Be Careful Of THIS Email Scam!

As soon as I saw this in my email box I knew that it was a scam email! So please be careful if you receive an email similar to this one! Just so you know that you're not alone, I decided to post a copy of this email - past dated 2008!


YAHOO INTERNET AWARDS 2008
Yahoo Awards Center
124 Stockport Road, Longsight,
London M60 2DB
United Kingdom.

Dear Email Owner,

CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of GBP800,000,00 British Pounds (Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds). Only for the email users this 2008 Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO INTERNET AWARDS 2008.

Yahoo! Collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online this 2008, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and few from other e-mail providers. 12 people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners this month of October 2008.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE / CLAIMS

Winners shall be paid in accordance with their Settlement Centers. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed not less than 3Weeks from the date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited and returned to its source as unclaimed Prize/Fund.

STATED BELOW ARE YOUR IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS:
BATCH NUMBER: xxxx............
REFERENCE NUMBER: xxxx............
FILE NUMBER: YAHOO/xxxx............

You are Advised to contact your Claim Agent with the below contact details and forward your winning and personal identification numbers to him:

CLAIM AGENT NAME: DR. JAMES SMITH
TEL: xxxx............
CONTACT E-MAIL: xxxx............

You are advised to send the below following informations to your claim agent to enable him facilitate the release of your fund to you by our Paying Bank.

1. Your Full name:
2. Your Country:
3. Contact Address:
4. Telephone Number:
5. Fax Number:
6. Marital Status:
7. Occupation:
8. Sex:
9. Age:

Congratulations!!! Once again.

Yours in service,
Mrs. Susan Leonard.
(Awards Notification Officer)