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CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU WON (CONTACT FOR FREE DELIVERY)

Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10
United Kingdom
Ref: BTD/968/05
Batch: 409978E

Dear Winner,

The prestigious Microsoft and aol has set out and sucessfully organised a
Sweepstakes marking 2007 anniversary.We rolled out over £500,000.00 (Five
Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) for our year Anniversary Draws.
Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide
range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage,with the aid of Google
prominent search.

Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number
--------- with serial numbers ------------ and drew the lucky,
numbers -------------.You have therefore won the entire winning
sum of £500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds).

The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London
United Kingdom on the 9th october 2007. These Draws are commemorative and
as such special.

Please be informed by this winning notification,to collect your claims,you
are to make contact with our Delivery agent who shall by duty guide you
through the process to facilitate the release of your winning
cheque/winning certificate FREE of charge. Please Contact your Delivery
agent,

Dr. Gary Smith
eCourier Delivery Company
Email: [email protected]

You are advised to contact your delivery agent with the following details
to avoid unnecessary delays and complications: Your Name (in Full),
Country, Ticket Numbers, Batch Number, Serial Number,Lucky Numbers as
indicated in this winning Notification,the address to mail your parcel to
and Phone numbers.

Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates.We wish
you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune.Thank you for being
part of our commemorative year Anniversary Draws.

Sincerely,
Mr Fredrick Holifield
Microsoft Promotion Team

===========================================================================
Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is
for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and contains confidential
and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or
distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please
contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original
message.
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BTW I never signed up for this O_O I'm not sending any info,plus I don't live in the UK..
 
It's a scam clearly. The return address is yahoo.com. You think microsoft is going to use yahoo as their email client?

edit: I mean there are plenty of other reasons why it's a scam, but that's a nice clear one.
 
punctuation and the grammars seem fine me. it be real. no scam as i find apparent. highly i recommend for you contact this finest corporation.

good fortune to your.
 
"The prestigious Microsoft and aol has set out and sucessfully organised a"
AOL ?
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"9th october 2007."
October no caps?
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" Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10
United Kingdom
Ref: BTD/968/05
Batch: 409978E"

Microsoft Limited
Microsoft Campus
Thames Valley Park
Reading
RG6 1WG
United Kingdom?
 
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MAKE WAY FOR THE S-O-VEEEE!

If you haven't yet figured out what spam is, you should probably stay away from the internet for awhile.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']
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MAKE WAY FOR THE S-O-VEEEE!

If you haven't yet figured out what spam is, you should probably stay away from the internet for awhile.[/quote]
Wasn't in my G-mail SPAM folder. Anyway at first it got me then I was like bs...
 
[quote name='allyourblood']punctuation and the grammars seem fine me. it be real. no scam as i find apparent. highly i recommend for you contact this finest corporation.

good fortune to your.[/quote]Hey, are you the widow of that Nigerian king?? Your Western Union money order bounced. Please send back that $14,400.
 
[quote name='allyourblood']punctuation and the grammars seem fine me. it be real. no scam as i find apparent. highly i recommend for you contact this finest corporation.

good fortune to your.[/quote]

:lol: That made me laugh, gotta love these "Hey I just learned to barely speak English, time to start spamming" scammers.
 
Ya know, if all of the Nigerian money scams I receive in an average week(hell, an average DAY anymore) were legit, I'd be a multi billionaire by now.

What you received is a typical scam email, much like the ones that say 'if you post this on XYZ sites, (major company name) will give you their (product they make) for free for LIFE!!'.

I don't know why, but I've received about 10-20 of these a week for the past 6 months easily. I'm popular to the Nigerian scammers, I guess.
 
answer i got from microsoft:
Hello,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Online Customer Service.

This is Angie and I am writing in response to your report about the message you received claiming that Microsoft is sponsoring a lottery.
Microsoft is aware of this issue and working to improve online safety and to put the spammers and scammers out of business through:
· Legislation, Public Policy, and Enforcement
· Education and Awareness
· Industry Collaboration
To see additional information on the steps Microsoft is taking to promote online safety, please visit this site: http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/safety/default.mspx
There are also several steps that you can take to avoid these types of emails:
· Use a spam filter.
· Reserve one e-mail address for family and friends, ideally a unique address with both letters and numbers. This will help to avoid emails sent to multiple common email addresses.
· Do not respond to unsolicited e-mail from unknown senders. Asking to be removed from their lists may only encourage more spam.
For more information on steps you can take to protect yourself, please visit: http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/email/spam.mspx
For additional information, please refer to the following Web sites:
· Avoid the “Microsoft Lottery” phishing scam - http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/phishing/lottery.mspx
· How to identify and avoid hoax or fraudulent e-mail scams - http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/phishing/hoaxes.mspx
· You have not won the Microsoft Lottery - http://blogs.msdn.com/securitytipstalk/archive/2006/12/22/you-have-not-won-the-microsoft-lottery.aspx
We appreciate your effort for bringing this to our attention. Should you have other concerns, please do not hesitate to write back.


Thank you,

Angie
Microsoft Online Customer Service Representative

If you have any feedback about your Online Customer Service experience, please send them to my manager, Jewelle Carlos at http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6998853 Please do not forget to indicate the name of my manager in the subject field.
 
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[quote name='djkunai']Hello and good day dear sir
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[quote name='djkunai']Hello and good day dear sir
I ma nigerion royality. please ignore the fact that i can't spell nigerian. or royalty.
would you like a bigger penis? where would you like it?
i can suggest a few places. you could put it in escrow[/QUOTE]
I should tell you that my name is Chris Hansen, and we're conducting a story on Nigerian scammers who try to convince individuals to do strange things with their genitals over the internet.
 
LOL The spam you see in an average day......:whistle2:X Some of it is laughable, from the knock off and fake pill emails, to the Nigerian scammers, to the 'lottery' scams. I've even been sent checks before, which would bounce as high as the Empire State Building if I were ever stupid enough to try and cash them.

So, I've seen them all......but never fallen for one of them.
 
That was one of the funniest videos I've ever seen on the internet.
[quote name='djkunai']Hello and good day dear sir
I ma nigerion royality. please ignore the fact that i can't spell nigerian. or royalty.
would you like a bigger penis? where would you like it?
i can suggest a few places. you could put it in escrow[/quote]
 
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