An Email with the Subject "International Prize Award Department" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:04:59 -0700 and has been classified as a Lotto/Lottery Scam Email. The sender shows as "International Prize Award Department" <samuel_dele@orange.nl>.
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Microsoft Global Email Lottery International Prize Award Department Lon Nw10 England United Kingdom File Reef: Hl/8121/31/11 Batch: Mc44/707/3 Official Winning Notification: Attention Lucky winners It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by Microsoft, in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products, (F.P.S.) held on the 20th of March 2008,in United kingdom. Wherein your electronic email address emerged as one of the online Winning emails in the 1st category and therefore attracted a cash award of Dollars$3, 000,000.00 (Three Million United States Dollars only) which your file falls in our South African Claim office in Johannesburg Our winners are arranged into four categories with different winning prizes accordingly in each category. They are arranged in this format below: Category a Category No of Winners of Winning Prizes. 1st. 2 USD$3,000,000.00 each 2nd. 8 USD$800,000.00 each 3rd. 13 USD$470,000.00 each 4th. 27 USD$170,000.00 each We write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message for more information concerning the verification, processing and eventual payment of the above prize to you. It is important to note that your award information was released with the following particulars attached to it. (1) Award numbers: NL 62/7811 (2) Email ticket numbers: NL901/33/65 (3) Batch numbers: Mc44/707/3 (4) The file reference numbers: HL/8121/31/11 {5} Serial Numbers: Mt/030/NL0981 For verification purpose be sure to include: (1) Your mailing address. (2) Your Tel/Fax numbers. (3) Your Nationality/Country. {4} Your Full Names To file for your claim, Please contact your Validating Officer for Validation of your winning within nine working days of this winning notification. Winnings that are not validated within nine working days of winning notification are termed void and invalid. You are required to mention the above particulars of your award in every correspondence to enable the Agent in South Africa to validate your winning Contact: Foreign Transfer Manager Name Mr. Willson John Microsoft Security Department South Africa. TEL:+27 73 9444 373. Email:. willsonjohn78@gmail.com The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by our CEO/Chairman, Bill Gates: and a consortium of software promotion companies. The Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers and other International Companies. The Microsoft internet E-mail draw is held periodically and is organized to encourage the use of the Internet and promote computer literacy worldwide. Once again on behalf of all our staff, Congratulations! Yours faithfully, Mr. Van Fox. Microsoft Email Lottery Promotion Co-coordinator