[Resolved]  MSN/Yahoo Lottery Board — Winning of a lottery worth 950,000.00 British Pounds Sterling

Have received a mail from The above mentioned Company wherein they have stated that I have got a mail of winning 950,000.00 British Sterling Pounds but to get a delivery of the cheque I need to send them an amount of Rs.53,000. as courier charges. Does this not sound rediculous?

They have been disturbing me regularly and have really broken my nerve. I want to take a legal caction against them. Kindly advice.
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Aug 13, 2020
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NOT HERE PAYMENT I AM WINER ATEEQ AHMED U CALL URGENT [protected]
The Msn/Yahoo Lottery Incorporation

PO Box 1708, Liverpool
L70 1NL, United Kingdom.

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Dear Lucky winner,

We wish to congratulate you once again on this note, for being part of the 5 winners selected for the Annual Lottery Promotions.The Microsoft Windows Live felicitate with you and your family.This promotion was set-up to encourage the active users of the Internet Microsoft Windows.

Hence we do believe with your winning prize. I wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully pass the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report Test conducted for all on line winners.

A winning cheque has been issued in your name by the Yahoo/Msn Lottery Incoperation board a consolation prize of Dell pentium M laptop, T-shirt and face cap and also a certificate of prize claims will be sent along side your winnings cheque.

Our affiliated delivery company (CITY LINK COURIER SERVICE) department in which your winnings cheque of Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pound Sterlings {£750, 000.00 GBP} has been sent to for delivery to your residence.

Do contact the C.L.C.S company with the contact information below for further instructions on how to send the consignment to your location and the amount to be charged for the delivery.

Please you should also send a copy of your winning verification form containing your winning details down to the courier company for reference and verification purpose.
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CONTACT CITY LINK COURIER COMPANY
DESPATCH OFFICER: Mr. Raca Kelly
COMPANY EMAIL: [protected]@live.co.uk
Tel: [protected]
Tel: [protected]
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How ever you will have to fill and submit this form to Mr. Raca Kelly
NAME:...
AGE:...
SEX:...
ADDRESS:...
PHONE:...
OCCUPATION:...
STATE...
COUNTRY:...
SCAN COPY OF ANY OF YOUR VALID I.D

WARNNING!!!
Do not tell people about your prize award untill your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim.

You may also receive similar e-mail from people portraying to be other Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. 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.
This office will not be responsible for any outstanding fees. Services rendered by CITY LINK COURIER SERVICE are to be paid by you and not the lottery board, for the fact that the lottery organisers didn't make any provision for any upcoming expenses, regarding delivery of parcel or any such.

Have it in mind that your won prize cannot be deducted from your winning amount, this is because the total amount has been insured to the real value .This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds..

Its is Expected that you add your IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS {PARCEL/NUM/1010} as the subject of any correspondence with the courier company to ensure they respond in a timely manner.

I will require a concise update on proceedings with the firm as soon as you are in contact with them. If you need any assistance what so ever, please do not hesitate to let me know. Do have a nice day.


NOTE: YOU ARE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DELIVERY CHARGES OF YOUR PRIZE {PARCEL}.
I TOO GOT THIS MAIL.AND THEY ARE TELLING ME TO GIVE 21000RUPESS AS A CUSTOM DUTY TO THE AIRPORT.
Prize must be claimed no later than 7 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

Yahoo shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned.

Best Regards,
Mrs. Mercy Moore.
(Events Manager)
Payment and Release Order Dept
sir,
i have received email on 18/02/2011 congratulating me for winning 750000 gbp sterling by yahoo msn lottery u.k. and asked me to pay custom fees 25000inr.how such type of people dare to cheat Indians? please do something
MSN-AWARD LOTTERY PROGRAMME.
United Kingdom, 61-70
Southampton Row,
Bloomsbury London WINNER NO 4,
United Kingdom WC 1B 4AR.

Dated: FEB. 2011

Ref: MS[protected] Batch: 744RT/MSN/UK


The board of MSN/YAHOO AND MICROSOFT MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE are pleased to
inform you of winners of our annual MSN/YAHOO AND MICROSOFT-AWARD LOTTERY
PROGRAM conducted in UNITED KINGDOM 2011 edition.

Your E-mail address is attached to WINNER NO 2, with serial number:
[protected], drew the lucky numbers :[protected], Batch No:
744RT/MSN/UK which consequently won in the 3rd lottery category. You
have therefore been approved for lump sums of 1, 000, 000.00 pounds
(One million pounds) in cash, Credited to file REF NO:MS[protected].

This is from the total prize money of 80, 000, 000 pounds which is to be
shared among the eighty national winners in categories C.
All participants in this lottery program were selected randomly through
our MSN/YAHOO AND MICROSOFT Computer Ballot System, drawn from
over 850.000.000 Microsoft users from all search engines. Your e-mail address
was picked by the automated MSN/YAHOO AND MICROSOFT Computer Ballot
System, which has been programmed for this random purpose.

This has eventually qualified you for the Winning. This promotional
program takes place annually, and is promoted and sponsored by
MSN/YAHOO AND MICROSOFT Company, eminent personalities with the support
of British/European corporate companies and organizations to encourage
the use of Internet and computers worldwide and as little way of giving
back to the society what they have received from them and showing appreciation for

making us whom we are today.

In view of this, your prize 1, 000, 000, 00 pounds would be released to
you at the end of the claim processes. You are to keep your ref. number and batch number

from the public, until you have received your cash prize. This is part of our security
protocol/measure to avoid double claiming and the act of scamming /hacking
people of their ref number and prizes.

You are advised fill and and return this claim processing

form bellow within the hour of reading this winning notification.



1. Full Name:...
2. Address:...
3. Nationality:...
4. Sex:...
5. Age:...Date of Birth...
6.Occupation:...
7. Home Tel:. Mobile Tel:...Fax:...
8. State of Origin:...Country:...
9. Winning email address...Alternative email address(Optional):...
10. Scanned copy of International Passport Or Driver's Licence.
11. How do you fell...?

Note that all prize money must be claimed not later than one month of
notification. All funds not Claimed on or before the fixed date will
be returned to the board as Unclaimed Prize and donated to The Charity and please be
aware that our Paying Authority will Effect Payment Swiftly upon
satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by our prize
processing officer.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
endeavor to quote your reference and batch numbers in all
correspondences.

Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staffs of
MSN/YAHOO AND MICROSOFT COMPANY.


Dr. Christopher McDonald
Prize Processing Officer
MSN-Award Lottery Promotion.
Email: [protected]@yahoo.com.hk

Tel: +[protected]

Lottery Coordinator.
(Msn/Yahoo Lottery Games/Lottery Cooperation.

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