An
Email with the Subject "C0NGRATULATION YOUR INTERNET EMAIL ID HAS WON SOME PRIZE FROMMCDONALD AWARD PROMO" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 04 May 2011 03:27:07 -0700
and has been classified as a Lotto/Lottery Scam Email.
The sender shows as john benson <mcdonaId_awa2011@sify.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.
Scam TagCloud
prizewincongratulationsawardpaymentinternetmail
NO CHART DATA - EMAIL HAS NOT YET BEEN ANALYSED
Scam Email Headers
This a (redacted) view of the raw email headers of this scam email.
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has been suppressed, but can be
supplied as received to appropriate investigating or law enforcement agencies on request.
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[envelope-to:] => scams@scamdex.com
[delivery-date:] => Wed, 04 May 2011 03:27:07 -0700
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[0] => from mail-pz0-f65.google.com ([209.85.210.65])by chester.loopbiz.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128)(Exim 4.69)(envelope-from )id 1QHZIQ-0002Oi-Dbfor scams@scamdex.com; Wed, 04 May 2011 03:27:07 -0700
[1] => by pzk36 with SMTP id 36so190415pzk.4 for ; Wed, 04 May 2011 03:27:04 -0700 (PDT)
[2] => by 10.68.46.65 with SMTP id t1mr1342910pbm.231.1304504808091; Wed,04 May 2011 03:26:48 -0700 (PDT)
[3] => by 10.68.50.228 with HTTP; Wed, 4 May 2011 03:26:47 -0700 (PDT)
)
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[bcc:] => scams@scamdex.com
[mime-version:] => 1.0
[sender:] => john.mcdonald.benson636@gmail.com
[in-reply-to:] =>
[references:] =>
[date:] => Wed, 4 May 2011 03:26:47 -0700
[x-google-sender-auth:] => PlVd_z59nvJGVC78R9kSEUEOIfs
[message-id:] =>
[subject:] => C0NGRATULATION YOUR INTERNET EMAIL ID HAS WON SOME PRIZE FROMMCDONALD AWARD PROMO
[from:] => john benson
[to:] => undisclosed-recipients:;
[content-type:] => multipart/mixed; boundary=bcaec53af290b1b67c04a270b106
[x-spam-status:] => No, score=-0.4
[x-spam-score:] => -3
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[x-ham-report:] => Spam detection software, running on the system "chester.loopbiz.com", hasidentified this incoming email as possible spam. The original messagehas been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or labelsimilar future email. If you have any questions, seethe administrator of that system for details.Content preview: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>WINNERS ONLY. This is to officially inform you that you have been selectedfor paymentby McDonalds promo house Malaysia. Please find enclosed your paymentdetails. Kindly complete and submitImmediately to collect your cash prize!Congratulations! Management.McDonalds Malaysia [...] Content analysis details: (-0.4 points, 4.0 required)pts rule name description---- ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is freemail (mcdonaid_awa2011[at]sify.com)-0.7 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, lowtrust[209.85.210.65 listed in list.dnswl.org]-2.0 SUBJ_ALL_CAPS Subject is all capitals-0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record2.2 FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT Envelope-from freemail username ends indigit (john.mcdonald.benson636[at]gmail.com)0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message0.0 T_HK_SPAMMY_FILENAME T_HK_SPAMMY_FILENAME0.0 RFC_ABUSE_POST Both abuse and postmaster missing on sender domain0.0 T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL0.0 T_FREEMAIL_DOC_PDF MS document or PDF attachment, from freemail
[x-spam-flag:] => NO
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WINNERS ONLY. This is to officially inform you that you have been
selected for paymentby McDonalds promo house Malaysia. Please find enclosed your payment details. Kindly complete and submitImmediately to collect your cash prize! Congratulations! Management.McDonalds Malaysia
WINNERS ONLY. This is to officially inform you that you have been
selected for paymentby McDonalds promo house Malaysia. Please find enclosed your payment details. Kindly complete and submitImmediately to collect your cash prize! Congratulations! Management.McDonalds Malaysia