I received an SMS: From Yahoo Mail. your phone number 9613569483 won 9500$ in the yahoo 2007 mail offer?

I have contacted this e-mail address, and received a response asking me to provide only personal information (including full name, profession, full address and country). They also mentioned the following: “No processing/registration charges or any form of financial payments should be made to Yahoo! or any of it’s affiliated consultants in the U.S, the programme is FREE. The Yahoo! 2007 Mail Offer prize is shipped to recipients only as Cashier’s cheques. Your banking/other personal financial information not required (Your Credit Card information is not required). ”
I have sent a photo of my passport online as they asked me to do by an e-mail and received another SMS informing me the following: “Your personal information has been received by the VeriSign Digital Notarization System. Full online data security guaranteed”. Is that a spam?? Can they use my personal information for a bad purpose? what shall I do?? Please HELP me.

You have been spammed — big time. If you sent only your picture, not to worry. If your sent your passport number, or any personal information, keep a VERY close watch on your credit rating through the 3 credit scoring services, notify your bank and credit card company. It may be 2-3 years before your info is used but don’t start thinking you got a free ride this time. Stay vigilant. I will never understand why people think they are going to get something for nothing. I hope this has made you a lot smarter.

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