[Resolved]  Microsoft Corporation Uk — e-mail lottery scam

i received a scam lottery email from

Uk Microsoft corporation,
United Kingdom,
Southampton Row,
Bloomsbury london
united kingdom
wc1Baar.

some of the email contacts that i received was
[protected]@hotmail.com
[protected]@gmail.com
[protected]@msn.com
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Aug 14, 2020
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Lottery — Lottery mails are a big FRAUD.

The mails for lottery winning are a BIG FRAUD...Can some one help for stooping such filty mails.
There should be some strict action against it.
Need some help in recovering the money that was fraudently taken from me.

CAN SOME ONE HELP...
dearsir,
with respects, srinivas reddy from india, one story i want to tell which is happened with me at agest21 .one of meesage was recieced in my e-mail account . in this message informed to me i am the winner of (500, 000)five hundered thousand great british steriling pound, send by microsoft lottary, liverpool united kingdom after read this, i worroied about this how is it possible.after that contact to that organisation for the quiery . whats the reality behind this
Hi i have received a mail stating that i have won £500, 000 for a lottery draw, my details about the lottery are as following..
Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10
United Kingdom
Ref: BTD/672009/09
Batch: 67920088E

Congratulation!!

The prestigious Microsoft and AOL has set out and successfully organized a
sweepstake marking 2009 anniversary, we
rolled out over � 25, 000, 000.00(Twenty five Million Great British
Pounds)
for
our yearly online usage email
promotions. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a
wide range of World Wild Web (www) email hosts from whose patronage we have
become what we are today.

Your email addresses as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket
number:[protected] with serial
numbers:BTD/672009/09 and drew lucky numbers:[protected]) which
subsequently won you �500, 000.00(Five Hundred Thousand Great British
Pounds)in
our yearly organized email awareness/marketing campaign.

Necessary Informations and procedures would be passed across in due
course.Once
again Congratulations and we do hope to hear from you soon.
==============================================================================
You are advised to contact your fiduciary agent with your winning details

**Full Names
**Country
**Residential Address
**Occupation
**Age
**Company Name
**Phone
**Gender
**Next Of Kin
==============================================================================
sincerely,
Mr.Robin Williams
Fiduciary Officer
Awareness Promotions board
Email:[protected]@microsoftteam.8m.net
[protected]
[protected]



Microsoft Award Team

20 Craven Park, Harlesden

London NW10

United Kingdom

Ref: BTD/672009/09

Batch: 67920088E



Attn: Lhatu

Congratulation





Sorry for the delay as we have been waiting for a confirmation letter from the finance ministry of India regarding the charges you need to pay for the registration of your draft. your draft was issued on the 18th day of August by our payout bank WOOLWICH BANK and set to be couriered to your country india.The courier and custom expenses here in uk will be paid by the lottery company.



We have contacted the different department in charge of the registration of the draft before it can be deposited in your local bank account, e.g the Finance Ministry of India, the F.I.U Financial Intelligence Unit of India. They notification mail we received from the finance ministry is you have to pay registration charges of Rs 35, 000 before the banker will be referred to the RBI to make deposit of the draft for the onward transfer of your fund into your given account.

The draft and the back up documents will be parceled and sent to our affiliate courier company for the onward courier to your country on the 21st of August 2009 to arrive India 22nd



You are therefore advice to comply with the banker and adhere to his instruction am here by attaching your winning certificate and draft to this mail, you are advice to keep your winning details secret to avoid fund hackers to get access to your details and for security reasons.



You are advice to contact this office via the bellow phone numbers or by email as soon as you receive this mail.

Note:The draft expires after 20 Bank working days.From day of issue.







Ones again congratulations



Regards

Mr Robin Williams

Fiduciary Officer

Microsoft Award Promotion 2009

[protected]

[protected]
..i have read lot of scan from the Woolwich bank, and many infomation given by the innocent people are the same...if its a scam something has to done inorder to stop such scammers in manovouring people..
Hope to hear from you guys soon..
sincerly lhatu.
dear microsoft...i'm indian national.i also recieve a informtation about my winning electronic e-mail award, same as upper comment hapens to me..claimagent is dr.smith walker..i recieved that information 23august 2009..now i just finish talk and collect some information that i'm winner no.17 and he told me that, i just send to him my sequrity code and then he will send me a form to fill-up a correct indetification about me, he said to me also to open my doller account 4 claim my prize, , this is the no.of that guy [protected], so i need a true answer, that's why because i cnfused from 23august, everyday receiving this kinds of e-mail, feel disturbing, so please sent me a e-mail with a parfect and real answer.if is it truth or fraud, cheeter, and falls somthing..with a hope, , i am not more aducated and berrielient mind, thank GOD show me the way, so please save me and my time, because i'm poor man, working in abroad, i love u dearest microsoft, pleas bring out me these sircumstanses..reaply me reality...thanks
how i do ?
what is this ur answer?
pls answer
dear sir, my sequrity code is msw/may/xx07
I RECEIVED EMAIL WHICH IS TRUE OR NOT I JUST WANT TO CONFERM


FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORLD LOTTERY UNITED KINGDOM.61-70 SOUTHAMPTON ROW BLOOMSBURY LONDON UNITED KINGDOM WC1B 4AR.

