An
Email with the Subject "Urgent Response. Yahoo! Mail congratulates you !" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:41:44 -0800
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as "Dr. BARRY KNIGHT (PHD)"<info_winings@yahoo.co.uk>.
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[from:] => "Dr. BARRY KNIGHT (PHD)"
[subject:] => Urgent Response. Yahoo! Mail congratulates you !
[date:] => Sat, 5 Jan 2008 02:41:17 +0100
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You won $820,000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you !
Messenger
YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU WON $820,000.00!
Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly selected as the one of 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us. We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of (Eight Hundred And twenty Thousand US Dollars) ($820,000.00) for the month of January 2008 Lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo.messenger.com.
YAHOO! collects all the mail id of the people that are online, among the millions that subscribe to the world email we only select five people as our new year winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we are congratulating you for been one of the people selected.All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base. Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our Spanish representative office in Spain, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of $820,000.00 USD will be released to you from this regional branch office in Spain.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
These are your identification numbers.........
Batch number.....................Lwh 09445
Lotto number.......................Lwh09446
Winning number...................Lwh09447
Serial number....................Lwh009482
To begin your claims, kindly contact the Fiduciary Agent Mr. Ralph Winter of
EUROPEAN CONSULT S.A MADRID ESPAСA
on email address: europeanconsult@live.com
You are required to forward Them with the following details:
1.FULL NAME
2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
3.PRESENT ADDRESS
4.SEX
5.DATE OF BIRTH
6.AGE
7.OCCUPATION
8.TELEPHONE NUMBERS/CELL
9.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY)
10.MARITAL STATUS
11.WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.
12 THE MONTH YOU WON.................
13 AMOUNT WON.....................
As soon as you contact your agent, he will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!!
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. BARRY KNIGHT (PHD)
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
The Yahoo.com staff
http://www.yahoo.com
You won $820,000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you !
Messenger
YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU WON $820,000.00!
Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly selected as the one of 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us. We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of (Eight Hundred And twenty Thousand US Dollars) ($820,000.00) for the month of January 2008 Lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo.messenger.com.
YAHOO! collects all the mail id of the people that are online, among the millions that subscribe to the world email we only select five people as our new year winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we are congratulating you for been one of the people selected.All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base. Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our Spanish representative office in Spain, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of $820,000.00 USD will be released to you from this regional branch office in Spain.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
These are your identification numbers.........
Batch number.....................Lwh 09445
Lotto number.......................Lwh09446
Winning number...................Lwh09447
Serial number....................Lwh009482
To begin your claims, kindly contact the Fiduciary Agent Mr. Ralph Winter of
EUROPEAN CONSULT S.A MADRID ESPAСA
on email address: europeanconsult@live.com
You are required to forward Them with the following details:
1.FULL NAME
2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
3.PRESENT ADDRESS
4.SEX
5.DATE OF BIRTH
6.AGE
7.OCCUPATION
8.TELEPHONE NUMBERS/CELL
9.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY)
10.MARITAL STATUS
11.WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.
12 THE MONTH YOU WON.................
13 AMOUNT WON.....................
As soon as you contact your agent, he will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!!
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. BARRY KNIGHT (PHD)
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
The Yahoo.com staff
http://www.yahoo.com