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[SPAM] GOOD NEWS YOUR EMAIL WON


Subject: GOOD NEWS YOUR EMAIL WON,

MICROSOFT U-K ONLINE LOTTERY.

MICROSOFT U-K ONLINE LOTTERY JANUARY 2009



The Microsoft Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Lottery Date: JANUARY 2009

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
Ref.No:919347/749-0
Batch:3566465021-0TA/06
Dear Lucky Winner,
Congratulations as we happily announce to you today that the draw.





Of the MICROSOFT UK ONLINE LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held in JANUARY. 2009 in London. Your e-mail address attached to ticket numbers: G276017-487 with Serial numbers: 493-678 drew the lucky numbers:
[ 7-28-87-65-69-73 ]
The Bonus Ball [02], which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e, matches 3 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$7,000,000.00 (Seven Million U.S Dollars) credited to file nos KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of US$7,000,000.00 (Seven Million U.S Dollars) shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 4 plus bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100 Million Email addresses of unions, associations and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place once in a year. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our booklet representative office in London as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, Your US$7,000,000.00 (Seven Million U.S Dollars) would be released to you by any of our payment offices here in London. Our London agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this lottery programmes, Be warned ! !.
To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent with the verification form below:
Overseas Claims Unit
London Fiduciary Agent for MICROSOFT UK PROMOTIONS.
Name: xxxxxxx, From West ham City England.
.
Email: xxxxxxxxxxxx
KINDLY FILL THE CLAIMS VERIFICATION/PROCESSING FORM BELOW AND SEND IT TO HIM:
=====================================================
FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:...................................
CONTACT ADDRESS:.......................................................
CITY/STATE:........................................................................
COUNTRY:............................................................................
NATIONALITY:...................................................................
SEX:.......................AGE:.......................................................
MARITAL STATUS: ...........................................................
TEL NO: ............................FAX:..........................................
E_MAIL ADDRESS:............................................................
NEXT OF KIN: ....................................................................
MONTHLY INCOME: ...............................
OCCUPATION: ....................................................................
AMOUNT WON: US$7,000,000.00 (Seven Million U.S Dollars)
REFENCE NO:................ BATCH NO: .............................
LUCKY NO:.................. TICKET NO :................................
SERIAL NO:................... LOTTERY DATE: ...................
=======================================================

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him on the email and telephone numbers stated above. You may wish to establish contact with him via e-mail with the particulars presented above citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter. All Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of the proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary and security measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this lottery program. Note: That winners who are students or those below 20 Years of age are NOT allowed to participate in this Lottery programmes. You must be 20 yrs and above and a working class to be able to claim your winnings.
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL, BUT CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT DIRECTLY BY
E-Mail: xxxxxxxxx
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the MICROSOFT U-K LOTTERY INC.


Yours Faithfully,
xxxxxxxxxx
Mrs. xxxxxxxxx
Online coordinator for MICROSOFT UK ON-LINE PROMOTIONS.
Sweepstakes International Program.
Copyright © 1994-2009 The Micro Soft UK Online Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines.
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

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Don't Lick Envelopes urban legend

Subject: Dont Do This..........

A woman was working in a post office in California.

One day she licked the envelopes and postage stamps instead of using a
sponge. That very day the lady found a cut on her tongue. A week later,
she noticed an abnormal swelling of her tongue. She went to the doctor,
and they found nothing wrong. Her tongue was not sore or anything. A
couple of days later, her tongue started to swell more, and it began to
get really sore, so sore, that she could not eat. She went back to the
hospital and demanded something be done. The doctor took an x-ray of
her
tongue and noticed a lump. He prepared her for minor surgery. When the
doctor cut her tongue open, a live cockroach crawled out!!!!

There were cockroach eggs on the seal of the envelope. The egg was able
to hatch inside of her tongue, because of her saliva. It was warm and
moist...

This is a true story reported on CNN

A guy called Andy Hume writes:
Hey, I used to work in an envelope factory. You wouldn't believe the
things that float around in those gum applicator trays. I haven't
licked
an envelope for years!" I used to work for a print shop 32 years ago
and we were told NEVER to lick the envelopes. I never understood why
until I had to go into storage to pull out 2500 envelopes that were
already
printed and saw several squads of cockroaches roaming around inside a
couple of boxes with eggs everywhere. They eat the glue on the
envelopes.

PLEASE PASS THIS ON, TO YOUR FRIENDS. After reading this you will never
lick another envelope or stamp again (I hope)!!




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Subject: UK Requirement

 Dear Friends,
 Please do not take this for a junk letter. Bill Gates is sharing his
 fortune. If you ignore this you will repent later. Microsoft and AOL are
 now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that
 Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL
 are running an e-mail beta test.

