Lottery scam quick guide: it's a scam if...

  • you win any lottery where you didn't buy a ticket! It's really that easy! It's not just too good to be true: it's bait in a trap!
  • you receive a generous grant out of the blue. Sadly (but not surprisingly) there aren't any benevolent people regularly throwing around millions of pounds/dollars/euros to randomly chosen people. This is just the lottery scam without the ticket.
  • they send you partial payment in the form of a cheque, money order, or direct bank transfer and want you to pay them fees out of that money. They're playing you for a sucker: cheques are frequently forged, and direct transfers made by compromising some poor schmuck's online banking service. You'll wind up a victim of fraud, or a party to it.
  • they want you to send them any money of any sort for any reason. They might try to say there are courier fees or taxes to cover. They're lying. Call their bluff and tell them to take the fees out themselves -- they'll never ever agree, because they can't defraud you unless money is making the reverse trip from you to them somehow.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Your E-Mail Won In The Microsoft Online Lottery Draw

FROM THE DESK OF
THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE  AWARD
DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT WORD
CORPORATION LOTTERY, USA

Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning No: GB8701/LPRC

WINNING NOTIFICATION,

Congratulations,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize
release on November 24th 2007, from the
Microsoft International Lottery Programme;
which is fully based on an electronic selection of
winners using their e-mail addresses from
different sites.Your email address was attached
to ticket number: 17212, Serial Number
7741137002.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum
pay SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND BRISTISH
POUNDS STERLING in cash credit file Ref:
ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize
shared amongst eight lucky winners in this
category.

All participants were selected through a
computer balloting system drawn from nine
hundred thousand E-mail addresses from
Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe,
Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotions program which is
conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted
and sponsored by the Microsoft Co-operation
world wide as part of their social responsibility
for the eradication of poverty and to promote
the use of the internet globally.

Further more, your detail (e-mail address) falls
within our England Representative Office in
London as indicated in your play coupon and
your prize of SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND
BRISTISH POUNDS STERLING will be
released to you from our regional branch office
in London. We hope that with part of your prize,
you will be able to participate in our end of year
high stakes for ONE MILLION BRISTISH POUNDS
STERLING International Draw.Your Winning Fund
(International Certified Cheque) has been
insured with the Paying Bank with REF NO: MSW-
L/200-26937 and will be ready to be  handed
over or delivered to you when you are
through with the official process involved.

It will be delivered to you by our Claims
Officer/Paymaster Staff in charge of the London
Zone (Mr.Jackson Owen). Your E-mail address
should be used in all correspondence with your
Claimed Officer. Please note that you are to
contact him via email and phone calls as we are
promoting the use of E-mail services. Also you
have the right to call him to confirm your
winning Details.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact our Claims Officer/Pay Master,
Mr.Jackson Owen.
E-mail: claimed_agent@yahoo.co.uk.
Phone No: +447045742479  to file for your
claim .

Please ensure that you quote your Reference,
Batch and Winning Numbers which can be found
on the top left corner of this notification, as
well as your full name, address and telephone
number to help locate your file easily. For
security reasons, we advice all winners to keep
this information confidential from the public
until your claim is processed and your prize
released to you. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming.

Congratulations once more from the entire
Management and Staff of Microsoft Co-
operation to all our  lucky winners this year.
Thank you for being part of this promotional
lottery program. Our special thanks and
gratitude to Bill Gates of Microsoft and all his
Associates for alleviating poverty round the
World.

Microsoft Company.
Award Team.

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