by Chris Fuller
Fri Mar 18, 2011 4:06 am
This is a scam, and untrue. The scammer will demand some type of fee or delivery costs to be paid, but no winnings will ever be received because the prize money does not exist.
Attached Notification1.doc reads:
From: [email protected]
Subject: You Won £350,000 Pounds (View Attached Document)
You won £350,000 Pounds, (kindly View Attached Document), and contact your resident for your claims.
Attached Notification1.doc reads:
Microsoft Promotion & Marketing Team
100 Victoria Street, London, United Kingdom SW1E 5JL
MICROSOFT WINNING NOTIFICATION
The prestigious Microsoft Corporations wishes to inform you that
your e-mail address emerged as one of the online lucky Winners selected from
our computerized lottery drawn in London, United Kingdom in our yearly promotion and
this selection process was carried out through a random selection in our Computerized
Email Selection System [C.E.S.S.] from a database of billions of email addresses from the
World Wide Web.
This promotion was set-up as a Marketing Strategy for Microsoft Products, Hence we do
believe that with your winning prize, you will continue to be active and patronage to the
Microsoft Corporations.
Therefore you have won the sum of £350,000.00 {Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand pound sterling only}.
A winning certificate of prize claim will be sent to you. You are to make contact with your
designated agent, who shall by duty, guide you through the process of
facilitating the release of your Prize.
For claims, you are advised to contact your appointed agent with the following details
below.
Mr. Michael Reitz
Email: [email protected]
Direct Tel. Line; +44 (703) 174 0810, Fax: +44 (703) 940 7442
COMPLETE THE IDENTIFICATION CLAIM FORM BELOW, SEND TO
[email protected] TO ENABLE A WINNING CERTIFICATE TO BE ISSUED ON
YOUR NAME FOR THE CLAIM (WINNING REFERENCE: MSWINXPWISA79822 [Please Keep
Winning INFO Confidencial]) Make sure you provide the information below correctly
hence your Winning Certificate shall be issued immediately with the information you
provide below
1. Full Names: _______________
2. Address: _________________
3. Occupation: ______________
4. Nationality: _______________
5. Tel/Fax No: __________________
6. Date of Birth: ______________
7. Alternative Email Address (if any):
8. Your Winning Reference No: MSWINXPWISA79822
Once again on behalf of all our staff and Managements we say CONGRATULATIONS!
Mrs. Denis Gill, on behalf of Microsoft Promotion & Marketing Team