An Email with the Subject "Lottery Notification" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 04 Dec 2010 09:26:35 -0800 and has been classified as a Lotto/Lottery Scam Email. The sender shows as "Mrs. Canestrini"<microsft-dept@hotmail.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.
UK Microsoft Jackpot Lottery Notification This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Eight hundred and fifty thousand, Great British Pound Sterling. For the Year 2010 Lottery promotion which is organized by U.K MICROSOFT CORPORATION YOU ARE TO CONTACT THE CLAIMS AGENT BELOW FOR REMITTANCE: CLAIMS AGENT Name: Mr.Philip Hammond. Email: philip_hammondclaimsagent@yahoo.co.uk The selection process was carried out through random sampling in our computerized email selection machine draw from database of all email addresses of the world These are your identification numbers: Batch Number:...............4583JL/WIN Ref Number:................MSW?>56B-673GH/L WINNING Number:.............11-48-26-34-44-34 Serial Number:..............647489 On behalf of the UK MICROSOFT I congratulate you once again! Your faithfully, Mrs. Canestrini, Online Coordinator. LOTTERY SPONSOR Microsoft Corporation U.K