 When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and will track it
 (if you are a Microsoft Windows user) for a two week time period.

 For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you
 $245.00, for every person that you sent it to that forwards it on,
 Microsoft will pay you $243.00 and for every third person that receives
 it, you will be paid $241.00. Within two week! s, Microsoft will contact
 you for your address and then send you a cheque.

 Regards.




Subject:  UK Requirement

Dear  All ,

Pl   see  the  mails  below.If  that  is  true , there  is  nothing  wrong
in  trying  and  get  some  money  ..It  seems  to  be  legal  &  by
payment  to  Bank..
Regards,


Wow!
 Don't know how it works but it sure does. Got $ 1597 already and its only
 been 5 days. Who cares about the mechanics just as long as the green bucks
 keeps rollling in. We are going on a vacation to the Andamans .
 Yippee
                                   com
                       Subject: RE: UK Requirement

 Guys It's working
 I have got $10000 .

 I got 450 $ credited  in my HDFC account today only.
 Yahooooooooooooooooooo!!! hurreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 Regards,
 

 Hai  this is not joke i got 4672$ credited  in my ICICI account last week

 Frnds I got $2163 today only.
 So I am forwading to u frnds
 Don't miss this chance

 Regards,



This is really amazing I also got 5000 dollars via DD from HDFC, thot it
 was fake but it really worked..........the amount has been created to my
 account, what did you get.
 Thanks for forwarding this mail


   I got $12,101 credited with this months salary, that is
 why I am sending this to you guys. I am almost going mad. Planning to quit
 TCS and start a new company. You guys can join hands. What to say yarr????



 Love,

Subject: RE: UK Requirement

 Hey guys !!!
 this is cool
 really really cooollllll
 I forwarded this mail  to three chaps just half an hour back and i just
 forgot about it..
 then i saw my salary slip, checked my account in the net.
 i was wonder stuck to see  $30000/- added to my account !! transferred
 from ms office thru western money transfer !!!
 its amazing guys !!!
 Go for it.
 Act fast. at least before this stupid bill gates gets bankrupt..........
 and in case this is true, there is not much time left.....
 so congratulations in advance....
 for becoming a millionair so easily...
 like me......


 Subject: RE: UK Requirement
 Hey dudes and dudettes.......this is truly amazing........I got $12,545 a
 few weeks back......it indeed works.....and hope it works out for all of
 u.........for details contact me...........

 Thnks & Rgds,






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Rachel Arlington Charity Hoax

If you delete this ... you seriously don't have a heart.
Hi, I am a 29 year old father. Me and my wife have had a
wonderful life together. God blessed us with a child too. Our
daughter's name is Rachel, and she is 10 years old.
Not long ago the doctors detected brain cancer and in her little body.
There is only one way to save her...an operation.
Sadly, we don't have enough money to pay the price. AOL and ZDNET have
agreed to help us. The only way they can help us is this way, I send
this email to you and you send it to other people. AOL will track this
email and count how many people get it.
Every person who opens this email and sends it to at least 3 people
will give us 32 cents.

Please help us.

Sincerely


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SPAM mail: SPDC PRIZE NOTIFICATION..........CONFIRM RECEIPT



 
Warning: Following is a SPAM Message
 
 
----- Original Message -----
 
To: <undisclosed-recipients:>
 
Subject: SPDC PRIZE NOTIFICATION..........CONFIRM RECEIPT

Attention Winner

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One Million,Three
Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds(&#163;1,350,000.00 GBP) in
the on going 2009 new year International E-mail Draw which is Organized by
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). SPDC Lottery collects all the
email addresses of the people that are active online,among the millions
that subscribed to Yahoo, Aol, Walla, Gmail, Russian Mail and Hotmail etc.
Six people are selected yearly to benefit from this promotion and you are
one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Shell
Award must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw
Notification.Any Prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
Stated below is your identification number:

REFERENCE NUMBER: SPDC-081511

This numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to
contact our fiduciary agent in London (Mr.Fred Lymann)with the details
below and send your winning identification numbers and your informations
to him:

 Full Name...............
 Address.................
 Age.....................
 Sex.....................
 Nationality.............
 Home Telephone #  ......
 Mobile Telephone #......
 E-mail address..........
 Marital Status..........
 Occupation..............

E-Mail:

Tel:

He shall immediately commence the process that will facilitate the release
of your fund to you.

Congratulations!! once again.

Yours Faithfully,
Dr.Ljiljana Sofronic
SPDC Lottery.





 
Warning: Following is a SPAM Message
 
 
----- Original Message -----
 
Subject: VERIFY YOUR ONLINE MAIL ACCOUNT NOW TO AVOID CLOSE!!!