REFERENCE NO:[protected]/07
BATCH NO:[protected]/188
WINNING NO: PB8701/LPRC
WINNER: NO17

ELECTRONIC EMAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: UNITED KINGDOM

DEAR WINNER,

MICROSOFT CO-OPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE A WINNER OF OUR ANNUAL MS-WORLD LOTTERY (MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO PROGRAMME) CONDUCTED ON: 3 TH OF AUGUST 2009

YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS OR COMPANY EMAIL WAS ATTACHED TO THIS YEAR’S MSWLL. WITH SERIAL NUMBER [protected] DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS[protected], AND CONSEQUENTLY WON IN THE FIRST LOTTERY CATEGORY. YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR LUMP SUMS OF $ 1, 000, 000 (USD ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) PAYABLE IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE REF NO: ILP/HW[protected]/07 THIS IS FROM TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF $ 25, 000, 000 USD, SHARED AMONG THE TWENTY-FIVE (25) LUCKY INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN FIRST AND SECOND CATEGORY.

ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED FROM WORLDWIDE A COMPUTER BALLOTING SYSTEM THROUGH OUR MICROSOFT COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 21, 000 NAMES, 3, 000 NAMES FROM EACH CONTINENT (CANADA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATE, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA AND OCEANIA, AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL "E-MAIL" PROMOTIONS PROGRAMME, WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY FOR OUR PROMINENT MS -WORD USERS ALL OVER THE WORLD TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF INTERNET AND COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE.

YOUR FUND (CERTIFIED CHEQUE) HAS BEEN INSURED WITH YOUR REF NO: ILP/HW[protected]/07 AND WILL BE READY FOR TRANSFER AS SOON AS YOU CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT DR SMITH WALKER . YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE USED IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER, PLEASE NOTE THAT, YOU ARE TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER VIA EMAIL OR TELEPHONE AS WE ARE PROMOTING THE USE OF E-MAIL. ALSO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CALL HIM TO CONFIRM YOUR WINNINGS AND GOVERNMENT TAX PAYMENT THAT IS ALL, AS HE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NECESSARY DETAILS ON HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE. AS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL YOU ARE TO QUOTE THIS SECURITY CODE MSW/MAY/XX07 TO YOUR CLAIMING AGENT. THIS IS TO PREVENT SCAM.

CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT OFFICER IN UNITED KINGDOM.
NAME: Dr. SMITH WALKER
EMAIL:[protected]@gmail.com
TELEPHONE: [protected]

NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID MISTAKES, PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS AND YOUR SECURITY CODE OF MSW/MAY/XX07 IN ALL CORRESPONDENCES WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER. DO NOT REPLY ANY OTHER MAILS LIKE THIS ON NET, AS THEY ARE A LOT OF SCAM ARTIST OUT THERE PRETENDING TO BE US.YOU MAY SEE MAILS LIKE THIS DO NOT REPLY. DO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER, DR. SMITH WALKER IN UNITED KINGDOM. YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE SOME DETAILS AND AS WELL LET YOU KNOW THE COUNTRIES OF THE PAYING CENTRES AND ALSO TO ENABLE THE OFFICE PROCEED WITH YOUR WINNING CERTIFICATE AND FILE KEEPING.

CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF MICROSOFT CO-OPERATION TO ALL OUR LUCKY WINNERS. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM. OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO ALL THE ASSOCIATES FOR ALLEVIATING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD.

SINCERELY.
MRS BETH MOOD


MRS. TAKIYYAH A'ISHAH
(CO-COORDINTOR).

LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;

MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK, MICROSOFT CORPORATION AFRICA,
MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA, MICROSOFT CORPORATION ASIA

Past winners
I got da same message. I got approximately 7 crore from microsoft lotteries company in UK. procedure is bit complicated. if anybody wants help contact me but U should pay 5 lakh as gift. contact @ [protected]
Microsoft did mail to me after completed all verifications. the prize money is insurance and protected to me. i sent my bank account number and address. the money will transfer in my bank account from Barclays Bank plc, London.
so any delay please contact to Barclays Bank (Mr. Tony Trender) and Mr. Barr Maxwell Moore (Microsoft Corporation).

sender
nitin kumar shrivastava
sender : nitin kumar shrivastava

subject : late for receiving prize

i have given all requirements about my Bank. it has delay for transferring my winning amount in my account. please take right action. following text are given about his mail:








MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM20 Craven Park,
Harlesden London NW10, United Kingdom.

Batch Number...409978E
Reff Number...FL/[protected]

Dear Lucky Winner,

PAYMENT PROCESS / TRANSFER PROCEDURE

Accept our sincerely apology, for the slight delay in responding to your mail, it was an outcome of the processing of your winning documents .We wish to congratulate you once again on this note, for being part of the winners selected on the MICROSOFT PROMO.The Microsoft Windows Live felicitate with you and your family.This promotion was set-up to encourage the active users of the Internet Microsoft Windows.

Your 1.000.000.00 One Million Great British Pounds. Winning Certificate, a covering document of money laundering protection and Letter of Affidavit for Claims from the British Government stating that the money was obtained legally through the MICROSOFT PROMO has been forwarded to the Paying Bank BARCLAY'S BANK UK for the transfer of your funds into your account.

Hence we do believe with your winning prize, you will continue to be active and patronage to the Msn & Microsoft Windows.I wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully pass the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report Test conducted for all on line winners. Your prize has been drafted in Cheque and forwarded to our Bank for the Immediate transfer of your prize to your account.You are hereby advised to make direct contact with the above (BARCLAYS BANK UK), for electronically transfer of your winning funds.The bank contact are issued below:

Kindly note that your winning amount is in a suspense account with the stipulated bank and immediate contact is needed from your side to the bank for transfer of your lottery amount as soon as possible.

Your Prize cheque has been sent to the Bank and you have to make immediate contact with them providing them with the correct account number and name of your stipulated account details via the information below as they will facilitate the fast transfer of your prize won to your account without any further delay with a full details of your bank account in your country for immediate transfer of your lottery amount won.

1) Your Full Name(s):
2) Your Bank Name :
3) Name on Account :
4) Account Number :
5) Bank Address :
6: Your Complete Address:
7: Your Cell Number:
8: Your Office Number:
9: Your Home Number:
10: Your Won Amount:
11:Country And Nationality

PLEASE: YOU ARE TO FORWARD YOUR BANK DETAILS TO THE BANK

However you are advised to contact the paying bank for the transfer of your Winning Prize from MICROSOFT PROMO. See below the contact information of the Account Officer for International Transfer. When contacting the bank ensure you furnish them with the details above.

Direct On-line Wire Transfer.
Name of Account Officer: Mr.Tony Trender
Name of Bank: Barclays Bank UK
Email: [protected]@live.com
Office Tell: +[protected]

Finally we advise you to keep us updated as soon as the paying bank has transferred the funds into your account in order for us (The Lottery) company to list your name on the winning list. However, all you need to do is to activate the account as the cheque sent to them is secured and bonded thus covered with an insurance policy. Do keep us updated in regards to your progress with the bank.

Note:Yahoo/Msn International Lottery has discovered a huge number of double claiming due to recipients informing close friends relatives and third parties about their cash prize and also sharing their winning notification. As a result of this, these friends try to claim the winning prize on behalf of the real recipient.

Sincerely yours,
Mr. Maxwell Moore
(Claims Process Officer)
Dear Sirs,
I write to confirm I have too received similar letters an I would like to know if they are true or false? It is important for the public to quite clear on how to deal with these type of crime. I would be very pleased to hear from the authority in this regards
i got sms from [protected]@live.com "Your mobile won (one million pounds) from yahoomsn lottery head in london, to claim your prize contact Mr.Peter Via Email
I RECIEVED A MESSAGE FROM MSN PROMO IN MY MOBILE PHONE NUMBER [protected] THAT I HAD WON ONE MILLION POUNDS FROM YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY HEAD IN LONDON.IT IS ALSO WRITTEN IN THE MESSAGE THAT FOR CLAIMING MY PRICE, I WANT TO CONTACT MR PETER VIA E-MAIL'[protected]@LIVE.COM.
I RECIEVED A MESSAGE FROM MSN PROMO IN MY MOBILE PHONE NUMBER [protected] THAT I HAD WON ONE MILLION POUNDS FROM YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY HEAD IN LONDON.IT WAS ALSO WRITTEN THAT FOR CLAIMING MY PRICE I WANT TO CONTACT MR PETER VIA E -MAIL' [protected]@LIVE.COM.IS THIS MESSAGE IS TRUE?
i recived too as this message and I want to know if it is thruth.
I am moktar from libya...
hello...how are you today...

i recived too as this message and I want to know if it is thrth.
and
I contacted them, and they told me contact a lawyer in spain ..and i
I spoke to him ...


look at this message
this is the message:
...
CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 9:06 PM
From:
"Microsft Email lottery 2009" <[protected]@noreply.com>
Add sender to Contacts
To:
undisclosed-recipients
Message contains attachments
Microsoftlottery.doc (120KB)


Here is the message received by him...Of the Spanish lawyer:
...

