An
Email with the Subject "Congratulations" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:07:41 -0700
and has been classified as a Lotto/Lottery Scam Email.
The sender shows as shell united kingdom <shelluniteduk@hotmail.com>.
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.
Scam TagCloud
thousand millionshellbpprizewindrawpromotioncongratulationsawardclaimnotification thousandpaymentpaidonlinemailpoundgbp will yahoo!
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[delivery-date:] => Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:07:41 -0700
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[date:] => Mon, 2 Jul 2012 15:07:36 +0800 (SGT)
[from:] => shell united kingdom
[reply-to:] => shell united kingdom
[subject:] => Congratulations
[to:] => undisclosed recipients: ;
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[x-spam-score:] => 10
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[x-ham-report:] => Spam detection software, running on the system "lester.newsblaze.com", hasidentified this incoming email as possible spam. The original messagehas been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or labelsimilar future email. If you have any questions, seethe administrator of that system for details.Content preview: STAR PRIZE WINNER: THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE WON A PRIZE MONEY OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS (250, 000. 00 GBP) FOR 2012 PRIZE PROMOTION WHICH IS OFFERED BY SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY OF ENGLAND. SHELL PETROLEUM COLLECTS ALL THE EMAIL ADDRESSES OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTIVE ONLINE, AMONG THE MILLIONS THAT SUBSCRIBED TO YAHOO! AND HOTMAIL AND FEW FROM OTHER E-MAIL PROVIDERS. 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 PETROLEUM PRIZE AWARD MUST BE CLAIMED NO LATER THAN 20 DAYS FROM DATE OF DRAW NOTIFICATION. ANY PRIZE NOT CLAIMED WITHIN THIS PERIOD WILL BE FORFEITED. [...] Content analysis details: (1.0 points, 4.0 required) pts rule name description---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (shelluniteduk[at]hotmail.com) 1.0 SPF_SOFTFAIL SPF: sender does not match SPF record (softfail) 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message 1.0 FSL_FREEMAIL_2 FSL_FREEMAIL_2 0.0 LOTS_OF_MONEY Huge... sums of money-1.0 UPPERCASE_75_100 message body is 75-100% uppercase 0.0 FSL_FREEMAIL_1 FSL_FREEMAIL_1 0.0 T_FREEMAIL_DOC_PDF MS document or PDF attachment, from freemail
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THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE
WON A PRIZE MONEY OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS (250,
000. 00 GBP) FOR 2012 PRIZE PROMOTION WHICH IS OFFERED BY SHELL PETROLEUM
COMPANY OF ENGLAND.
SHELL PETROLEUM COLLECTS ALL THE EMAIL
ADDRESSES OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTIVE ONLINE, AMONG THE MILLIONS THAT
SUBSCRIBED TO YAHOO! AND HOTMAIL AND FEW FROM OTHER E-MAIL PROVIDERS. 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 . SHELL PETROLEUM
PRIZE AWARD MUST BE CLAIMED NO LATER THAN 20 DAYS FROM DATE OF DRAW
NOTIFICATION. ANY PRIZE NOT CLAIMED WITHIN THIS PERIOD WILL BE FORFEITED.
STAR PRIZE WINNER:
THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE
WON A PRIZE MONEY OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS (250,
000. 00 GBP) FOR 2012 PRIZE PROMOTION WHICH IS OFFERED BY SHELL PETROLEUM
COMPANY OF ENGLAND.
SHELL PETROLEUM COLLECTS ALL THE EMAIL
ADDRESSES OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTIVE ONLINE, AMONG THE MILLIONS THAT
SUBSCRIBED TO YAHOO! AND HOTMAIL AND FEW FROM OTHER E-MAIL PROVIDERS. 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 PETROLEUM
PRIZE AWARD MUST BE CLAIMED NO LATER THAN 20 DAYS FROM DATE OF DRAW
NOTIFICATION. ANY PRIZE NOT CLAIMED WITHIN THIS PERIOD WILL BE FORFEITED.
NEW SHELL.doc
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