An
Email with the Subject "OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION." was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:48:11 -0700
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as MICROSOFT CORPORATION <awardsdept@microsoft.co.uk>.
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[date:] => Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:29:57 +0200
[from:] => MICROSOFT CORPORATION
[reply-to:] => customer.careunit@hotmail.com
[to:] => undisclosed-recipients:;
[subject:] => OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION.
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[x-scamdex-copyright:] => This Email is Copyright Scamdex.com 2009, Reproduction Prohibited
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Microsoft Ltd, ®
Microsoft Corporation,
40 Ryecroft Way Stopsley ,
London SW1E 5JL
England UNITED KINGDOM
FILE REF: HL/5564/06/07/MICS
BATCH: MC11/834/5PDH /E
OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION.
but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over
E-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by Microsoft, in
products, (F.P.S.) held on the 11th of june 2009,in London, United
Were email address was randomly selected from over Three million email
and your email address emerged as one of the online Winning emails in
(four hundred and fifty Thousand pounds sterling). Our winners are
accordingly in each category. They are arranged in this format below:
CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES
1st. 2 £ 500,000.00 pounds each
2nd. 8 £ 450,000.00 pounds each
3rd. 13 £ 350,000.00 pounds each
4th. 27 £ 170,000.00 pounds each
contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message
eventual payment of the above prize to you.
For verification purpose be sure to include the following:
(1) Your Full Names.
(2) Your Tel/Fax numbers.
(3) Your Nationality/Country.
(4) Your contact address.
(5) Sex.
(6) Age.
(7) Occupation.
(8) Your Preferred Method of Receiving Your Price (From Below)
Mode of Price Remittance.
(1)Cash Pick-Up (You coming Down to U.k Personally to Pick Your Price).
Winning Documents safely to you.
the following particulars attached to it..
(1) These are your identification numbers: MCS-26799/097
(2) Award numbers: MCS-26799/097
(3) Email ticket numbers: EAASL-130877
(4) Batch numbers: MC11/834/8PDH /EU
(5) The file reference numbers: HL/5574/41/07/MICS
{6} Serial Numbers: McST/006/NL46560
numbers above to the Microsoft Promotional claims manager who will by
**************************************************
FOREIGN CLAIMS MANAGER
MR.JOHN WILLIAMS
MICROSOFT SECURITY DEPARTMENT (UK).
Phone:+44 703 594 4119
FAX: +44 703 594 4526
E-mail:claim.department@live.com
**************************************************
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