I got this email from yahoo is this correct or fake

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    I got this email from yahoo is this correct or fake please help me and it is in bulk folder

    You won $500! Yahoo!® Mail congratulates you!

    CONGRATULATIONS!

    YOU WON $500!

    Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account has been selected as the one of 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us. Please click the link below and follow instructions on our web site. Your money will be paid directly to your e-gold, PayPal, StormPay or MoneyBookers account.

    Click here to get your prize:

    Sincerely,
    The Yahoo! Mail staff
    http://www.yahoo.com
     
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    Please help me fast
     
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    Obviously its Fake, yet another spam
     
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    coolramiz Banned

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    Why its fake its comes from yahoo.com
     
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    Can it be any more faker than this?That's the real question here:))Like i'm hearing my friends who have no knowlege of internet at all:i just win x.xxx.xxx pounds on UK lottery or one stupid guy from Nigeria wants to send me money looool.
    Dude,why would Yahoo,i repeat,YAHOO,give random prizes to anybody??Why would anyone give you something??Because you have nice e-mail?
     
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    check the full headers, and also look at the html code of the email, you will find the link to follow is some weired redirect to a fake "fishing" site to gain your loging details etc.
     
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    Today, everything is possible.. Even sometime back I used to get some Spam from my own gmail address to the same address.
     
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    All are pointing to the games.yahoo.com

    So what should i do should i get it or deleted it ???
     
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    Get what?There is nothing to get.:)
     
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    What about 500$$$ there are sending to paypal egold money bookers according to our wish condition is u should a member of yahoo premium games that for 8.75$ per month

    But its from yahoo thats why i m asking ??? not from other mail its from mail.yahoo.com
     
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    I'm simply amazed how many people are gullible enough to believe all that crap e-mail going around. Until people wise up and use some common sense, the endless stream of spam will not stop.
     
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    This is obviously fake, I receive exact same emails on my different Yahoo IDs. I don't even bother to open these emails. Also the link which they ask to click is of some other domain.

    You should also read my thread which I created few months ago about the same thing: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=337027
     
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    You still considering this?:confused::D
     
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    but from mine it redirects to yahoo only so what should i think its real?
     
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    OK its fake forget it
     
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    They might want you to sign up for yahoo games under their affiliate link.
     
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    Hi coolramiz,

    If you beleive this is real, then fair enough, you go and get your $500. Just dont come back putting posts on here that you have been ripped off!!!!!
     
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    Why u get angry i just want to view ur experts opion before getting trapped in directly

    It can be but do they pay me 500$$ for 9$
     
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    No,they going to pay the guy who send you the email.This is if it's e-mail spam marketing.The other option is:you click,they ask you to log in to your yahoo account,the guy who send you the e-mail will get your account info,he will change your account password, you will cry and some 14 year old pimple boy will laugh his ass off.Why? Because there are still guys like you.

    p.s.
    Please don't mention the $500 any more.The only way of you getting $500 is if you send me $1000 and i will tell you how to make $500 in less than a minute:D
     
    speed100, Aug 21, 2007 IP
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