at 3:38 PM by info

Here is another scam:

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Yahoo! Mail
Date: Mon, Nov 12, 2018, 09:59
Subject: REF:6605UK

Yahoo!©
We are delighted to inform you that you were drawn a winner of (USD $5,005,000.00) in our 2018 Yahoo (email) lottery. To file for claim please contact below our (claim officer)

Craig Chadwick Jr
(Claims Officer
Asian Regional Sector
E-mail: craigchadwick-eclipso.be

You are to establish contact with the
Following details:

Name
Residential/Office Address
Telephone
Fax Number
Age
M/F

Thanks & Regards
Mrs. Georgina Rowland
Yahoo Asia Pte. Ltd.
YAHOO! ASIA©

Yahoo Asia Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No.
199700735D) VERIFIED BY YAHOO ASIA.

Nov 10, 2018 at 2:03 AM by an anonymous user from: Mandaluyong, National Capital Region, Philippines

Here is another scam:

"Yahoo! Mail

Oct 17 at 4:47 AM

Yahoo!©
We are delighted to inform you that you were drawn a winner of (USD $5,005,000.00)
in our 2018 Yahoo (email) lottery. To file for claim please contact below our (claim officer)

Sir. Vandall Warren
(Claims Officer
Asian Regional Sector
E-mail: warrenvandall-yandex.com

You are to establish contact with the Following details:

Name
Residential/Office Address
Telephone
Fax Number
Age
M/F

Thanks & Regards
Mrs. Georgina Rowland
Yahoo Asia Pte. Ltd.
YAHOO! ASIA©

Yahoo Asia Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D) VERIFIED BY YAHOO ASIA."

Nov 9, 2018 at 12:19 PM by an anonymous user from: Alcobendas, Community of Madrid, Spain

Here is another scam:

"Yahoo!©

We are delighted to inform you that you
were drawn a winner of (USD $5,005,000.00)
in our 2018 Yahoo (email) lottery. To
file for claim please contact below our (claim officer)

Craig Chadwick Jr
(Claims Officer
Asian Regional Sector
E-mail: craigchadwickjr-yandex.com

You are to establish contact with the
Following details:

Name
Residential/Office Address
Telephone
Fax Number
Age
M/F

Thanks & Regards
Mrs. Georgina Rowland
Yahoo Asia Pte. Ltd.
YAHOO! ASIA©

Yahoo Asia Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No.
199700735D) VERIFIED BY YAHOO ASIA."