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MICROSOFT AWARD PROMOTION


PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD


NOTIFICATION DEPARTMENT


20 Craven Park, Harlesden


London NW10


United Kingdom


Ref: BTD/968/05


Batch: 409978E


TEL: +44 701 113 0912


Fax: +44 709-286-9979


Date: 4th December, 2006.








Attn: Winner,


MICROSOFT WINNING NOTIFICATION











The prestigious Microsoft and all has set out and successfully organized a Sweepstakes marking the Mid year 2006 anniversary we rolled out over 拢5,000.000.00 (Five Million Great Britain Pounds) for our end of year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected


and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage.


The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalized email addresses to ticket numbers.





Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080648302/06 and drew the lucky


numbers 14-21-25-39-40-47(20) which subsequently won you 拢500,000.00 (Fi
I received this email. Is this for real?
Emails from someone you don't know is already a suspect for spam. rule 101 is never open emails from someone you don't know.
I received this email. Is this for real?
Oh my thst sure sounds tempting . All i won this week was The UK lottery , The Irish Sweepstakes ( Guarenteed finalist) And i may have inherited some money from the bank of Nigeria as well Report It

Reply:it is doubtful
Reply:No, it is a scam and they will try to get your bank account info or your $$.
Reply:Definitely not plausible at all...complete B.S.





Just another email scam.
Reply:That old scam has been going around since I first got on the internet....in 1998!
Reply:This sounds like phishing. People don't give away money without benefit to themselves. They would use such a contest for promotional purposes, in which case you would already have know about it. Remember, if you wouldn't trust someone off the street saying it, don't believe it in a random e-mail. You will wind up losing money, your privacy, maybe even wind up facing identity theft. Do not respond to this e-mail for your own good.
Reply:Are you new to the world of computers?





There are many @#$$^%^ out there looking to get your personal information. You should learn right now that nothing is free and that most legitimate concerns will not ask for your passwords, Social Security number, credit card number, etc. over the net.





Best rule of thumb is when on the net, do not put anything out there you do not want published for all the world to see.
Reply:No, I got the exact same one 2 months ago. they are trying to get you to send them money supposedly to pay the advance taxes on your winnings, which of course are bogus. If you had won a lottery, they would first, tell you by registered mail, and second never ask you for money up front. the taxes would be taken off the cheque they sent you. andf third, microsoft would never give money away to random strangers, they have too many greedy stockholders who would kill someone if they did
Reply:What is the return address and are there any links on the email?
Reply:no.
Reply:No doubt... Its a SCAM.. Just Click the SPAM Button...
Reply:Since my job is to detect and prevent fraud at one of the largest banks in United States, I can assure you this is the typical fraud that only financially benefits the sender of the email (the fraudster or swindler).





The goal of the email is to entice you by having you wire monies from your bank account or cash a check and send the monies to the senders account (most ofter an account overseas).





You will be sent an official looking check, and asked to cash the check, wiring the monies to a bank account over seas. Days or weeks later the check (that appeared to look so real) is either counterfeit, stolen, or altered (otherwise a fraud check).





Stay away from this supposed get rich scheme. It will cost you thousands of dollars rather than enrich you.