Yahoo MSN & Windows Lottery

I got an email last week from the Windows Live, Yahoo & MSN mobile lottery group. They claimed I had won this huge lottery prize and the email looked very official. The rambled on and on and one about the process and everything then finally asked me to send them my ID as well as money to cover “insurance”. I couldn’t believe it, but I know that some people have been taken by this scam before. If you are interested a posted an excerpt of the mail below! This is clearly a fake lottery scam with legit names like Yahoo, Windows & MSN thrown in their to add credibility.

“The 2010 Yahoo MSN & Windows Live Mobile Lottery wishes to formally announce to you that your Mobile Number was selected as a winner of a lump sum pay out of One Million Great British Pounds (£1, 000, 000.00 GBP) in cash. Be informed that your prize is protected by a HARD COVER INSURANCE POLICY (HCIP), which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from your funds before remitting to you. Due to this fact, you are expected to make the payment. Kindly send us a scanned copy of your id card for proof of identity and for the Diplomat’s recognition.”

I hope this helps. They might change the numbers and words around to fake more people out, but the whole premise I think is the large winnings and hard cover insurance policy that you have to pay THEM for.

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