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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, 23 Jan 2008 10:35:41 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as windowswinner01@peoplepc.com.
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Yahoo & Windows Live Award Centre 124 Stockport Road, Long sight, Manchester M60 2DB United Kingdom. We are euphoric to inform you that your email address has won an Award of Two Hundred and fifty Thousand Great British Pounds (Â 250,000.00) for the 2007 End of the Year Prize promotion organized by Yahoo & Windows Live Award Programme held on the 31st December 2007 in Manchester, UK. The Management of Yahoo & Windows Live (Hotmail) collected all active email addresses online, amongst millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Windows Live Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Ten (10) people were randomly selected through a computer ballot system to receive an Award of Two Hundred and fifty Thousand Great British Pounds (Â 250,000.00) and you are one of the Selected Winners. PAYMENT OF PRIZE / CLAIMS Yahoo & Windows Live Award must be claimed not later than 14 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 is your Award File Information: BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658 REFERENCE NUMBER: 2007234522 PIN: 1207 You are required to send your personal details along with your Award File Information to the Assistant Award Coordinator in the below format; 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 Number: 10. Email: Assistant Award coordinatorâs Name: Mr. Bratan Petko E-Mail: windowswin@live.com, windowswins03@live.com Tel: +44-702 401 9087; Fax: +44 870 974 6757 Congratulations!! On your winning, Wishing you a Happy & Prosperous New Year Kimberly Deacon Notification Officer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WARNING!!! You must keep strict confidentiality of your Prize Award claims to yourself 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. ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com