 

Dear  SLTNet  Webmail Account User,
 
You are advice to verify your account details below to enable us upgrade your account. E.G Your Mail ID, Password, Date Of Birth etc.
 
In failure of doing this, you will Automatically lose your Mail Account.
 
Thanks for using Online Mail Accounts.
 

            VERIFY YOUR ONLINE MAIL  ACCOUNT NOW TO AVOID CLOSE!!!    


             
Dear SLTNet Webmail Account User,

This message is from SLTNet message center to all online account owners and premium account owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center. We are deleting all unused Mail accounts to create more space for new accounts.
 
To prevent your account from closing, you will have to verify it below before One (1) week from now!
 
      
VERIFY YOUR ONLINE MAIL ACCOUNT NOW TO AVOID CLOSE!!!

  
      Mail Account ID:............................................
 
      Password:.........................................................
 
       Your Birthday:...............................................
 
      Your Territory:................................................
 
                                
Warning!!!  Account owner that refuses to update his or her account before One (1) week of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.
 
Sincerely,
The SLTNet Webmail Team 

 

 

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SPAM mail: Hello,We Need To Discuss This.......

 
 
Warning: Following is a SPAM Message!
 
 
----- Original Message -----
 
Subject: Hello,We Need To Discuss This.......


Hello,

Thanks for finding time to read this proposal. After thinking about this transaction and the need to make contact with someone to assist me do it, I found it interesting and decided to Contact you for this business transaction.

Be so kind to contact me at your earliest convenience for a possible Business deal involving money transfer of USD18 Million. I am presently in Accra. working as an Investment Consultant with the International Commercial Bank at their offshore department. With your sincere assistant and Co-operation, I am determined to work this deal out if we can do business. As at this moment,I am constrained to issue more details about this Business until your response is received.

If you are not familiar with the above information which I believe is Scanty for security purposes, please contact me for further details with your full names and private mobile phone number. This deal is worth taking and highly profitable.

Thank you for your time and attention.
Warmest regards,
Morris Mills More



Life is Beautiful Virus Hoax


Subject: This is not a joke! IMPORTANT

>This is not a joke!
>
>  Please Be Extremely Careful especially if using internet mail such as
>Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on.
>
>This information arrived this morning direct from both Microsoft and
>Norton.
>
>Please send it to everybody you know who has access to the Internet.
>
>You may receive an apparently harmless email with a Power Point
>presentation "Life is beautiful." If you receive it DO NOT OPEN THE FILE
>UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, and delete it immediately. If you open this
>file, a message will appear on your screen saying: "It is too late now,
>your life is no longer beautiful." Subsequently you will LOSE EVERYTHING
>IN YOUR PC and the person
>who sent it to you will gain access to your name, e-mail and password.
>This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon.
>AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the antivirus software's are
>not capable of destroying it. The virus has been created by a hacker who
>calls himself "life owner."
>
>PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS and ask them to
>PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY
>
>
>Thanks &  Regards,


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HIV Needle Hoax chain letter


Subject: HIV

Hi,

(Don't avoid Pls read this mail)
FROM S. Dinesh Gopinath, I.A.S, Director of Medical
& Research Div,
Chennai

Dear Friends,

Kindly take a couple of minutes to go thru this
mail. If useful may advise
others also . Please pass this on to others this
happened in Paris
recently and may happen elsewhere also.

A few weeks ago, in a movie theatre, a person felt
something poking
from her seat.
When she got up to see what it was, she found a
needle sticking out of
the seat with a
note attached saying "You have just been infected by
HIV". The Disease
Control Center (in Paris) reports many similar
events in many other cities
recently. All tested needles were HI V Positive.

The Center also reports that needles have been found
in cash
dispensers at public banking
machines.We ask everyone to use extreme caution when
faced with
this kind of situation. All public chairs/seats
should be inspected with
vigilance and caution before use. A careful visual
inspection should be
enough. In addition, they ask that each of you pass
this message along to
all members of your family and your friends of the
potential danger.

Recently, one doctor has narrated a somewhat similar
instance that
hppened to one of his patients at the Priya Cinema
in Delhi. A young
girl, engaged
and about to be married in a couple of months, was
pricked while the movie
was going on. The tag with the needle had the
message "Welcome to the
World of HIV family". Though the doctors told her
family that it takes about 6
months before the virus grows strong enough to start
damaging the system
and a healthy victim could survive about 5-6 years,
the girl died in 4
months, perhaps more because of the "Shock thought".
We all have to be
careful at public places, rest God help! Just think
about saving a life by
forwarding this message. Please, take a few seconds
of your time to pass
along.


With Regards, S. Dinesh Gopinath,
I.A.S, Director of Medical & Research Div, Chennai.

Rather than forwarding irrelevant mails, kindly pass
this to every one.
Probably ur mail can help some save his/her life.


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