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An Email with the Subject "Microsoft End Of Year Promotion****MCS/231OXI/04!" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:54:16 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "Mrs. Grace Wool" <info@microsoft.com>.
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MICROSOFT PROMOTIONS UK 20 Howard Barking London, 7UA11G UNITED KINGDOM (Customer's Service Center) Promoter: Microsoft® RESULT CONFIRMATION MLTT/MTU/2006ETN FOR REF. NUMBER MCS/231OXI/04 Congratulations! You are among the ten (10) randomly selected for the end of year draws held in London. Selection was made using special software to generate valid email addresses at random from over 40,000 company and 20,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the World. All facilities and computer software were tested by Statisticians. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 5224652456UT with serial number 5388/02, batch number 12L/2006/04, lottery ref number MCS/231OXI/04 and drew lucky numbers 06-13-17-23-32-43 bonus ball 49 which subsequently won you the lottery in this category i.e. match 5 plus bonus. Apparently, 10 individual email addresses were selected to receive from a total cash prize of 8.5 million pounds. You have therefore been approved for the total sum of £850,000.00 (eight hundred and fifty thousand pounds) in cash credited to file MLTT/MTU/2006ETN. Please read and follow all enclosed instructions very carefully. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning Information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security Protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. You are to contact your fiduciary agent for further instruction on the prize/payment schedule. This lottery promo was held for the purpose of rewarding valuable internet users,as a way of saying Thank you. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent: MR MICHEAL WILLIAMS MICROSOFT PROMOTIONS UK Email: claims.remmitanceofficer@yahoo.com.hk Phone:+(44) 704-570-1090 Fax:: +(44) 870-135-8211 You are required to provide him with the information below for verification purposes: 1. Full Name: 2. Full Address: 3. Marital Status: 4. Occupation: 5. Age: 6. Sex: 7. Nationality: 8. Country of Residence: 9. Telephone Number: 10. Fax Number: 11. Ticket Number (above): 12. Reference Number (above): 13.Batch Number (above): Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.Sincerely, Mrs. Grace Wool Coordinator ,Online Promotions Copyright © 2007 Microsoft Promotions .All rights Reserved