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An Email with the Subject "Fw: You won Our Sweepstakes Of £800,000.00" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:48:59 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "Bill Browne Sr" <bgbrow1@cox.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.
From: "Yahoo! Mail Sweepstakes" <info@lottery.com>
To: <undisclosed-recipients:> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 2:29 PM Subject: You won Our Sweepstakes Of Â800,000.00 Yahoo! Mail happily announced to you the Draw of the Yahoo! 2008 lottery.Your E-mail Address attached to Lotto Number: Lwh 09446, Batch Number: Lwh 09445, Winning Number: Lwh 09447 has won you a total sum of Â800,000.00 POUNDS STERLING, from Yahoo! Inc. To file for claim, fill out the information required in the verificationform and establish contact via e-mail between the hours of 8.00am-7.30pm on Monday through Saturday and contact our overseas claims fiduciary unit with the information below: OVERSEAS CLAIMS UNIT Yahoo! Lottery Fiduciary Contact Person: Mr Mark wakefield Email: mr_wakefield@myway.com LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. VERIFICATION FORM 1.FULL NAMES: 2.ADDRESS: 3.AGE: 4.E-MAIL ADDRESS: 5.TELEPHONE NUMBER: 6.LOTTO NUMBER: B. DRAW NUMBER: C: SERIAL NUMBER: 8.COUNTRY: Yours faithfully, Dr. Williams Gerri. Online coordinator for Yahoo! Lottery Sweepstakes International Program. Yahoo! Lottery is a free service that does not require you to be a Yahoo! registered user. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG.7:25 PM