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An Email with the Subject "MICROSOFT WINNING AWARD!!!" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:45:47 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as <momicrosoftlottoaward@googlemail.com.>.
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MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD FROM: THE DESK OF THE MICROSOFT™ PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, 61-70 SOUTHAMPTON ROW, BLOOMSBURY LONDON UNITED KINGDOM WC1B 4AR. REF.:PEC/9030108308/07. Batch: 15/76/EF36. Serial No: SALP97585. FILE No: B665 75608567. Security code: ZA/183/RR ELECTRONIC EMAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER : UNITED KINGDOM. ATTN: WINNER, Microsoft™ Corporation management worldwide is pleased to inform you that you are a winner of our annual MICROSOFT™ USER AWARD-Lottery conducted in UNITED KINGDOM . Your personal e-mail address or company email was attached to Serial No: SALP97585. Consequently winning in the first lottery category. You have therefore been approved for a total sums of £700,000.00 (seven hundred United Kingdom Pounds) Credited to FILE No: B665 75608567. With REF.:PEC/9030108308/07. This is from total prize money of £42,000,000.00 shared among the Sixty (60) lucky Worldwide winners in first category. All participants were selected through our Microsoft computer ballot system,pix drawn from Canada, Asia, Australia, United States, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania .As part of international "MICROSOFT™ USER" promotions program, this is conducted annually. CALL OR CONTACT CLAIM OFFICE THROUGH EMAIL Mr. Vicent williams PROMOTION MANAGER. Contact Email: claimdepartment450@hotmail.com Remember, all prize money must be claimed within 30 days of this notification. All funds not claimed on or before the fixed date will be returned as unclaimed and donated to charity organizations. Congratulations, once more from the entire management and staff of Microsoft™ corporation to all our lucky winners this year. Thank you for being part of this promotional lottery program. Sincerely, MRS. BROWN CATHY (SECRETARY) AWARD SPONSORS MICROSOFT™ CORPORATION. Please call your claim agent if your mail was not responded to within 24 hours: PLEASE SEND A COPY OF YOUR CONTACT INFORMATIONS TO BOTH EMAILS PROVIDED ABOVE. Full Names........................................................ Date of birth...................................................... Present Contact Address.................................. Nationality/Place Of Residence........................... Tel: Your Winning serial and ref. no............................. Winning Email address........................................ Occupation........................................................ Sex................................................................. Company if any................................................. Total amount won: £700,000.00 ONLY Mode Of Payment; Bank Transfer {T/T} For Security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information CONFIDENTIAL Microsoft™ takes all reasonable steps to ensure that the information in this email is accurate. However, the company gives no warranty, whether express or implied, regarding the content of this email, nor do we accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from your receipt of this message. Any decision made by an individual based on information in this email is the responsibility of that individual alone. You have to note that the only person that have the right to represent you in your claim is your appointed Agent only. Copyright © 1998-2008 The MICROSOFT™ Inc.