An
Email with the Subject "Fw: Yahoo!! International Online Lottery Promotion" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:45:04 -0700
and has been classified as a Lotto/Lottery Scam Email.
The sender shows as "Pete Cursi" <webpete@verizon.net>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in
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Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has been suppressed, but can be
supplied as received to appropriate investigating or law enforcement agencies on request.
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[delivery-date:] => Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:45:04 -0700
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[message-id:] => <00ae01ca2e7a$d6096c30$6501a8c0@owner7692c52d1>
[from:] => "Pete Cursi"
[to:] => "Send Scam" , "Send Spam" ,"Scam and Fraud" ,"Scams on Yahoo"
[subject:] => Fw: Yahoo!! International Online Lottery Promotion
[date:] => Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:47:23 -0400
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[x-spam-status:] => No, score=-2.2
[x-spam-score:] => -21
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To: "Pete" <webpete@verizon.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 9:01 AM
Subject: Yahoo!! International Online Lottery Promotion
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No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
17:51:00
----- Original Message -----
From: "YAHOO ONLINE PROMOTION" <mail@mailinformation2009.ning.com>
To: "Pete" <webpete@verizon.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 9:01 AM
Subject: Yahoo!! International Online Lottery Promotion
YAHOO ONLINE PROMOTION has sent you a message on YAHOO ONLINE PROMOTION
Yahoo!! International Lottery Organization
Bangkok Branch Office
22nd floor, The Milennia Tower,
62 Langsuan Road, Pathumwan
Bangkok 10430, Thailand.
Yahoo! Mail announces you as one of the 25 lucky winners in the ongoing
YAHOO MAILS, HOTMAIL.COM, MSN.COM, GMAIL.COM, BELLSOUTH.NET, PRODIGY.NET,
CHARTER.NET, AIM.COM, PEOPLEPC.COM, EMIRATES.NET.AE, INSIGHT.RR.COM,
NETZERO.COM, MINDSPRING.COM, EARTHLINK.NET, COMCAST.NET Lottery Award held
on the 1st of September, 2009.
All 25 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of
50,000,000
international emails each from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia,
Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international
promotions program which is
conducted annually, consequently, you have been approved for a total pay
out of ONE
MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS ( $1, 000. 000.000 USD).
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by YAHOO, GOOGLE, MICROSOFT INC,
CITI GROUP, AL-JAZERRA, AIR EMIRATES, HSBC, CHASE MANHATHAN, AIR FRANCE,
BOA, SAMSUNG, SONY, BRITISH AIRWAYS, THAI AIRWAYS, ABU-DHABI INC and a
conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social
responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have
operational base.
Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our Asia as
indicated in our winners prize list of ( $1, 000.000.00USD), which will be
released to you from our regional branch office in Bangkok Thailand.
To begin your claims, Provide your details:
1. FULL NAMES:, 2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ,3. PRESENT ADDRESS: 4. DATE OF
BIRTH:5. SEX: 6. OCCUPATION: 7. TELEPHONE NUMBER: 8. FAX NUMBER: 9.
MARITAL STATUS: 10. COPY OF I.D CARD.
Contact our Yahoo Thailand Lottery Co-ordinator via the below information
for your
payment advise.
REV. KANE LEE
Co-ordinator
Phone: +(66) 875 890 104
Phone: + (66) 027 1174 16
Fax: + (66) 027 1174 17
Email: cooperateofficer@yahoo.com.hk
Email: Webmaster@yahoo-promotion.zzn.com
To join this network, click here:
http://mailinformation2009.ning.com/main/authorization/signUp?emailAddress=webpete%40verizon.net
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To control which emails you receive on YAHOO ONLINE PROMOTION, go to:
http://mailinformation2009.ning.com/?xgo=Kiy-4wZ61Piel9cMx7Fu4YVuioJsR9-1EcNNe-nO8KGBcEA7qUx-4Q
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No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.77/2346 - Release Date: 09/04/09
17:51:00
