Lottery scams
CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON jimmyroberto70@yahoo.com
Scam Email received July 8, 2018 from united13@swismail.com
Email From:
united13@swismail.com
Subject:
CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON
Other emails used:
jimmyroberto70@yahoo.com, jimmyroberto70@yahoo.com
Email Subject:
CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON
CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON – jimmyroberto70@yahoo.com
MICROSOFT CORPORATION Cardinal Place 1910 Elliot Avenue Seattle Washington United State Reference No: 475061725/20 Batch No: 705649092/018 Winning No: gb8701/lprc Winner: No19 Dear winner This message is from the Office of the MICROSOFT Co-Operation. We are pleased to inform you of the result for the just concluded annual draws of the MICROSOFT Online Lotto for regular users of Msn, Hotmail and Bing search engine for the year 2018. Your email address in the 1st category attracted a cash award of USD 3,500,000.00 (Three Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) credited to Email Bonus Numbers: MSLP-54399. Please proceed with your claims by writing to our Foreign Co-coordinator (Jimmy Roberto ) Public/Online Sector U.S.A, So he can assist you in redeeming your price with the below details. Contact-Person: Jimmy Roberto Email Address: jimmyroberto70@yahoo.com Tel:+1-254-244-0986 You are to send him the below-listed details to facilitate your lottery winning payment immediately. Your-Name: Address:- Valid-Mobile no : Occupation:- Age : Copy of your Id:.. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Regards, Terry Erick General Manager, Public/Online Sector U.S.A jimmyroberto70@yahoo.com
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