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An Email with the Subject "ATTN DEAR LUCKY WINNER" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:58:07 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "Yahoo Windows Lives Awards" <uk_coordinator_212uk@hotmail.com>.
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Yahoo Windows Lives Awards
124 Stockport Road, Longsight,
Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom.
ATTN DEAR LUCKY WINNER,
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Two Hundred
and Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds (GBP 250,000) for the month of
March , 2008 Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS &
HOTMAIL/WINDOWS LIVE.YAHOO collects all the email addresses of the
people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to
Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Six people are
selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of
the Selected Winners.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE / CLAIMS Winners shall be paid in accordance with
their Settlement Centers. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed not later
than 30 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 are your identification numbers:
BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2007234522
PIN: 1207
You are requested to contact our co-ordinator in Manchester and send
your winning identification numbers to him:
Co-ordinator's Name: Mr. Druv Matindale
Tel+44-7045714185
E-Mail: uk_coordinator_212uk@hotmail.com
You are advised to send the following information to our co-ordinator
to facilitate the release of of your fund to you.
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(carte identite).............
Congratulations!! once again.
Yours in service,
Mrs. Grace Sanders(Awards coordinator)
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WARNING!
You must keep strict confidentiality of your Prize Award claims
toyourself 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.