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An Email with the Subject "RE:New Year Officail Notification (MC11/834/8PDH /EU)" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:35:07 -0800 and has been classified as a Lotto/Lottery Scam Email. The sender shows as "MICROSOFT® INTERNATIONAL MEGA JACKPOT"<cdb_development@london.com>.
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