[Resolved]  Microsoft Corporation World Lottery United Kingdom — Lottery and Sweepstake Scams

I received a message from the MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORLD LOTTERY UNITED KINGDOM. Please verify its authenticity and oblige. The message is as below:

fromMICROSOFT LOTTERY PROMOTIONS <[protected]@mslottery-uk.co.cc>
reply-toMICROSOFT LOTTERY PROMOTIONS <[protected]@mslottery-uk.co.cc>

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dateSun, Dec 6, 2009 at 1:51 AM
subjectCongratulation - Your Email Have Won 5,500,000 Pounds

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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: MSW-L/09-26937
BATCH NO: 095NOV/TL/#46

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER:UNITED KINGDOM

WINNING NOTIFICATION!

We the MICROSOFT COOPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE are pleased to inform you of the today's winners of our annual MS-WORD LOTTO LOTTERY conducted in LONDON BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNING PROGRAMS.

Your Personal E-mail address or Company email, is attached to NOVEMBER -2009-09MSW, with serial number S/N-00478 drew the lucky numbers[protected], and consequently won in the first lottery category. You have therefore been approved for lump sums pay of GBP 5,500,000.00 (Five Million, Five hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash Credited to file REF NO: MSW-L/09-26937 this is from total prize money of GBP 27,500,000.00 POUNDS, shared among the Twenty-five (25) lucky international winners in first and second category.

All participants were selected from Worldwide Websites especially yahoo, hotmail, gmail etc through our Microsoft computer ballot system drawn from 21,000 EMAILS, 3,000 emails from each continent (Canada, Asia, Australia, United state, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania, as part of International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program, Which is conducted annually for our prominent MS-WORD users all over the world, and to encourage the use of Internet and Computers worldwide.

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 and phone as we are promoting the use of E-mail. Also you have the right to call him to confirm your winnings, as he will provide you with the necessary details on how to claim your prize.
You are to keep your ref. number and batch number away from the public, until you have been processed and your prize money delivered to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming.

To file for your claim and avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact our claims agent, and remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with him. Diplomat Martins Charles (Esq) Email: [protected]@mslottery-uk.co.cc with the following details bellow.

YOUR FULLNAMES: ................................
YOUR SEX: ......................................
YOUR ADDRESS: ..................................
YOUR CURRENT LOCATION: .........................
YOUR MOBILE NUMBER: ............................
YOUR FAX NUMBER: ...............................
YOUR OCCUPATION: ...............................
YOUR COMPANY'S NAME: ...........................
YOUR AGE: ......................................
A COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT,DRIVERS LICENSE OR ANY GOVERNMENT ID OR COMPANY ID

Diplomat Martins Charles (Esq)
Email: [protected]@mslottery-uk.co.cc
Tell : [protected]
Fax: [protected]

Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staff of Microsoft Cooperation to all our lucky winners this year. Thank you for being part of this year's promotional lottery program. Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gate of Microsoft and all his Associates for alleviating poverty round the World.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Evelyn Marcus
(Coordinator).

LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;
MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK, MICROSOFT CORPORATION AFRICA,
MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA, MICROSOFT CORPORATION ASIA.





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I want to check the authenticity of such type of messages and if it is fraudulent then why not MS stop such type of activities? Please reply as soon as possible.

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