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An Email with the Subject "CONGRATULATIONS YAHOO & WINDOWS LIVE AWARD WINNER !!!" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:47:41 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as Yahoo Windows Lives Awards <uk_coordinator_2007uk3@hotmail.com>.
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Yahoo Windows Lives Awards
124 Stockport Road, Longsight,
Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom.
ATTN DEAR LUCKY WINNER,
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great
Britain Pounds (GBP 250,000) for the month of March , 2008 Prize promotion which is organized by
YAHOO AWARDS & HOTMAIL/WINDOWS LIVE.YAHOO collects all the email addresses of the people
that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from
other e-mail providers. Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are
one of the Selected Winners.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE / CLAIMS
Winners shall be paid in accordance with their Settlement Centers. Yahoo Prize Award must be
claimed not later than 30 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this
period will be forfeited and returned to its source as unclaimed. Stated below are
your identification numbers:
BATCH NUMBER:MFI/06/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2007234522
PIN:1207
You are requested to contact our co-ordinator in Manchester and send your winning identification
numbers to him:
Co-ordinator's Name: Mr. Druv Matindale
Tel+44 70457 89796
E-Mail: uk_coordinator_2007uk2@hotmail.com
You are advised to send the following information to our co-ordinator to facilitate the release of
of your fund to you.
1. Full name..............................................
2. Country.................................................
3. Contact Address................................
4. Telephone Number............................
5. fax Number..........................................
5. Marital Status.....................................
6. Occupation..........................................
7. Sex.........................................................
8. Date of Birth/Age ...............................
9. Identity card(carte identite).............
Congratulations!! once again.
Yours in service,
Mrs. Grace Sanders(Awards coordinator)
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WARNING!
You must keep strict confidentiality of your Prize Award claims toyourself until your money is
successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claims.Yahoo
Awards Team
shall not be held liable for any loss of funds arising from the above mentioned.