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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:37:48 +0000 (GMT) From: "Halifax Bank Plc" <halifax.bankplc@yahoo.co.uk> Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert Yahoo! DomainKeys has confirmed that this message was sent by yahoo.co.uk. Learn more Subject: WELCOME TO HALIFAX BANK PLC (ATTENTION : Saqlain Tauraizue Ahmad) To: sakrez@yahoo.com Halifax Bank PLC 2 PARADISE STREET LIVERPOOL L1 8JF London Email: halifaxbankingonline@yahoo.co.uk info_halifaxbank@fbenv.net Tel;+44-704-570-9563 +44-701-115-0386 Fax: +447075055364 27th February, 2007 TRANSFER PROCESS Attn;Saqlain Tauraizue Ahmad, Good day to you my name is Mr. John Kerry and welcome to Halifax Bank PLC. Please be informed that a Cheque of the Yahoo Lottery Promo in the sum of $800,000.00 USD (Eight Hundred Thousand Us Dollars) in your name was delivered to us this morning by the Lottery Organization for online wire transfer. Please be informed that before we can proceed to transfer the fund, a transit account has to be activated/opened for you. It is this account that the said fund ($800,000.00) would be deposited. Once this account has been activated/opened, you would transfer online the said fund to any of your designated bank account across the globe. So you are therefore required to pay an account activation fee to open the transit account. All banks in the UK , including ours, are authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and as a result, clients are required to abide by the Banking policies of the British Government by making security deposit for ACTIVATION FEES. The Financial Services Authority is the independent regulator set up by Government to look after the financial services industry and protect consumers. The activation fee is £300 Great British Pounds The United States Dollars Equivalent of this is $589.229 Note that we can not continue with the online bank transfer until the activation fees is paid because this said fund has to be deposited into an account before it can be transferred to you. This is in accordance with section 17(1) (n) of the National Online Transfer Act as adopted in 1998 and amended on 3rd July 2001 by Parliament. Note; that your total prizes claim has been insured to the real value and as such the ACTIAVTION FEE cannot be deducted from it. This is in accordance with section 13(n) of the national gambling acts as adopts this in 1993 and amended on 3RD July 1996. This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds Payment for the activation fees can be made either via WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER. On receipt of this email you are to contact us to provide you with details of our Accounts Manager to effect payment. Upon your reply and consent I would provide you with the necessary details to effect payment for the 'ACTIVATION FEE" Yours Faithfully, Mr. John Kerry Account Officer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. DeleteReplyForwardSpamMove... Previous | Next | Back to Messages Save Message Text | Full Headers Check MailCompose Search Mail: Search MailSearch the Web Move Options [New Folder] CHENAB Forward Options As Inline Text As Attachment Reply Options Reply To Sender Reply To Everyone Mail Shortcuts Check Mail Ctrl++C Compose Ctrl++P Folders Ctrl++F Advanced Search Ctrl++S Options Help Ctrl++H Address Book Shortcuts Add Contact Add Category View Contacts View Lists QuickBuilder Import Contacts Synchronize Addresses Options Addresses Help Calendar Shortcuts Add Event Add Task Add Birthday Day Week Month Year Event List Reminders Tasks Sharing Synchronize Calendar Options Calendar Help Notepad Shortcuts Add Note Add Folder View Notes Notepad Options Notepad Help Advanced Search Advanced Search

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1. Ohmigosh, I use to get these scams all the time. It's not worth your time. If they ask you for your info, such as, phone number, address, and/or account number then it is a scam definitely.
2. Spam just delete! You have to enter to win!
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4. A lottery scam is a variant of advance fee fraud (also know as a 419 scam). First, you (and thousands of other people) get a spam message stating that you could get millions of dollars -- in this case, because you won the lottery. If you believe the scammer and reply, he will charge you a fee before your winnings can get to you: this may be for having some documents notarized, or to pay the courier who's bringing your check, or to open a bank account, or international taxes, or any number of made-up excuses. You can tell these are email lotteries are fake because: (1) You can't win a lottery if you didn't enter (i.e. buy a ticket) (2) There is no such thing as a lottery of email addresses. (3) There is no such thing as an "international lottery", and in fact most countries have laws prohibiting their citizens from entering lotteries in other countries. (4) Yahoo! doesn't run any lotteries. (5) If you DID win, you wouldn't need to pay money to get your prize!