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An Email with the Subject "Congratulations: You have won" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:29:24 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "MICROSOFT EMAIL PROMOTION" <info.winner@microsoft.com>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
Congratulations: You have won The MICROSOFT EMAIL PROMO TEAM is glad to announce that after a successful completion of the PROMO DRAWS held on the 29th January 2010,your e-mail address,attached to winning numbers:(11) (80) (12)(96) (09) (43) won in the Tenth lottery category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £250,000,00 Pounds Sterling in cash credited to REF NO:MICRO-L/2009-END10. All participants were selected through our Microsoft computer ballot system drawn from 167,000 Names,as part of our International "E-MAIL" Promotion Program for our prominent MS-WORD users all over the world and for the continuous use of the internet. You are advised to contact the claims processor with the details below via his e-mail address : NAME: Ivan Nickerson EMAIL: mrivannickerson03@yahoo.com.hk PLEASE NOTE YOU ARE TO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: 1.Full Name:... 2.Address:... 3.Phone:... 4.Country:... 5.Sex/Gender:... YOURS SINCERELY, LOUIZA NORWOOD.