An Email with the Subject "Ref: BTD/968/07, Batch: 409978E" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:40:50 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "Microsoft Corporation Award Claims Office" <info@microsoft.co.uk>.
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.
MICROSOFT NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS: 10 Great Pulteney Road, London,W1F9NB, UNITED KINGDOM. (Customer Services). (1). Ticket Number: 008795727498, (2). Lucky Number: 14-21-25-39-40-47(20), (3). Ref: BTD/968/07,Batch: 409978E, (4). Your e-mail has won (£500,000.00 GBP). The prestigious Microsoft company successfully organized a promotion over the world, Winners were randomly selected from a widerange of web hosts. And your email was luckily drawn by a computer balloting system as one of our winner in our experimental lottery bonanza from the prestigous MICROSOFT ONLINE PROMOTION that subsequently won you £500,000.00 GBP {Great British Pounds). The DRAW was held in London (United Kingdom). The claims agent assigned for the release of your winning prize is (Mr. Luis Ferguson) ----------------------------- REQUIRE DETAILS FOR CLAIM ----------------------------- 1. Full Name: 2. Address: 3. Country: 4. Telephone Number: 5. Age: 6. Occupation: Choose your option of prize remittance. - Personal Presentation: - Bank Transfer: The beneficiary of this e-mail address should contact the Microsoft claims agent with the require details for immediate claim of his/her prize. Mr. Luis Ferguson +44-701-119-8224 Claims Agent Officer E-mail: admin@microsftawds.co.cc