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An Email with the Subject "Congratulation Winning Notification:" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:19:18 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "Microsoft Award" <rockwell112008@yahoo.com>.
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FROM THE DESK OF THE MICROSOFTCOORDINATOR {MICROSOFT GLOBAL E-MAIL LOTTERY}
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
LONDON,NW10,ENGLAND,UNITED KINGDOM
FILE REF:HL/8121/31/11/MICS
BATCH: MC44/707/3PDH /EU
OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:
DEAR WINNER:
It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but
please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your
success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail
electronic online Sweepstakes organized by Microsoft,in conjunction with
the foundation for the promotion of software products,(F.P.S.)held on the
4th of February 2008,in United kingdom.
Wherein your electronic email address emerged as one of the online
winning emails in the 1st category and therefore attracted a cash award of
USD$1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars only) which your file
falls in our South African Claim office in Johannesburg
Our winners are arranged into four categories with different winning
prizes accordingly in each category. They are arranged in this format
below:
CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES
1st. 2 USD$1,000,000.00 each
2nd. 8 USD$800,000.00 each
3rd. 13 USD$470,000.00 each
4th. 27 USD$170,000.00 each
We write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to
contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message for
more information concerning the verification, processing and eventual
payment of the above prize to you.
It is important to note that your award information was released with the
following particulars attached to it.
(1) Award numbers: NL 62/7811
(2) Email ticket numbers: NL901/33/65
(3) Batch numbers: MC44/707/3PDH /EU
(4) The file reference numbers: HL/8121/31/11/MICS
{5} Serial Numbers:McST/030/NL0981
For verification purpose be sure to include:
(1) Your mailing address.
(2) Your Tel/Fax numbers.
(3) Your Nationality/Country.
{4}Your Full Names
To file for your claim,Please contact your Validating Officer for
VALIDATION of your winning within Twenty-nine working days of this winning
notification. Winnings that are not validated within Twenty-nine working
days of winning notification are termed void and invalid. You are required
to mention the above particulars
of your award in every correspondence to enable the Agent in South Africa
validate your winning
CONTACT:
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FOREIGN TRANSFER MANAGER
MICROSOFT SECURITY DEPARTMENT(RSA)
NAME:MR.SIMON RHOSSOR
TEL:+27 73-243-9985
E-mail:rhossorsimon1@gala.net
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The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by our
CEO/Chairman, Bill Gates: and a consortium of software promotion
companies. The Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers and other
International Companies. The Microsoft internet E-mail draw is held
periodically and is organized to encourage the use of the Internet and
promote computer literacy worldwide.
Once again on behalf of all our staff,
CONGRATULATIONS!
Yours faithfully,
Dr.Gerri Rockwell
MICROSOFT E-MAIL LOTTERY PROMOTION COORDINATOR.