No. Advance Fee Fraud, which is what this e-mail perpetrates, is illegal in most countries.
Yahoo!, MSN, Coca-Cola, et cetera do not give away money to random strangers. Rather, Advance Fee Fraud scammers harvest e-mail addresses from all over the Internet and send these "You've won the lottery!" scripts.
This crime is called Advance Fee Fraud because the scammers will soon request that you send them money. You must pay to claim the prize, or so the typical story goes. The scammers collect the money and either ignore you or come back to request more.
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