[Resolved]  Microsoft Award Team — I have received an email

I have received email below is it fraud or true?

(First)

Ticket No: [protected]-7644
Sunday, 5 April, 2009 7:31 PM
From:
"Yahoo! & Microsoft Award Team" <[protected]@dodo.com.au>
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undisclosed-recipients
Yahoo Lottery Inc.
Baley House, Har Road
Sutton, Greater London
SM1 4te
United Kingdom

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Five Hundred
Thousand Pounds (£500, 000) for this month Lottery promotion which is
organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the people
that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and
Hotmail we only select five people this Month as our winners

through electronic balloting System without the winner applying, we
congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Contact back with your details below for winning claim.

1. Full name...
2. Country...
3. Contact Address...
4. Telephone Number...
5. Marital Status...
6. Occupation...
7. Age...
Amount Won...

Congratulations!! once again.

Contact Person:
Mrs.Carolyn Rex

________________________________________________

This
message was sent using Dodo Webmail - www.dodo.com.au



(Second)


CONTACT THE COURIER COMPANY WITH YOUR ORDER NUMBER:SH231282‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏...
Friday, 10 April, 2009 2:40 PM
From:
"MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM" <[protected]@hotmail.co.uk>
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me



Attention: Winner,

TICKET No: [protected]-7644

According to the notification that you receieved. I have verified on your behalf and I have forwarded your Original Certificate and your Certified bank cheque of £500, 000.00 (British Pounds) to the courier company. Please oblige to follow the Courier instructions so the winning cheque can get to your present address on time. These document has been securely sealed and packed for security reason which makes it imposible for anyone to View it until it;s been delivered to you.

The winning cheque has been issued in your name by the YAHOO & MICROSOFT WINDOWS board and also a certificate of prize claims will be sent along side your winnings cheque. The cheque is a legalized cheque tender by the Yahoo! & Microsoft Windows Lottery, You can CASH it in any of the available bank in you COUNTRY.

You are to contact the Delivery officer of the Payment parastatal with the following information below:

Shipping Agency
Scarlet Courier Company
Transit and Freight Department
Mr. Robert K. Patrick
E-mail:- [protected]@btinternet.com

Telephone : +[protected] +[protected]

Note: The ScarLet Courier Company Open 7 days 8am-11pm

You are required to give The Courier Company your Name, telephone number, Amount Won and address in case they need to contact you regarding the delivery of your winnings cheque. This information will not be kept by Scarlet Courier or used by any other third party.

Note: Make sure you file your claims properly to the courier officer, winning prize, winning number .At the time of payment of winning prize. Email me for further clarification.

Sincerely,
Mr. Howard Anderson
Yahoo!'s Lottery Claims Agent.

(Third)


INDICATE YOUR SHIPMENT OPTIONS.‏
Saturday, 11 April, 2009 8:37 PM
From:
This sender is Domain Keys verified
"SCARLET COURIER SERVICE" <[protected]@btinternet.com>
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To: me

Scarlet Courier LTD.
Head Office & Accounts
658 Ajax Avenue
Slough
Berkshire
SL1 4BG

Direct Tel: +44 [protected]
Direct Fax: +[protected]
Email: [protected]@btinternet.com

Our Ref#: SLC/CPEL/9876
Your Ref #: TWCL/OBL/I4-X6/00




CONGRATULATIONS!!!
You are welcome to ScarLet Courier LTD Dispatch UNIT an affiliate of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY COMPANY. We are pleased to be at your service. Scarlet Courier is Regulated and Stipulated by the Finacial Service Authority(FSA)., the finacial institutions that Govern all Finacial activities in the United Kingdom.

This office has been Notified by the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY COMPANY of the amount won with their National lottery in the amount of £500, 000.00 (British Pounds)This means that you have been officially cleared for payment by the Verifications Dept at the headquarters of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY COMPANY.

The original copy of your winning certificate, together with a covering document (Money Laundering protection and Letter of Affidavit for Claims) from the British government stating that the money was obtained legally through the U.K National Lottery will be sent to you as soon as you meet with any of the option selected.

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 three options open to you, you are required to select the most convenient of the three.

The options, together with their associated conditions are presented below:

Courier of your winning draft to you via any of this channel listed below:

DHL

Mailing: 50.00
Insurance: 190.00
Vat: 140.00
TOTAL: £380.00 Pounds

UPS

Mailing: 90.55
Insurance: 280.00
Vat: 140.00
TOTAL: £510.55 Pounds

FEDEX

Mailing: £130
Insurance: £390.00
Vat: £180.00
TOTAL: £700.00 Pounds

Direct Bank Transfer Option: This is the Direct Bank Transfer that will enable you Receive the sum of money in any account that you will provide for this to us to effect the transfer as it is always done electronically as it will TAKE 3 WORKING DAYS to Reflect In The account that you will provide. Also you will be charged by our transferring bank, which is (£2, 450.00 Pounds) of the cash being transferred will be paid by you.

