An Email with the Subject "Yahoo!" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:13:33 -0500 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "Yahoo!"<notification@yahoo.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.
YAHOO & MSN MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY U.K.
REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L
BATCH: 4583JL/WIN
YAHOO & MSN EMAIL LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTION: UNITED KINGDOM
Finally today, we announce the winners of the YAHOO & MSN MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held early this month 2008. Your company or your personal e-mail address, attached to winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100, With serial number 647489, consequently won in the Tenth lottery category.
You have been approved for lump sums pay out of Ј460,000.00 GBP in cash Credited to file REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L and winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100. Selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 1,000,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.
The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No ticket were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. This is to encourage our prominent Microsoft Internet Explorer (YAHOO & MSN Tool Bar) users all over the world, and for the Continues use of E-mail.
Your fund (Certified Cashiers Cheque) has been insured with your REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L and winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100. To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims department by email for Processing and remittance of your prize to you.
The Claims Processor:
Name: Mrs. Daines Denzel Newmann
Tel: +44 703 192 2679
Fax: +44 703 192 2679
E-mail: agennewmanndesk@msn.com
Do email the above email address all at once. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and winning numbers in all correspondences with your claims officer. Because of some mix-up with sweepstake prizes, including the time limited placed on the payment of
your prize, we advice that you keep all information about this prize confidential until your funds have been transferred to you by our Payment Office. You must adhere to this instruction strictly to avoid any delay with the release of your funds. This Free Lotto program has been abused severally in past, so we are doing our best to forestall further occurrence of false claims. You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained)
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO SEND THE BELOW INFORMATION REQUIRED TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE:
1.Full Name:.....................................................
2.Address:.........................................................
3.Nationality:....................................................
4.Age:....................Date of Birth:......................
5.Occupation:...................................................
6.Phone:.............Phone 2:............Fax:.............
7.State of Origin:...............Country:..................
Sincerely,
Mrs. Masert T. Queens
Secretary
LOTTERY SPONSOR
YAHOO & MSN CORPORATION U.K.
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Note;
Do not reply this mail, you are to contact your claims officer immediately by email. YAHOO & MSN Electronic Mail Lottery is approved and Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).
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