Fail Scam Is Fail

[Cyrem]

From: [email protected]

WINDOWS LIVE & YAHOO AWARDS CENTER.

From The Desk of the Promotions Manager

International Promotions/Yahoo Award Center

124 Stockport Road, Long sight,

Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom

ATTN: WINNER,

Your email address have just won a YAHOO & WINDOWS LIVE prize money of (TWO MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLINGS) (GBP£2, 500, 000.00) for the Year 2010 The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world and your winning category falls within our African category so you are to claim your money through our African claim agent

This Lottery is approved by the South African/British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

Payment of Prize and Claim

Winners are to be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. This Prize Award must be claimed in not later than 30 days from date of draw notification after which unclaimed prizes are cancelled.

WINNER NO: 3

these are your identification numbers:

Ticket Number: 7PWYZ2006

Ballot Number: BT: 12052006/20

WINNING CATEGORY: AFRICA

These numbers fall within UK & South African file. Thus, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in Johannesburg of South Africa and send your winning identification numbers to him:

Kindly send the following information to your claim agent to facilitate the release of your fund.

1, FULL NAME:

2, ADDRESS:

3, CITY/STATE:

4, COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:

5, MARITAL STATUS:

6, SEX;

7, AGE;

8, TEL; FAX:

9, OCCUPATION:

CONTACT INFORMATION OF OUR AGENT IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Overseas Claims/Exchange Online Payment Unit

Contact Person: Name: Mr. Greg Siyabonga

Email: [email protected]

Once your agent acknowledges receipt of this required detail, transfer would commence.

Congratulations!! Once Again.

Yours in service,

NOTE: You are hereby advised not to disclose the content of this Prize Award until your money have been remitted to you to avoid disqualification that will arise from dual claim.

[signed By: Dr. A. W. George]

Lottery Board Director

Head Office U.K

FAIL. To bad my email address won it and not me...

I thought it was so funny, i'd post it.

[TheEPICtrainrider]

Wait Wait Wait.

So "Yahoo" is giving you a "Windows Live" prize, in british pounds, and you need to write to somebody in Africa, while you're living in Australia? I've made better scams then that. And I'm absolutely horrid at lying.

[Sonic322]

That has got to be the most inconsistent scam ever.

[Cyrem]

Some funny things about this email are:

- Yahoo and Microsoft are not friends.

- He forgot how to use a semi-colon.

- I'm no-where near Africa.

- Terra.com is Spanish.

- Microsoft wouldn't use a gmail account.

- You don't say sterling as "Sterlings".

- Why would he need to know my country when he knows my location fits into the "African" category.

- "Yours in service"... Who ends and email with that?

- Apparently Dr. George is not really a doctor, rather he's some guy that works for an award center.

- He's got a "get out of trouble" part in this email when he said that if he doesn't get a reply in 30 days, your award is canceled.

Poor guy, he tried so hard to fool me... I wonder how many (brainless) people will fall victim to this scam.

[Amauros]

Poor guy, he tried so hard to fool me... I wonder how many (brainless) people will fall victim to this scam.

AWWWW CRAP!!! I THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS FISHY WHEN I REPLIED TO THIS EMAIL!!! :0

[TheEPICtrainrider]

Dr. George is his [Please Talk Properly] name. He'll give you and "award" alright.

[Aki Dazrold]

...what the