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An Email with the Subject "Yahoo Winner!" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 02 May 2007 01:48:45 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as Yahoo! <tony.newman@adelphia.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.
Your email address has won you a total sum of 500,000.00 GBP (i.e Five undred Thousand United Kingdom Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file REF:YAHOO6/315116127/27 This is from a total cash prize of US$20,400,000.00 shared amongst the seventeen international winners in this category in the YAHOO FINANCIAL PROMOTIONS. To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims department by email.The claims officer contact email is: Name: Mr Yen Sheng E-mail: mryensheng@yahoo.com.hk Yours Sincerely, Mr Tony Newman, Online coordinator.