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An Email with the Subject "Official Prize Notification" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:29:37 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "Microsoft E-mail Promotions" <info.winners@microsoft.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.
Official Prize Notification The MICROSOFT EMAIL PROMO TEAM is glad to announce that after a successful completion of the PROMO DRAWS held on the 19th October 2009, your e-mail address,attached to winning numbers:(11) (80) (12)(96) (09) (43) won in the Tenth lottery category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of Ł150,000,00 GBP(One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file REF NO:MICRO-L/2009-END10, BATCH NO:2009MJL-05, this is from a total prize money of Ł3,750,000 (Three Million,Seven hundred and Fifty Thousand British Pounds Sterling),shared among the Twenty five (25) international winners in this category. All participants were selected through our Microsoft computer ballot system drawn from 167,000 Names,as part of our International \"E-MAIL"\ Promotion Program for our prominent MS-WORD users all over the world and for the continuous use of the internet. You are advised to contact the claims processor with the details below via his e-mail address : NAME: Ivan Nickerson EMAIL: ivan.nickerson1@yahoo.com.hk TEL: +44 703 590 2789 PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO CLAIM YOUR WINNINGS: 1.Full Name.................................... 2.Address:.................................... 3.Phone:...............Fax:................... 4.Country:.................................... 5.Sex/Gender................................... In order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications,please remember to quote your reference and winning ticket number in all correspondence with your claims officer.Your secret pin code is ML0757985.Be warned that cases of double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program will be legally pursued. YOURS FAITHFULLY, DOROTHY CAMPBELL.