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An Email with the Subject "FW: CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER OF YAHOO AWARD" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:14:46 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "allen tobkin" <aktobkin@comcast.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.
-----Original Message----- From: YAHOO AWARD PROMOTIONS [mailto:barryedward_uk2008@hotmail.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:28 AM Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER OF YAHOO AWARD Yahoo Awards Center 124 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Eight Hundred,Twenty Thousand Great Britain Pounds (Ј820,000,00.) for the month of January,2009 Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS & WINDOWS LIVE. YAHOO collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners. PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed no later than 30 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. Stated below are your identification numbers: BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658 REFERENCE NUMBER: 2008234522 PIN: 1206 WINNING NUMBER:... These numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in Manchester and send your winning identification numbers to him; Our Overseas Claim Agent Name:Dr BrownSmith& Associates(Esq.) Legal attorneys Group: No 25 Gill building Vet New town London UK Email:drbrownsmith_uk2009@hotmail.co.uk Tel Line :+447092896559 You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent to facilitate the release of of your fund to you. 1.Name:...........................................,2.Address:............... ............................ 3.Marital Status:................................4.Occupation:........................ ................ 5.My Date of birth...................... 6.Sex:.......................................... 7.Nationality:................................. 8.Residence:................................... 9.Telephone Number:......................... 10.Fax Number:................................ 11Ref Number:................................. 13.PIN: Number:.............................. 14. Amount Won:................................ 15. Batch Number:.......................... WARNING! Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim. You may also receive similar e-mails from people potraying to be other Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, Kindly delete it from your mail box and give no further correspondence to such person or body. Yahoo shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned CONGRATULATIONS!!!