An Email with the Subject "CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your Email Has Won 1,000,000.00 GBP" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:56:17 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "Mr.Joseph Poon" <lesliesmith@orange.net>.
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.
Yahoo/Msn Lottery Incorporation
22 Garden Close, Stamford,Lincs,PE9 2YP,
London
United Kingdom.
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded draws held on the{21st Of April,
2008} by Yahoo/MSN in conjunction with Myway.com and Ipod Worldwide Promotion. Your email was
among the 20 Lucky winners who won Â1,000,000.00{One Million Great Britain Pounds} each in the
Yahoo/MSN{Microsoft} 2008 Online Promo. This draw is being organized to create and improve a
larger awareness record for internet users worldwide.
However the results were released on the {11th Of April, 2008} and your email was attached to
ticket number (7PWYZ2008) and ballot number (BT:12052008/20) The online draws was conducted by a
random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031,643 E-mail addresses of
individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the
internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket
numbers for representation and privacy.
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email
selection machine (TOPAZ) .
This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also licensed by the The International
Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to
sensitize the public.
To begin the claim processing of your prize you are to contact the Online Co-ordinator and
provide him with the following informations as stated below, so we can proceed with the
verification and clearance process of your file.
1. Full Names : ...........................................
2. Residential Address : ...........................................
3. Phone Number :Mobile&Home.............................
4. Fax Number : ..........................................
5. Occupation : ..........................................
6. Sex : ..........................................
7. Age : ..........................................
8. Nationality :.....................
9.Ballot No. :.......................
10.Ticket No.:......................
Dr Frank Trevor
Online Co-ordinator.
Email: franktrevor2008@hotmail.com
*You are adviced to forward these informations as soon as possible to
enable us attend to your file.
This email is registered and sent only to a certified Yahoo/MSN{Microsoft} promo winner.
You are to keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your
money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid issues of friends or
relatives trying to claim a prize on the rightful winner's behalf.
Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and associates. Accept our hearty congratulations
once again.
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs Roseline S. Rader
Head Of Council/Verifications Dept.