NOTE: Have it in mind that your won prize cannot be deducted from, this is because your cheque cannot be cashed by anyone. This is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the national gambling act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD July 1996 by the constitutional assembly. This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds.

Please respond to this email by making a selection from the two options above. Also attach a scanned copy of either your driver's licence, international passport (photo page) or any other legally identifying document.

Send your response to indicate your option within the next 24hrs, because you only have 7 working days to claim this cheque and after this period, your cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be reused in the drawings of the next edition of the lottery.

Once again, Congratulations

Your urgent reply will be most welcome

Treat with dispatch,
Yours Faithfully
Robert K. Patrick
Account Officer

**ScarLet Courier LTD, Registered in England No 929027. Registered Office:
135 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3UR.
Regulated by the Financial Services Authority

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Confidentiality Note:

The information contained in this message is confidential and/or privileged. This message is intended to be read only by the person named above. The unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this message is strictly prohibited. If you are not the addressee, (or responsible for delivery of the message to the addressee), please notify the originator by return message and destroy the original message.

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DETAILS ON HOW TO SEND THE DELIVERY CHARGES‏‏
Sunday, 12 April, 2009 3:22 PM
From:
This sender is DomainKeys verified
"SCARLET COURIER SERVICE" <[protected]@btinternet.com>
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To:
me
Scarlet Courier LTD.
Head Office & Accounts
658 Ajax Avenu
Slough
Berkshire
SL1 4BG

Direct Tel: +44 [protected]
Direct Fax: +[protected]
Email: [protected]@btinternet.com

Our Ref#: SLC/CPEL/9876
Your Ref #: TWCL/OBL/I4-X6/00




CONGRATULATIONS!!!

The management of the courier company is in receipt of your mail, and all the content was well noted and documented, for further proceedures.

This is to officially inform you that you are required to effect the charges, which you have chosen the FEDEX EXPRESS DELIVERY £700.00 GBP Great British Pounds, for immediate commencement of the delivery of your parcel. Also note that the address where you want your parcel to be delivered to has been documented.

So you are hereby adviced to effect the courier charges to our company's offshore account with the information below.

ACCOUNT INFORMATION

Bank Name: AXIS BANK.
Customer Account Name: QUADIR RAZA KHAN
Account Number: [protected]
PAN CARD NUMBER: BGIPK7746J
Branch: SION

As soon as you have effected the courier delivery charges to the account information provided to you above. We the courier management, will send down our dispatch officer to your country, who will be responsible for the delivery of your parcel/consignment to your doorstep. Due to the fact that our dispatch agent will be travelling from the United Kingdom to your country india, for the proper delivery of you parcel.

Note, once our dispatch officer arrives your country for the delivery of your parcel, we will provide you with his contact information which include his (NAME AND TELEPHONE) for immediate delivery within the stipulated period of time. You are to send a scan copy of any form of identification for proof during delivery.

Immedaitely you effect the £700.00 GBP which is converted to 52, 890.70 INR will be paid to the account information provided to you and send to this office, a scanned copy of the payment receipt for delivery documentation.

Call me for more information on your delivery.

Congratulations, Once more.

Yours In Service,
Mr. Robert K. Patrick.
Treat with dispatch,
Registered in England No 929027.
©[protected] Scarlet courier service Ltd

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Confidentiality Note:

The information contained in this message is confidential and/or privileged. This message is intended to be read only by the person named above. The unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this message is strictly prohibited. If you are not the addressee, (or responsible for delivery of the message to the addressee), please notify the originator by return message and destroy the original message.
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I have received the e-mail for MICROSOFT PROMO, Yahoo/Msn Interrnational Lottery winner the amount {1.000.000.00( OneMillion Great Britain Pounds) winning } Ref: FL/[protected], Batch No:409978E, my questionis is it true to give money to Lottery winner . (2009)
I have received email below is it fraud or true?

(First)

LUCKY WINNER

From: "MICROSOFTAWARDS PROMOTION2009" <ukdept.[protected]@msn.com>
To: undisclosed-recipients

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 28 AUGUST, 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 £250, 000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling) PAYABLE BY
TELEGRAPHIC WIRE TRANSFER (T/T), INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. YOU ARE A
WINNER OF
OUR ANNUAL MS-WORD LOTTERY CONDUCTED IN UNITED KINGDOM 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 BILLSON MOORE
EMAIL: mr-billson.[protected]@live.com
TEL: +44-[protected]

Fill the below processing form and return it to MR BILLSON MOORE

FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:...
NATIONALITY:...

