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An Email with the Subject "CONGRATULATIONS!!!" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:59:47 -0700 and has been classified as a Lotto/Lottery Scam Email. The sender shows as "MSNLOTTERYPROGRAM2008" <claim.dept28@yahoo.de>.
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Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10
United Kingdom
Ref: BTD/968/07
Batch: 409978E
Dear Winner,
WINNING NOTIFICATION
The prestigious Microsoft and AOL has set out and sucessfully organised a
Sweepstakes marking the mid year 2008 anniversary we rolled out over
£5,000.000.00 (Five million Great Britain Pounds) for our end of year
Anniversary Draws. Participants for the 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 personalised
email addresses to ticket numbers. If you ignore this, you will regret it
later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an
effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used
program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.
Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number
008795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080648302/07 and drew the lucky
numbers 14-21-25-39-40-47(20) which subsequently won you £500,000.00
(Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) as one of the 10 jackpot
winners in this draw. You have therefore won the entire winning sum of
£500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds). The draws
registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London United
Kingdom on the 4th of June 2008. These Draws are commemorative and as
such special.
Please be informed by this winning notification,to file your claims,you
are to make contact with your designated agent who shall by duty guide you
through the process to facilitate the release of your prize. To file for
your claim Please Contact your fiduciary agent Mr Paul Richardson
Microsoft Promotion Award Team
Email:agent_paulrichardson03@yahoo.de
Phone:+44-703-1997876
You are advised to contact your fiduciary agent with the following details
to avoid unnecessary delays and complications: Your Full NamesCountry
Ticket Number Batch Number Serial NumberLucky Number As indicated in this
winning Notification and Phone numbers.Thank you for being part of this
promotional award program.
Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates.We wish
you the
best of luck as you spend your good fortune.Thank you for being part of
our commemorative new year Anniversary Draws.
Sincerely,
Dr. Bryan McDonald
Microsoft Promotion Team