An Email with the Subject "CONGRATULATION!!!" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:39:29 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as Yahoo Financial Promotions/Prize Award Department <bfpemberton@fuse.net>.
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FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL GRANTS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT REF:YAHOO6/315116127/27 BATCH:15/623/UK. Registered Lottery No 220949 CONGRATULATIONS!!! Dear Esteemed Winner, We are pleased to inform you of the result of the YAHOO! International Promotions Program held on the 25th of June 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 883734657492-5319 with serial number 7263- 267, batch number 8254297137 drew the lucky numbers 14-22-28-37-40-44 which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of Â500,000.00 (i.e Five Hundred Thousand United Kingdom Pounds)in cash credited to file REF:YAHOO6/315116127/27. This is from total prize money of US$20,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen international winners in this category. The reason this lottery was organized is to thank the numerous public including users and non-users of YAHOO MAIL for the financial benefits THE YAHOO CORPORATION have received as a result of their patronage thisfinancial year. To begin your claims therefore, you are advised as a matter of urgency,to contact the under listed licensed and accredited claims agent for the processing of your prize awards winning. Please contact your claims agent immediately, Filing for your claims with the claims application form below. MR,JIMMY WALTERS REMMITANCE DIRECTOR YAHOO PROMOTIONS UK 44 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AL UNITED KINGDOM Tel: (+44) 7031920807 Email:claimsagentoffice11@yahoo.co.uk You are to provide the assigned cliams agent via email with the under listed information as soon as possible. ============================================================================================================================================================================ APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM (Receipt Official Notification Letter) FULL NAMES* CONTACT ADDRESS* COUNTRY* SEX* AGE* MARITAL STATUS* NATIONALITY* TELEPHONE NUMBER* EMAIL ADDRESS* HAVE YOU A PASSPORT OR LICENCE (identification on delivery)* TICKET NUMBER* SERIAL NUMBER* ATCH NUMBER* REFERENCE NUMBER* Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!! Yours Sincerely, Mrs. Amelia Hunts Online Promotions Manager Uk Administrative Unit. FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL GRANTS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT REF:YAHOO6/315116127/27 BATCH:15/623/UK. Registered Lottery No 220949 CONGRATULATIONS!!! Dear Esteemed Winner, We are pleased to inform you of the result of the YAHOO! International Promotions Program held on the 25th of June 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 883734657492-5319 with serial number 7263- 267, batch number 8254297137 drew the lucky numbers 14-22-28-37-40-44 which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of Â500,000.00 (i.e Five Hundred Thousand United Kingdom Pounds)in cash credited to file REF:YAHOO6/315116127/27. This is from total prize money of US$20,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen international winners in this category. The reason this lottery was organized is to thank the numerous public including users and non-users of YAHOO MAIL for the financial benefits THE YAHOO CORPORATION have received as a result of their patronage thisfinancial year. To begin your claims therefore, you are advised as a matter of urgency,to contact the under listed licensed and accredited claims agent for the processing of your prize awards winning. Please contact your claims agent immediately, Filing for your claims with the claims application form below. MR,JIMMY WALTERS REMMITANCE DIRECTOR YAHOO PROMOTIONS UK 44 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AL UNITED KINGDOM Tel: (+44) 7031920807 Email:claimsagentoffice11@yahoo.co.uk You are to provide the assigned cliams agent via email with the under listed information as soon as possible. ============================================================================================================================================================================ APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM (Receipt Official Notification Letter) FULL NAMES* CONTACT ADDRESS* COUNTRY* SEX* AGE* MARITAL STATUS* NATIONALITY* TELEPHONE NUMBER* EMAIL ADDRESS* HAVE YOU A PASSPORT OR LICENCE (identification on delivery)* TICKET NUMBER* SERIAL NUMBER* ATCH NUMBER* REFERENCE NUMBER* Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!! Yours Sincerely, Mrs. Amelia Hunts Online Promotions Manager Uk Administrative Unit.