[Resolved]  Microsoft Award Promotions — let me know is it fraud or not

dear sir,

i have received a mail from microsoft award promotions U.K. The mail contains about winnig a lottary ticket with the price of one million US dollar. please let me know the mail and its terms are correct or fraud.The mail details as follows

FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL

PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, UNITED KINGDOM.61-70 Southampton Row,

Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR

Dear Winner,

We happily announce to you the Draw (Batch #22) of MICROSOFT

CORPORATION LOTTERY® held on the 1st June, 2009.Your E-mail Address attached to Ticket Number :43566, was picked at random from our computer system. You have

won a LUMP SUMS OF $ 1, 000, 000 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) PAYABLE BY TELEGRAPHIC WIRE TRANSFER (T/T), INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. YOU ARE A

WINNER OF OUR ANNUAL MS-WORD LOTTERY CONDUCTED IN AFRICA BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR LOTTERY WINNING PROGRAMS.

Unauthorized reproduction of this program, or any portion of it, may result in severe civil and criminal

penalties.





CONTACT CLAIM AGENT:

NAME: MR WALTER MURPHY

EMAIL: mr.[protected]@yahoo.co.uk

TEL: +44-[protected]

Fax:+44-[protected]

Fill the below processing form and return it to MR WALTER MURPHY.

FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:...

NATIONALITY:...

SEX:...

AGE...

MARITAL STATUS: ...

TEL NO: ...

FAX:...

NEXT OF KIN: ...

OCCUPATION: ...



For claims validation.

Yours Truly,

Mrs. ANNA KHAN

Online co-ordinator

® (c) 2009 All Rights Reserved.

HON-WALTER MURPHY



Accredited Fiduciary Agent



Microsoft Awards promotion.


ATTN: David Ray Disouza.A,

Dear Prize Winner,

I am pleased to inform you that you have been officially cleared for payment by the verifications Department at the headquarters of the MICROSOFT AWARDS PROMOTION CENTER United Kingdom for the ballot computer internet draws of THE MICROSOFT AWARDS PROMOTION O[censored]NITED KINGDOM AS SPONSORED BY THE MICROSOFT COMPANY INC. The original copy of your Winning Certificate, your Winning bank draft/check and two other documents (Money Laundering protection and Letter of Affidavit for Claims) from the British Government stating that the money was obtained legally through the MICROSOFT AWARDS PROMOTION LOTTERY will be sent to you via courier as soon as you meet with any of the optional requirements listed below.

Meanwhile, your winning certificate will be sent to you first via email attachment so as to enable you apply to our accounts department for your payment.I wish to inform you that all authorities involved have certified payment of your Lottery Claims amounting to $1, 000, 000 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS), which is prize money from MICROSOFT AWARDS PROMOTION for your winning in the Microsoft Award Draws, which was drawn through a computer random system of all Internet users worldwide. Be informed that instruments of payment for the sum of $ 1, 000, 000 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) to you is already in our possession and shall be processed upon meeting the requirements stated below. You can now begin the final step of the claims process, which is the transferring of your cash prize to you. With regards to this, there are two options open to you; you are required to select the moreconvenient of the two.The options, together with their associated conditions are presented below:
Option

1: Courier of your winning draft to you via DHL Courier Company, which is our assigned courier company. Please note that you can cash your bank draft from any bank anywhere in the world. The Courier Company would bring the documents to your postal/home address nominated by you and as written below (please you are allowed to correct or amend your contact information in your next mail):You will be required to send your international passport, driver’s license or ID card to me via email attachment as it will be used for a proper identification of you during delivery of your winning documents and bank draft to you by the DHL Courier Company.
Option
2: Your prize money will be wired to your bank account via an automated Direct Wire Transfer System operated by nominated Payment center. Hence you would be required to send in your Bank information, i.e.. bank account number, swift/iban codes. I expect an email from you immediately making a selection from the two options above.
Also call me and inform me so as to hasten up your transfer. Call within 7:30am-9:00pm GMT.
Congratulations and have a wonderful week.
With regards, Mr Walter Murphy
Tel:+ 44-[protected]
Accredited Fiduciary
AgentMicrosoft Awards promotion


Thanking you
with regards
david ray disouza
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Aug 14, 2020
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Why is Mircosoft or the Cyber Crime Dept not taking any actions against these Crimes...Innocent people are being cheated of their hard earned money...

The way this Crime sector without any fear of getting caught are cheating people itself shows their confidence and network...They are breeding thinking that no one can reach them...but keep one thing in mind Dr. Murphy...the way you have cheated people...You too will be cheated by some one and brought to streets...

C.F. India
guys everything is fraud m a cyber crime specialist and these emails are just frauds never ever believe that someone is gonna give you such money for nothing we are not that lucky are we?so wake up and delete them straight away without even reading them
beware!

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