A Scam Email with the Subject
"Fwd: Confirm Your Winning!!!"
was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on
Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:38:59 -0700 and has been classified as a
Lotto/Lottery Scam.
The sender was
mark mcgowan <markmcgwn@googlemail.com>,
although it may have been spoofed.
This a (redacted) view of the raw email headers of this scam email. Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has been suppressed, but can be
supplied as received to appropriate agencies.
Domain Names used for collecting scam email ("Honeypot email accounts") have been obscured and replaced with the token 'HUN1P0T'
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <kopong22@hetnet.nl> Date: Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Subject: Confirm Your Winning!!! To:
Confirm Your Winning!!!
We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the Second Category of our promotion , Winners were picked by computerised system, drawn from companies and individuals e-mail addresses worldwide. The draws are officially announced 10th April,2009.You have therefore been awarded a lump sum of €500,000.00 (Five hundred thousand Euros Only), which is the winning pay out for Category B winners.
NOTE: For easy reference and identification,find below your Reference Number, Batch Numbers, Ticket Numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence to our claim Department and also the following information. Ticket Number: 640/0213, REFERENCE NUMBER: 4034/8161/04,
BATCH NUMBER: 15/011/IPD
Please contact Glo Link Claim department immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to your designated account of your choice: ***************************************************************************
Mr.JOSEPH RUDDY Emails: globallotta@luckymail.com Tel# +31-624-189-697 ***************************************************************************
Sincerely Yours, Mrs. Grace Coka Public Relation Officer.
