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An Email with the Subject "YOU ARE THE WINNER!" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:53:27 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as MICROSOFT MANAGEMENT TEAM <berry1@fuse.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.
Dear Esteemed Winner, You have been approved for a lump sum pay out of Â100,000.00 GBP (ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING) credited to file REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937. This is from total prize money of Â500,000.00 GBP (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING), shared among the Five (5) international winners in the on-going MICROSOFT LOTTERY PROMOTION. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO FILL AND SEND THE BELOW INFORMATIONS REQUIRED TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE TO YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER BY E-MAIL: *FULL NAMES* *NATIONALITY* *AGE* *DATE OF BIRTH* *SEX* *MARITAL STATUS* *CONTACT ADDRESS* *TELEPHONE NUMBER* *OCCUPATION* *WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS* *REF/ BATCH NUMBERS* *TOTAL AMOUNT WON* Name: Mr. Greg Johnson E-mail:contact_gregjohnson@yahoo.co.uk Sincerely, Mr. Kenneth Denton, Online Coordinator. Dear Esteemed Winner, You have been approved for a lump sum pay out of Â100,000.00 GBP (ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING) credited to file REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937. This is from total prize money of Â500,000.00 GBP (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING), shared among the Five (5) international winners in the on-going MICROSOFT LOTTERY PROMOTION. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO FILL AND SEND THE BELOW INFORMATIONS REQUIRED TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE TO YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER BY E-MAIL: *FULL NAMES* *NATIONALITY* *AGE* *DATE OF BIRTH* *SEX* *MARITAL STATUS* *CONTACT ADDRESS* *TELEPHONE NUMBER* *OCCUPATION* *WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS* *REF/ BATCH NUMBERS* *TOTAL AMOUNT WON* Name: Mr. Greg Johnson E-mail:contact_gregjohnson@yahoo.co.uk Sincerely, Mr. Kenneth Denton, Online Coordinator.