An Email with the Subject "The prestigious Microsoft..." was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:29:54 -0400 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "Microsoft Corporation" <jimcullinan@microsoft.com>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
MAILER-DAEMON Dear Sir/ Madam, The prestigious Microsoft and AOL has set out and successfully organized a Sweepstakes marking the year 2008 anniversary we rolled out over US$ 400,419,864 for our Mid-year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage. The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalized email addresses to ticket numbers. If you ignore this massage, you will defiantly regret it later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies & in effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remain the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test. Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to reference and ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers MIC-AOL/8302/08 and drew the lucky numbers 14-18-25-39-53-47 (10) which subsequently won you  1,000,000 ( One Million Great Britain Pounds) as one of the jackpot winner in this draw. You have therefore won the entire winning sum of  1,000,000 (One Million Great Britain Pounds) the draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Liverpool, UK on the 11th of September, 2008. These Draws are commemorative and as such special. Please be informed by this winning notification to file your claims immediately. You are advised to make contact to your referred agent who shall by duty guide you through the process to facilitate the release of your winning prize. To file for this claims, Please Contact your referred agent with your verification information as required on the form below, beginning the claims of your winnings funds as conducted by the lottery company. We dedicate our special thanks & gratitude to Bill Gates {Now Retired from Microsoft Corporations} .We wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune in this season. Note: You have Two (2) weeks from the date of this publication to claim your prize or you may forfeit your winnings. Thank you for being part of our commemorative mid-year Anniversary Draws. Find below your referred agent and the verification form: Address: 165 Airline Road, Liverpool, UK. Contact Agent: Mr. David Oliver Tel: +44-702 404 3733 Email: david.oliverdesk@yahoo.com.hk Name: .................................. Country of Origin....................... Place of Residence...................... Occupation.............................. Sex/Age................................. Telephone/Fax........................... Winning Email ID........................ NOTE: DUE TO FRAUDSTERS, WE HAVE DECIDED TO EFFECT TRANSFER TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT ONLY AND WHEN CONTACTING YOUR REFERRED AGENT, DO QUOTE YOUR TICKET NUMBER AND SERIAL NUMBER FOR SECURITY REASONS. Jim Cullinna Public Relations Officer Microsoft Corporation