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This one is short and to the point. Could it be more successful than the long messages?

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: YAHOO AWARDS & HOTMAIL/WINDOWS LIVE <yahooawards@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 4:40 AM
Subject: CONGRATULATION.(dr_uvukcoordinator03@live.com)
To:

DEAR WINNER,This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Two
Hundredand Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds(GBP 250,000)for 2008 Prize
promotionwhich is organized by YAHOO AWARDS & HOTMAIL/WINDOWS LIVE.You are
requested to contact our co-ordinator with the following
informations;Fullname.Country.Address,mobile Number,Occupation,Sex,Name:
Mr.Druv Matindale Tel+44-703-198-0757 E-Mail:(dr_uvukcoordinator03@live.com)

Tags: DruvMartindale, Lottery Scam

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This one was tagged as suspicious by Google.

You can see it’s about the shortest scam e-mail which has ever arrived here. I don’t think you can make them shorter. The question is, would anyone actually believe this came from Microsoft?

It seems there is a real Ray Howard too

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: MICROSOFT AWARDS
Date: Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 8:36 AM
Subject: WINNER!!!
To:

Your email address was drawn Winning prize: £1,000,000.00. To file for your claim kindly Contact your claims agent Mr Ray Howard with your: Full names, Age, Phone #, Country, Occupation, Sex, Home address, through the email address below.
Email: officemail_rayhoward@yahoo.co.uk

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