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Email lottery promotion@discussions.microsoft.com Microsoft Email lottery promotion

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Dec 7, 2009, 12:29:01 PM12/7/09
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Hello,
I received an Email stating the following:
Microsoft Award Team
MICROSOFT HOUSE 10 GREAT PULTENEY STREET LONDON W1F 9NB
Ref: BTD/968/05
Batch: 409978E CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!
Dear. Sir/ Madam,
The prestigious Microsoft and Aol has set out and successfully organized a
Sweepstakes marking
the year 2009 anniversary. Rolled out over £10,000,000.00 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.The selection was made through a
computer draw system
attaching personalised email addresses to ticket numbers. Microsoft and AOL
are now the largest
Internet companies & in effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains
the most widely used program,
Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.
Your email address have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
GBP£900,000,00 Pounds in
cash credited to File KPC/9030108308/03.This is from a total cash prize of
Ten Million British Pounds (
£10,000,000.00) shared among the first Ten lucky winners in this category
world-wide. Please note that
your lucky winning number falls within our lottery booklet representative
office in London as indicated in
the play coupon. The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in
Brockley, London United
Kingdom on the 5th of January,2009. Please be informed by this winning
notification to file your claims
immediately. You are advised to make contact to your referred agent who
shall by duty guide you through
the process to facilitate the release of your winning prize.
To file for your claim, please contact our Claiming Agent immediately.
Name: Mr. MARK WILLIAMS
Tel: +4470-31-747-552
Fax:+ 44-84-47-7414-35
Email: markwil...@gmail.com

there is a verification and funds release form that I have to fill...
Is it fake or not?

Steve Cochran

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Dec 15, 2009, 8:44:52 AM12/15/09
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Completely fake.


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gal@discussions.microsoft.com kiwi gal

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Apr 24, 2010, 11:07:01 PM4/24/10
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Hi There,
I live in New Zealand and i just received an email claiming to be from the
spanish microsoft division stating that i also have been chosen as a winer in
an email lottery sanctioned by non other than Bill Gates himself (what a
joke) and that i will receive $250,000 dollars in prize money as well as a
dell computer if i contact their office run by Mr. Luis Garcia of the
microsoft claims dept. tel: +34-63-4045-527 fax: +34-91-1820-136 email:
msoftcla...@yahoo.co.jp signed Mrs Raquel Sanchez (the lottery
coordinator) what a big pile of crap these people should be strung up by
their mouse cords and if i was microsoft i would be super pissed i hope they
use this information to nab these crooks!!! so for everyone out there beware
of the "spanish microsoft email lottery" its a scam come on nothing is free
in this world if it sounds to good to be true 999,999 out of a million it's
not true!!!
Thank You and take care
Kiwi gal (=
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