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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 23 Aug 2009 04:20

Now what would you make of the following?
It's a copy of an email I just received!


Yahoo & Windows Live Awards Centre
124 Stockport Road, Long sight,
Manchester M61 2DB - United Kingdom
Tel: +44 704-574-3775
Fax: +44 870 479 1443

Dear Prize Winner

We're euphoric to inform you that your email address has won an Award of Nine Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds
(900,000.00) for the 2009 Prize promotion organized by Yahoo & Windows Live Award Programme held in Manchester, United
Kingdom in month of July, 2009.The Management of Yahoo & Windows Live (Hotmail) collected all active email addresses online,
amongst millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Windows Live Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Twelve (12) people were randomly selected
through a computer ballot system to receive an Award of Nine Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds (900,000.00) and you
are one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE / CLAIMS
Yahoo & Windows Live Award must be claimed not later than 30 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed
within this period will be forfeited as unclaimed prizes.

Stated below is your Award File Information:
BATCH NUMBER: MFI/013/APA-43645
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2608312500
PIN: 1299

You are required to send your personal details along with your Award File Information to the programme Assistant Award
Coordinator in the format below;
1. Full name:
2. Country:
3. Contact Address:
4. Telephone Number:
5. Marital Status:
6. Occupation:
7. Sex:
8. Date of Birth/Age:
9. Email Address:

Assistant Award Coordinator: Mr. Bratan Petko
Tel: +44 704-574-3775
Fax: +44 870 479 1443

Congratulations!! On your winning,
Sincerely Yours,
Neola Wilmington
Notification Officer
Yahoo & Windows Live Inc.

NB: Do not reply if you are NOT the intended recipient or owner of this email address; Disregard this notification if
you have been notified before.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yahoo and Msn Awards Team will not be held liable for any loss of funds arising from the above mentioned.In event !
that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, Kindly delete it from your mail box and
give no further correspondence to such person or body. Yahoo & Windows Live Awards Centre.

JustJean

JustJean Report 23 Aug 2009 12:37

BIN it Liz, just a scam.... I get all sorts of so called wins , they seem to know folk who have entered comps, and of course if it was genuine you would get a cheque, I would nevet give any details on line..... I won £1000, along time ago and we just got a cheque..........

Have you booked any hols yet, I am still hoping for another short break before we go at the end of Sept, everything has been on hold since Jeffs op and hospital visits, but we are fortunate we can shoot off at anytime...Are you going to send me photos of your little animal visitors... then I can put them on your page in the memory book...please....

love Jean xx

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 24 Aug 2009 00:11

Hello Jean,

yes I figured it was a scam as I often get things through from Africa and all sorts of places asking me to hold money in my account for people etc etc so just get rid of them all. This one was a bit different tho but no way would I send my details to anyone I didn't know. I am sure if they are really keen for me to have my winnings they will find another way to get it to me lol

I will try and remember to send you some pics of my hedgehogs, two came on Saturday night but none so far this evening. I got some nice pics yesterday tho and will send some soon and some other things too.

We have decided to spend Monday after he gets back from work choosing somewhere to go on holiday, if not we will have to go to the Norfolk coast cottage but I will make sure I don't cook much this time and will take the car or go off on the bus on my own a bit, to have a break from him.
Hope you manage to get something sorted out now J has had his check ups.

love
Lizxx