An Email with the Subject "E-mail scam from Netherlands" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:57:27 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as Bo Janzon <bo.janzon@foi.se>.
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.
MICROSOFT EMAIL PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL FROM:INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD. PROMOTING INTERNET USAGE OVER THE GLOBE (MICROSOFT ENCOURAGE GLOBALIZATION) FROM: THE PROMOTION COORDINATOR, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT Microsoft B.V. Boeing Avenue 44. RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice,the results of the First Category draws of MICROSOFT PROMOTION INT. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The draws are being officially announced today 12th of April 2006. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,Australia,Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program. Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 33738862961-555, with serial number 9944-06 drew the lucky numbers 5-3-77-32-32-32 and consequently won in the First Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000 (One Million Euros), which is the winning payout for Category A winners. This is from the total prize money from 1,500,000 shared among the 2 winners in this category CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. In your best interest to aviod mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/nonparticipants of this program. Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice: To file for your claim,please contact the claim dept. *********************************************** Mr. Peter van Holf, Address: P.O. Box 2021 3500GA Utrecht Netherlands. Tel.: +31-202-223-226. Email : executiveplanete@netscape.net *********************************************** You are advised to contact the agents by email. Failure to do so may warrant disqualification. NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your claims agent. REFERENCE NUMBER: MUNOD/5020/9922/06 BATCH NUMBER: 18/044/PNL Congratulations once again and we hope you will participate in our end of year program. N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification.Contact your fiduciary agent immediately. Sincerely Yours, MRS.HANA VOSSESTEIN. THE PROMOTION COORDINATOR, MICROSOFT NL.