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Microsoft Online Lottery

Lottery Scam E-mails

Microsoft Online Lottery was referenced in unsolicited emails that appear to be fraudulent or bogus. This site contains a large collection of scam and hoax e-mails. Lottery scam emails are those that attempt to scam the recipient into sending money in order to claim lottery winnings in lotteries that were never entered into. If you get an e-mail that is similar to one in our collection, you should ignore it. Do not contact the sender and especially do not give out personal information. NEVER pay any fees of any kind. A legitimate lottery does not ask this. Most of these scammers operate overseas, so they can safely scam you. You may want to visit other pages or sites to learn more.

Example 1

From: "Mrs. Neilly Nelson." <neillynelson@hotmail.com>

Subject: Your are a winner.

Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 23:03:18 +0000

THE MICROSOFT ONLINE LOTTERY

P O Box 1010

Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

YOU ARE WINNER NOS: 17

Ref.No: LSUK/6704/7306/07 Batch: B4/L187-82

Dear Lucky Winner,

We happily announce to you the Draw #1137 held on Friday, 8th June 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 0059013 with Serial number 8144/06 drew the lucky numbers: 2, 3, 17, 22, 40, 42 in the second category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of GBP £943,170.00 (Nine Hundred and Forty-Three Thousand One Hundred and Seventy Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file number: KTU/11606502049/07.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place quarterly. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Manchester City booklet representative office as indicated in your play coupon where your fund will be paid to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this lottery program,

To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent with the verification form below: Manchester City Regional Claims Unit Fiduciary Agent for MICROSOFT UK PROMOTIONS. Agent: Dr. Rod Brendan, UKpromoclaimagent Ltd. Suite 107 Worchigham Plaza, Manchester L2H 5W8 UK Tel: +(44) 7031842206 Email: promotionsclaimagent@gmail.com

KINDLY FILL THE CLAIMS VERIFICATION/PROCESSING FORM BELOW AND SEND TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT- DR. ROD BRENDAN

FULL NAMES:.................................…............................................ COUNTRY:............................................................................ NATIONALITY:................................................................... SEX:............................ AGE:....................................................... TEL NO:.............................................FAX:.................................... OCCUPATION: .................................................................... AMOUNT WON:....................................................................................... REFERENCE NO:............................................. BATCH NO: ..................................................... LOTTERY DATE: .................…………. .... WINNER NOS:.............................................

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As soon as this is submitted to our agent, your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork will be prepared for you. You would be required to show an instrument of identification when cashing your cheque i.e. Drivers license or International passport. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him on the email and telephone numbers stated above.

You may wish to establish contact with him via e-mail with the particulars presented above citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter. All Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of the proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary and security measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this lottery program.

Note: That winners who are students or those below 18 Years of age are NOT allowed to claim in this Lottery programs. You must be 18 yrs and above and a working class to be able to claim your winnings.

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS, BUT CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT DIRECTLY BY E-Mail: promotionsclaimagent@gmail.com Goodluck from all the members of staff of the MICROSOFT U-K LOTTERY INC.

MRS. NEILLY NELSON

(Notification officer) OUR SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS; MICROSOFT, FIFA, EMIRATES AIRLINES, BENITA GROUP, LUCIN GROUP, SAMSUNG ETC...

Example 2

From: "Microsoft Online" <Staff_webtoplot@mail2webtop.com> To: _ Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:07:45 +0400

Subject: MICROSOFT ONLINE LOTTERY NOTIFICATION WINING NOTIFICATION

THE AWARDS WINNERS MICROSOFT ONLINE LOTTERY NOTIFICATION

FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS: 11 ROSS-ON-WYE, HEREFORDSHIRE, HR9 9WB UNITED KINGDOM.

REFERENCE Nº: EGS/2251256003/0

BATCH Nº: 14/0017/1PD

AWARD NOTIFICATION

The Microsoft Email Awards Winners Exchange Lottery wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery program held today, Your email account was selected as a winner of Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Only. (£550,000.00).

This result is now made available to you and your email address attached to Ticket # 044595 in the Category A bonus ball 02, 03, 21, 24, 38, 44, and bonus ball 47. Participants in the draws were randomly selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 e-mail addresses of Individuals/Companies from Europe, Africa, Americas, Asia, Australia, Canada, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.

We advice that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. For the release of your winnings; kindly contact your claims agent with the following details to expedite the processing of your prize winning.

Full name and Address, Draw Date, Country of Residence, Tel and Fax Number, Occupation, Age.

To begin your Claim, please contact our Regional Payments/Claims office immediately with the following email addresses;staff_webtoplot@mail2webtop.com <mailto:staff_webtoplot@mail2webtop.com>, or on telephone numbers; +44 703 1956344.(Monday to Friday) All winning must be claimed not later than 31-5-2007. After this date all prize winning will treated as Unclaimed. Note in order to avoid unnecessary delays; remember to quote your Reference and Batch numbers in all correspondence.

Congratulations once again from all our members of staff and thank you for being part of our special quarterly promotional Lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Mark Bridge (Informations and Promotion Manager)

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