Hello, I am Miss Young. I received the following email. It is about a fraud lottery. The lottery claims that I won, but the reality is that they want MY money.

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>  From: "MSN INFORMATION CENTER." <msn_notices008@hotmail.com>
>  Reply-To: drwilliams_wood@yahoo.co.uk
>  Subject: YOU ARE AMONG OUR 2007 PROMOTION WINNERS
>  Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:24:33 +0000
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>                                            BONUS
>        WINNING NOTIFICATION DEPT
>        MSN-AWARD LOTTERY PROGRAMM
>        United Kindom ,61-70
>        Southampton Row
>        Bloomsbury London                          WINNER NO 4
>        United Kingdom WC 1B 4AR.            
>        26th 0f April 2007                  
>        Ref: MS-475061723             Batch: 744RT/MSN/UK
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>        We the MSN/YAHOO AND MICROSOFT MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE are pleased to inform you  today being the 26th of April  of  winners of our annual MSN/YAHOO AND MICROSOFT-AWARD  LOTTERY PROGRAMM conducted in UNITED KINGDOM  on the 23th of April 2007.
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>        Your  E-mail address or  is attached to WINNER NO4, with serial number:7741137002 ,drew the lucky numbers :6-9-11-33-36-49-29 , Batch No: 744RT/MSN/UK  which consequently won in the 3rd lottery category.  You have therefore been approved for lump sums pay  of  1,000,000.00 pounds ( One million pounds) in cash ,Credited to file REF NO:MS-475061723 .
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>        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 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 programed for this random selection.
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>        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 recieved from them.
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>        In view of this, your  prize  1,000,000,00 pounds would be released to you by Our  Prize Payment Manager (DR.WILLIAMS WOOD). He will immediately commence the process ,to facilitate the release of your lucky won prize as soon as you contact  him for the claim .
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>        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 to avoid double claiming and the act of scamming /hacking people of their ref number and prizes.  
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>        You are advised  contact our  Prize Processing  Officer by means of email  or phone  to the below  contact info within the hour of reading this winning notification.
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>        DR.WILLIAMS WOOD
>        Office Of The Prize Payment Authority
>        Prize Processing Officer
>        MSN-Award  Lottery Promotion.
>        Email: drwilliams_wood@yahoo.co.uk
>        Tel:  +447011147044
>        FAX: 44709-2873844,44709-2873187
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>        When you contact him for payment(Williams Wood) furninsh him with the following details for the issue of your WINNING CERTIFICATE:
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>        (1)Full Name(2) Country (3)Date Of Birth(4) Occupation        (5) Home/Moblie Phone(6) Scanned copy of Internetional Passport Or Driver's Licence
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>        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 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.
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>        NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with our payment  officer.
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>        Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staffs of MSN/YAHOO AND MICROSOFT COMPANY  to all our  lucky winners of this year.                                                                      
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>        Robert Montaomery
>        Chairman of board of directors
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>        Dr.Tom Mohr
>        President
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>        Dr.Mrs Hilary Schneider
>        Lottery Co-ordinator
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>        Mrs.Sue Clark-Johnson
>        Financial Secretary
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>        Dr.Williams Wood
>        Prize Processing Officer