I want to congratulate you for being a winner and also inform you that you are the only one who can claim your winning price, all I can do is to get you the required documents and send them to your home address. I have stated clearly the required documents and the exact amount it cost. immediately you receive the documents you have to inform Dr. Smith Walker so that an approval along with the documents will be sent to your payments center for them to release your winning price to you immediately. All you need to claim your winning price is the documents, immediately the documents is submitted your winnings will be processed and your money will be transferred to you.


DIPLOMATIC SEAL OF TRANSFER FROM THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT
AFFIDAVIT OF FACT AND CLAIM FROM SPANISH SUPREME COURT

Getting the documents will cost you just $820 (Eight hundred and twenty Dollars), and also you are to send to me your full name and address the exact way you want it to appear on the documents, the documents will be out within 12 hours then I will send them to you in your country through courier service. The money to get you the documents should be sent through WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER or MONEY GRAM with the details and contact as stated bellow. After sending the money, you are to send, Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN).

Note that without these money I can't get you these documents and without the documents there is no way your choose paying center can remit this fund to you, further more I will be sending the documents to you in your country through courier service, so I will need your contact address where I will send the documents to you.

SEND THE MONEY WITH THE DETAILS BELLOW
Name: Oliva. Macomilona
Address: Calle Lugo Almeria Spain

...
...
...
please told me about all that ...Is it real or is a scam
my greetings ...moktar from libya
dear prize distributors &
Barclays Bank plc, London.

sir, I have sent my Bank Account details (Oriental Bank of Commerce).
If any further delay to transfer then You would come at my home and give me the prize. Kindly inform me about this mail at my mobile phone.

sender
Nitin Kumar Shrivastava

THE AUSTRALIAN/BRITISH INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL — email

FROM THE DESK OF MRS. JULIET SCOTT
PROMOTIONAL DRAWS DEPARTMENT,
AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL DRAWS,
RESULT VERIFYING/DRAWS OFFICE,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.


THE AUSTRALIAN/BRITISH INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL
PROMOTIONAL DRAWS.

ATTENTION:

We are glad to announce to you, that your
E-Mail address attached to ticket
number (AU-9696LX) and ballot number
(W:BN427/09) has today, won the sum
of 1,000,000.00 USD. (ONE MILLION UNITED
STATES DOLLARS).

You have been made a winner of this amount
(ONE MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS)through an Electronic Random
Selection of World Wide E-mail
Addresses from the Internet. Consequently,
you have been approved for a
total payout of $1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION
DOLLARS) only. Your email address
emerged along side with 99 others around the
globe as the category of
winners in this Annual Draw.

The Australian/British International E-Mail
Draws is proudly sponsored by
the Microsoft Corporation, Coca Cola, MTN,
The Intel Group,Toyota,Toshiba,
Reliance Group.

And it is also organized to encourage the use
of Internet and Computer Facilities.
We are proud to say that over Seventeen
Million Pounds are won annually in more
than 15 countries world-wide.

For security reasons, we advised that you
keep your winning information
confidential until you claim your prize
money. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program. Please be warned!!

To claim your winning prize of 1,000,000.00
USD. do contact your Fiduciary
Officer, with the below required details.

WINNERS VERIFICATION DETAILS:
[protected][protected]
FULL NAME:
OCCUPATION:
COUNTRY:
ADDRESS:
MOBILE NUMBER:
AGE:

You advised to send the above details to the
below contact person given.

CONTACT PERSON'S DETAIL:
NAME: MR. GORGAN MOORE
E-MAIL: gorgan.[protected]@yahoo.co.uk
FINANCE DIRECTOR.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
YOU MUST CONTACT YOUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, FOR
CLAIM BEFORE SEVEN DAYS OR YOU
STAND A CHANCE OF DISQUALIFICATION.


Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Juliet Scott
Promotional Manager.
I too have been receiving such mails. Just ignore them. No body would give such huge money just by sending a email. These fraud guys try make sure that anyone o[censored]s get into their loop and then start asking money. Be alert.

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