SEX:???????.. AGE...

MARITAL STATUS: ...

TEL NO: ...FAX:...

PASSPORT NUMBER: ...

STATE OF ORIGIN: ...

NEXT OF KIN: ...

OCCUPATION: ...

For claims validation.
Yours Truly,
Mrs. Clara Gloria
Online co-ordinator
® (c) 2009 All Rights Reserved.

HON-BILLSON MOORE
Accredited Fiduciary Agent
Microsoft Awards promotion.
® 2009

(second)

Payment Options?

From: "Mr.Billson Moore" <mr-billson.[protected]@live.com>Add sender to Contacts
To: me

ATTN: WINNER

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

I wish to inform you that all authorities involved have certified payment of your Lottery Claims amounting to £250, 000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling), 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 £250, 000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling) 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 more
convenient 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 Billson Moore
Tel:+44-[protected]
Accredited Fiduciary Agent
Microsoft Awards promotion

(Third)

TRANSFERED TO RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

From: "Mr.Billson Moore" <mr-billson.[protected]@live.com>Add sender to Contacts
To:me

Microsoft_award_certificate for me
Cer no:MXC
Ref:MS[protected]
Serial No:[protected]
Ticket No:43566, Winner No.4
Lucky NoS:[protected]
Batch No:#22

Bank Draft for me
BARCLAYS BANK
[protected]
Certified Bank Draft
Date:04/09/2009
Cheque No:'''00021684' ':[protected]: [protected]: 011'

MSN
PRIZE PROCESSING MANAGER
Mr. Billson Moore
UNITED KINGDOM
EMAIL mr-billson.[protected]@live.com
TEL :+44-[protected]
04/09/2009

ATTN: winner

I wish to inform you that Microsoft Award makes efforts, towards the success of this transaction and to precipitate it. This bank has concluded arrangements and to move your international bank draft from UNITED KINGDOM to reserve bank of Indian, we are using processing manager to process your international bank draft with reserve bank of Indian.

This is as a result of the tight security measures being adopted by the USA in the fight of terrorist network after the September 11, Terrorists attack on USA. This incident made it almost impossible to make a Telegraphic Transfer of such huge amount of money out of some countries.

I am happy that Microsoft in corroboration with reserve bank of Indian to transfer your fund through international bank draft that is the reason why we send our processing manager to process your international bank draft with reserve bank of Indian by this means, but as soon as the processing manager arrive he will tell you what to do to enable you receive this international bank draft.

However, based on information/ advice gathered from our processing manager Mr. victor Scott, (who is also a banker) we have registered your fund as international bank draft that were send your fund as draft to this bank reserve bank of Indian.

The processing manager is on official duty in Asia country, and he promise to meet you in your country Indian on or before he will continue his official duty to Asia country. For this security reasons, the processing manager Mr. victor Scott, has all the information relating to your draft. He will assist you in claiming and crediting this fund as soon as all the necessary things regarding this draft are completed.

I have taken care of all fees and tips here like you know, but the manager of reserve bank of Indian told our processing manager that there will be outstanding handling fees of the transfer charges which is to be paid before the processing of this international bank draft. I have given them your contact information, so that they will contact you for you to send the money to the processing manager in Indian this is to make it easy for all o[censored]s. You must send the fees before processing of your draft.

Kindly co-operate with the processing manager to achieve success and handle this transaction with care. I'm optimistic about this transaction with these workable arrangements on the ground because it has been tested.

Please, remember to notify this office immediately your fund is transferred into your account
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.

Best Regard,
MR. BILLSON MOORE
PRIZE PROCESSING MANAGER
Tel:+44-[protected]

Call is come from the Processing Manager (Phone No: [protected])

This Message is received from the above mobile No.

Message 1:RBI People told me that you have to 35, 000 Indian Currency which is for the transfer charge. They told me that your funds will be transfer within 2 hours.

Message 2:She want to send you the a/c details from her mobile phone, immediately u make
the payment they will do your transfer within 2 hours.

Account Information is come from this mobile no:[protected]

Account name
mohd arshad ali
israfeel mohd
pen no
azhpm9116b
account no
[protected]
branch mahalaxmi
bank name icici

call is come from RBI [protected]
I have the same question that can the money be transferred to the above mentioned person for the claim amount. Is it Fraud or Correct. Please suggest urgently to proceed. As I also have received some thing same but quite different from the above. I want to get ensured that can I make the payment to receive the claim from the person.
i'm so happy

really i can get money

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