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Email with the Subject "Fw: Microsoft Corporations Email Alert Result{Confirm ASAP}" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:14:45 -0700
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--- On Tue, 3/31/09, Mark Hallett <MHallett@urmstores.com> wrote:
--- On Tue, 3/31/09, Mark Hallett <MHallett@urmstores.com> wrote:
From: Mark Hallett <MHallett@urmstores.com> Subject: Microsoft Corporations Email Alert Result{Confirm ASAP} To: Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 8:33 AM
THE MICROSOFT CORPORATIONS.
Dear Sir/ Madam,
The prestigious Microsoft and AOL has set out and sucessfully organized a sweepstakes marking the year 2009 anniversary, which rolled out over US$400,419,864 USD for the years anniversary Draws. Participants for these Draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage.
The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalized email addresses to ticket numbers. If you ignore this message, you will defintely regret it later. The Microsoft and AOL are now the largest internet companies and in effort to make sure that the Internet Explorer remain the most widely used programme, Microsoft and AOL are running an E-mail betatest.
Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to reference and ticket number
008795727498 with serial numbers MIC-AOL/8303/09 and drew the lucky numbers 04-18-35-38-53-46 (12) which subsequently won you £1,000,000 ( One Million Great Britain Pounds) as one of the jackpot winner in this draw.You have therefore won the entire winning sum of £1,000,000 (One Million Great Britain Pounds) the draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Liverpool, UK on the 27th March, 2009.
To file for this claims, Please Contact your referred agent with your verification information as required on the form below, beginning the claims of your winnings funds as conducted by the lottery company. We dedicate our special thanks & gratitude to Bill Gates {Now Retired from Microsoft Corporations} . We wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune in this season.
Note: You have Two (2) weeks from the
date of this publication to claim your prize or you may forfeit your winnings. Thank you for being part of our commemorative New year Anniversary Draws. Find below your referred agent and the verification form:
Address: 18 SOUTH DRIVE, HEPWORTH,DISS,NORFOLK, IP22 2HF, UK. Contact Agent: Mr. Frank Powell
Tel: +44 703 593 0585 Email: deskoffrankpowell@yahoo.com.hk
Name: .................................. Country of Origin....................... Place of Residence...................... Occupation.............................. Sex/Age................................. Telephone/Fax........................... Winning Email ID........................
NOTE: DUE TO FRAUDSTERS, WE HAVE DECIDED TO EFFECT TRANSFER TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT ONLY AND WHEN CONTACTING YOUR REFERRED AGENT, DO QUOTE YOUR TICKET NUMBER AND SERIAL NUMBER FOR SECURITY REASONS.