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iwas approached by yahoo internet lottery organization in thailand some 2 monyhs ago.they sent me the winning tickrtet of one million us$and now ythey have been asking me to payín yhe region of 75000 us$ to access my winning funds how do you feel about being drawn ythe company nameyahoo into dust this way.are you aware of this please respond sothat i can supply you with my winningticket with your logotype and the pertinebnt information. i have so far paid 74000 us$to them without being allowed to access the winningsi wil send you thr e names ofj the vice-president oh the orgsnization involved and THEY also warned me aginst trying to contact yahoo corporate officebecause " WE ARE INDEPENDENT OF YAHOO" was th answer.i GUESS IT*S UPTO YOU WHETHER YOU want to stop such an organization abusing your brand's goodwill i rEACTED to this only because i've beena yahoo.user for a number of years' and couldn't imagine yahoo corporation would be involved in such fishy business. kind regards, viDya ghanekar sWEDEN [email protected]

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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on October 4th, 2010 3:46 PM

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This is a scam not associated with Yahoo. We also are unconnected with Yahoo, but your making contact with Yahoo about this would not serve a useful purpose. Yahoo can't stop theives from abusing its name. I suggest you get in touch with law enforcement.

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