I keeps getting e-mails like this stating i have won £500, 000 why is this allowed
Dear Lynn Waters, Congratulations . I happily inform you that your winning prize of £500, 000.00 Pounds has been endorsed with your personal informations on a certified Cashiers Cheque by the correspondent bank of the British Microsoft Corporation, and a British fund release document issued on your personal informations from the British economic/financial regulation department.
Please find below our affiliate Courier Company's information, you are expected to contact them immediately you recieve this mail from me, your winning package with content of your Casheir's Cheque, British Fund release document and a Microsoft winning certificate is been deposited in the Dispatch custody of our affiliate Courier Company with the following Order number (Order# EC2523M/L/08). Your winning Cashiers Cheque can be cleared in any bank all over the world within 3-5 working days, and the fund release document is a document permited to release fund to you in accordance to your cashiers cheque without any querry by the bank. Please contact the RScourier Express services for delivery of your parcel with contact details below, and always update me with your day to day activities with the RScourier Express services. You are to Contact the RScourier Express services company and make a delivery schedule with them to enable them deliver your parcel with your winning Cashiers Cheque of £500, 000.00 Pounds to you without any delay. RSCOURIER EXPRESS SERVICES
MR.DICKSON OLAYE (DISPATCH CONTROL MANAGER)Tel: +44-[protected]Fax: +44-[protected]ADDRESS : 95 Murray Grove,
Islington,
London, N1 7QP
United Kingdom.
Email:
[protected]@yahoo.co.uk Note:You are kindly advice to keep your Reference Number and your Batch Number out of Public and also your Neigbourhood. Inorder, to avoid double claim of your prize Was this information helpful? | 
MICROSOFT CORPORATION.
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
Cardinal Place 70 Victoria Street
London SW1E 7JL United Kingdom.
DATE: 12TH OCTOBER, 2011.
Date: 14th October, 2011.
WINNER NO: 27
Batch: number...MCT 091026TG
Ref: number...MCT 095447TN
Name: Hussein Abdel Latif Galal
Home address : Group 101 Building 14 Flat 4 Elrehab City,
New Cairo . Cairo Egypt... No office address.
Nationality : Egyptian.
Mobile phone ; 002-[protected] Land line ;[protected].
Occupation : Retired army officer / Age 64 .
Sex : Male.
Next of kin: Wife ; Samia Ahmed Amer.
Valid Email ; [protected]@hotmail.com.
Amount won : US$1, 450, 000.00
(One Million Four Hundred And Fifty Thousand United States Dollars).
International Passport/ 393542 ID Card Number: 0100536
Dear Hussein Abdel Latif Galal,
This is to remind you of the email we sent you in respect for the delivery/notarization of your US$1, 450, 000.00 (One Million Four Hundred And Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) cheque by making payment of £700.00 (Seven Hundred British Pounds) but we have not receive any responds from you up to now.
We want you to know that the notification you received is true and you are one of the winner in the first category and your cashier's cheque o[censored]S$1, 450, 000.00 (One Million Four Hundred And Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) is presently with us and we have been duly instructed from Management of Microsoft and tagged Headquarters to make the delivery of your cheque to you.
Meanwhile, we wish to remind you over your award claims which you are very much aware of the stipulated date for the claims of your entitlement in which after the slated date elapsed, you may stand chances of forfeiting your award.
Therefore, we urge you to be swift about the payment of the Delivery/Notarization charges of your cheque in order for us to process and obtained the necessary document for your winning prize for immediate delivery to your designated home address within the next 48 to 72hours through the (Diplomatic express courier service) as soon as we receive the Delivery/Notarization fee and done with the notarization processing in Her Magistrate court of justice here in London.
You have to act fast because the deadline date is fast approaching
Congratulations once again. and do call us immediately for confirmation that you receive this email.
Your's Faithfully,
Dr. Richard Orwell
Payment Director.
Microsoft Corporation.
London-United Kingdom.
Tel: +[protected]
D.Tel: +[protected].