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An Email with the Subject "ATTENTION: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS BEEN SELECTED." was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:07:25 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "BRITISH SWEEP STAKES" <winningnotification2008@att.net>.
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.
British Gaming Headquarters: Customer Service 28 TANFIELD ROAD, CROYDON.LONDON Ref: BTL/491OXI/04 Batch: 12/25/0304 WINNING NOTIFICATION!! We happily announce to you the draw of the BRITISH SWEEP STAKES programs held on the 14TH of OCTOBER 2008 in London.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564 75600545 188 with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7,which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of £2,500,000.00 GBP (Two million, five hundred thousand, pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of US £125 Million pounds, shared amongst the first Fifty (50) lucky winners in this category. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies,no tickets were required to enter.This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your winnings remitted to you. You are advised to contact your claims agent via email or telephone for further information. AGENT: Mr. Hugh Peddleton Email: hugh_peddleton@hotmail.co.uk Customer care:Tel- +44 7011148626 and Fax- +44 8701344578 This E-mail is sent as a verification of your email active status. You are to acknowledge receipt of this email by sending a reply to hugh_peddleton@hotmail.co.uk Sincerely, Gregory White. ................................................................................................................................................................... The Information in this email is confidential. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure,copying,distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance to it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. © 2008 WEB Internet Mail Service Inc. All Rights Reserved.