An
Email with the Subject "CONGRATULATIONS !!! YOU HAVE WON TWO MILLION US DOLLARS FROM NEW HOTMAIL BETA PROMO" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 07:15:42 -0800
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as Gideon Ekili <gideonekili11@att.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.
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africa million united states do...millionmicrosoftcontactwinprizedrawnumberssafecongratulationscongratulateclaimagenttwo millionpayment transferfundonlinemaildeliverybank accountdollar will yahoo yahoo&remitt(two million united state...(ebs)(republic of ghana)
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[date:] => Tue, 9 Nov 2010 07:14:22 -0800 (PST)
[from:] => Gideon Ekili
[reply-to:] => grrknt12@gmail.com
[subject:] => CONGRATULATIONS !!! YOU HAVE WON TWO MILLION US DOLLARS FROM NEW HOTMAIL BETA PROMO
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Congratulations! You have just been
selected as of this year winners of the Windows Live
Hotmail and YAHOO email
promo.
This is to officially inform you that you have won
$2,000,000.00 (Two Million United States Dollars).
MICROSOFT WINDOWS, arrange and
gather all the e-mail addresses of the people that are active online, among the
millions that subscribed to All email Address, and others we only select Nine(9)
candidates per annually as our winners through Electronic Balloting System (EBS)
without the candidate applying, we congratulate you for being one of the people
selected.
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your hands - fast, simple, and safer than ever before. â Bookmark this link
to login to your Windows Live Hotmail
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PAYMENT OF PRIZE CLAIM
We are sorry
that your Payment Approval File was sent to Africa (Republic of Ghana) due to we
have 3 lucky winners in Africa so that you can be cleared and paid
simultaneously there. You are to contact our Location Claim Agent on or before
your date of Claim.
Windows live Hotmail and Yahoo
prize must be claimed not later than 14 days from date of Draw Notification
after the Draw date in which Prize has won.
 Get the Details
Note: Any prize not claimed within this period (1a4
days) will be forfeited.
These are your identification
numbers:
Batch number..................... WBM-EBS360AF Reff
number........................ WBM-EBS710AF Winning
number...............WBM-EBS- 718AF
These numbers above fall within the agent's
Location file, you are requested to contact your Agent and send your
Identification Numbers and Personal Information to
him;
BARRISTER. GIDEON EKILI at his email:
E-mail:grrknt12@gmail.com Tele:+233-20-5576593
You are therefore advised to send the following information to him to facilitate
them and process the transfer of your fund with the appointed paying
bank.
Send your Identification Numbers/Your Personal Information to him
immediately:
Personal Information 1. Full
name.................. 2. Country.................... 3. Contact
Address........... 4. Telephone Number......... 5. Marital
Status.............. 6. Occupation.................. 7.
Age......................... 8.
Sex......................... Date......................... Congratulations
once again. Yours in service,
You select how to transfer the prize money
to you:
Cheque Delivery To Your
Addressa
Bank Account Transfer
By Cash (Winners will be require to come
down here by theirselves to remitt their winning
fund.)
Windows Live Hotmail. Fast, simple and safer than
ever. Live is good.
Sincerely, The Windows Live Hotmail
Team
You are receiving this message from Windows Live because
you are a valued member. Microsoft respects your privacy. To learn more, please
read our online Privacy
Statement.
For more information or for general questions regarding your e-mail
account, please visit Windows Live Hotmail
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