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An Email with the Subject "DEAR CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:04:09 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as POWERBALL LOTTERY <info@yahoo.co.uk>.
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POWERBALL LOTTO -Wheel E-game Date:25th August-2007 Ref Nr:PBL/CN/6654/CP Dear Consolation Prize Winner, RE: CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE Europe/ America private international e-games organizers and co-sponsors, POWERBALL LOTTO Group International, officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of the 25th August 2007 POWERBALL LOTTO-wheel E-game which was conducted at our international corporate office complex in The UNITED KINGDOM. Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to give out prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM. By doing this the foundation seek to encourage the use of Internet for academic and business pursuits. It major aim is to promote music, theater, art, literature,projects in the social and political arena with a focus on health,as well as science, research, and higher education.We wish to congratulate and inform you on the election of your email coupon number which was selected among the 45 lucky consultation prize winners Your email ID identified with coupon No. PBL2348974321 and was selected by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the E-game. Your email ID was included among the 50,000 different email addresses submitted by our partner international email provider companies. You have won a consultation cash prize of 500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Pounds) only. The POWERBALL LOTTO Group. BV, have approved a payout of your consolation cash prize which will be remunerated directly to you by the official Payment Agency Board. You are hereby inform to contact Brain Mellor Financial Service for them to render to you complete assistance and provide additional information and processes for the claims of your consolation prize.For due processing of your winning claim, please Contact the Claim Agent Dr. Craig Jonathan (+447045743988) who has been assigned to assist you.And you are expected to send him the following: 1.Full name....................... 2.Contact Address.............. 3.Age............................... 4.Telephone Numbers.......... 5.Marital Status................. 6.Sex................................. 7.Email................................ 8.Zip Code............................ 9.Occupation........................ 10.State:............................ 11.Country...................... 12.Nationality....................... 13.Amount won..................... Contact Dr. Craig Jonathan phone: +447045743988 E-mail: brianmellor07@yahoo.co.uk Once again congratulations from all our staff, on your consoltation prize winning, we hope you will partake in our forth coming POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel Email-games. Regards, Mrs.Sarah walker (Group Co-ordinator)