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May 4, 2008

You Have A Package.. Contact.. fedex_dispatch@live.com – Email Scam

Filed under: Advance fee scam — Tags: , , — admin @ 4:24 pm

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  • from Shane Desrochers sdesrochers@silverpop.com
  • subject You Have A Package..Contact..fedex_dispatch@live.com
Greetings!
I have been waiting for you to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of 125,000.00 United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you ever since. Then, I went and deposited the Draft with FedEx Delivery, West Africa,I travelled out of the country for a 3Month Course and I will not come back utill the end of May. What you have to do now is to contact the FedEx Delivery as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your package to you because of the expiring date.And the delivery fee is (485 USDOLLARS) For your information, i did not pay for the delivery charge.
Below you are going to provide your details to them once more form verification:
Full Name:
Address:
Cell phone No:
You are to Contact the dispatch director below:
Mr.Daniel J.cole
Email Address: fedex_dispatch@live.com
Cell Phone No: +2347038530110
Sincerly
Mr Wellington James

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May 3, 2008

Congratulation Your Email ID Won (£500,000.00 GBP) – Email Scam

Filed under: Advance fee scam,E-Mail fraud,email scam — Tags: — admin @ 10:03 pm

This is a typical “advance fee” scam email. Often these type of emails use well known companies as the supposed senders, in an attempt to build trust. In this case, the scammers have chosen Microsoft. Microsoft, however, do not run any type of lottery or “email selection balloting promotional programme “.

Other indicators that there is something suspicious about this email are that it arrived in my Inbox at 7.30 PM on a Saturday evening (unlikely the “Microsoft Award Team” in the UK would be in the office), the poor grammar and the fact it arrived in my Spam folder as the email had been rerouted through many countries to try and hide the senders identity.

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Microsoft Award Team
10 Great Pulteney Road,
London,W1F9NB, United Kingdom.

Ref: BTD/968/07
Batch: 409978E
Dear Lucky Winner,

We the united kingdom Microsoft lottery board wishes to inform you officially that your email ID attached to the Ref: BTD/968/07 and Batch: 409978E number won you the amount of £500,000.00 GBP, in our email selection balloting promotional programme for the month of may 2008.
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CERTIFICATE OF PRIZE CLAIM(Receipt Official Notification Letter)
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1. Full Name:
2. Address:
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation :
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Telephone Number:
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Please contact your claims officer with the above Reference & Batch to enable him process your winnings. Contact Agent Mr Ben Oris Via This email ID (mrbenoris@live.com )Call telephone number
for confirmation.(+44704-572-1259). Congratulations to you Once again from all our Staffs.

Congratulations to you Once again from all our Staffs.
Chief Online Co-ordinator Ben Oris.
On behalf of United Kingdom Microsoft Lottery Board.

Mr.Ben Oris
Tell:+44-704-572-1259
Microsoft Award Department
Email:mrbenoris@live.com

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If you have received a similar email and wish to verify the authenticity, the actual contact information of Microsoft UK is as follows:

Microsoft
Microsoft Campus
Thames Valley Park
Reading
Berkshire
RG6 1WG

Telephone no. 0870 60 10 100

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