by Peta
Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:19 am
This lottery scam was sent to thousands of people over the weekend.
Microsoft do not sponsor or put their name to lotteries.
The email addresses to reply to are free email services, gmail and hotmail. Large reputable organizations do not use free email services.
The email purports to come from Mrs. Bryan McDonald! Bryan is not a womans name.
How can a person win a lottery when they have not purchased a ticket?
Microsoft do not sponsor or put their name to lotteries.
The email addresses to reply to are free email services, gmail and hotmail. Large reputable organizations do not use free email services.
The email purports to come from Mrs. Bryan McDonald! Bryan is not a womans name.
How can a person win a lottery when they have not purchased a ticket?
MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD
Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden London NW10 United Kingdom
Ref: BTD/968/05
Batch: 409978E
CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!
Dear. Sir/ Madam,
The prestigious s Microsoft and AOL Lottery has set out and successfully organized a Sweepstakes marking the Easter 2008 celebrations. We rolled out over US$40, 849,564 for the Easter 2008 celebrations 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 remains 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 0248795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080348302/08 and drew the lucky numbers 14-22-25-39-40-47(28 ) which subsequently won you $ 720, 000.00 (Seven Hundred & Twenty Thousand United States Dollars Only ) as one of the 5 jackpot winners in this draw. You have therefore w on the entire winning sum of $ 720, 000.00 (Seven Hundred & Twenty Thousand United States Dollars Only) The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in < SPAN >Brockley, London United Kingdom on the 30th o f March,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 by our African payment offshore bank. To file for this claims, Pl ease Contact your delivery agency in the contact information below:
DELIVERY AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION:
Name of claim agency firm: Sweepstakes Award Client Services
60 Great Ormond Street ,
Johannesburg, South Africa
Name: Mr. Larry Moore
Phone: +27 73 473 1216
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
You are advised to contact your fiduciary agent with the following details to avoid unnecessary delays and complications:
1. Name In Full:................................
2. Address:.......................................
3. Nationality:.................................
4. Age:............ .............................
5 Sex... .......... ..................... . .... ...
6. Occupation:..................................
7. Marital Status:..............................
8. Phone......... ..............................
9. Fax:........................................
10. Wining References: E, TOTAL
AMOUNT Won.................... .... ... ............
Ref /Ticket No: ................................. . .
Serial No: ............................................
Winning No:........................................
We dedicate our special thanks & gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates. We wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune in this season.
Note: You have One week from the date of this publication to claim your prize or you may forfeit your winnings. In compliance with the sponsoring bodies', you are to make a remittance of a part of your winning fund, not lower than 10-percent, after receiving your allocation to a charity organization of your choice in your country.
Thank you for being part of our commemorative 2008 Draws.
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT BE ATTENDED TO. KINDLY CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER DIRECTION
Mrs. Bryan McDonald
Microsoft / Sweepstakes Promotion Coordinator.