An Email with the Subject "CONGRATULATIONS...YOUR E-MAIL WON US$1.5MILLION............" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:01:22 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "CHINESE OLYMPIC" <chineseolympic@live.com>.
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Dear Sir/Ma, YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS WON US$1.5MILLION FOR YOU........ Towards creating general mass awareness and followship of the July 2008 Beijing Olympic Games,being the first to be held in the world's fastest growing economy -{China};The Chinese Olympic Committee in conjunction with BLUELAKES LOTTERY PROMOTIONS are organising a monthly lottery programme.Email addresses of people,corporates bodies and organisations are extracted and winners are picked randomly by computer balloting system,in this first edition Five Million E-mail addresses of internet users all over the world were extracted and your e-mail address was picked in the second category dip,and that qualifies you for a cash payment of the sum of US$1.5Million.The paying bank is under LEGAL OBLIGATION to pay this amount to you US$1.5Million as it is INSURED/BONDED ALREADY.Please be informed that there are other several winners in different countries/continents worldwide in the same category/different categories too. All winners including your humble self are required to use a part of their winnings for the develoment of ANY grassroot sport{s} in your locality or for a charitable purposes in your locality that will bring hope to the downtrodden.Your winning information fell under our European payment center,therefore,you are required to urgently contact the official prime European paying bank,for payment. ALL OF YOUR WINNING INFOR MATION{NUMBERS} ARE NOT STATED HERE FOR THE SECURITY/SAFETY OF YOUR WINNING PRIZE,THESE NUMBERS WILL BE IN OUR NEXT E-MAIL TO YOU. Send to the paying bank the following information so that they can start in earnest the payment process of this winning prize sum of US$1.5Million in your name and favour,they are:- A}Your Full Name{s}________________________________________________________ B}Your contact street address:-____________________________________________ __ C}Your nationality{Your country of origin}:_____________________________________ D}Your contact telephone numbers:__________________________________________ _______ E}Your age:____________________________ F}Your occupation:____________________________________ PLEASE CONTACT URGENTLY:- THE PROCESSING OFFICER, CHINESE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE PAYMENT DEPT POSTBANK NL HOLLAND-NETHERLANDS. E-MAIL:-propostbanknl@aim.com. /////// propostbanknl@aim.com WEB-PAGE:-www.postbank.nl Remember, your winning must be claimed quickly as failure to claim your winning prize will obviously mean that it will be re-staked in our next lottery draws which comes up very shortly ,so ensure that the needful is done now and quickly too.Once again, accept our profound and sincere congratulations on your winning. Yours Sincerely. Li Chang Lee ONLINE COORDINATOR