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#40177 by Heartbroken35 Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:20 pm
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Microsoft Sweepstakes Promotion,
100 Victoria St, London SW1E 5JL
United Kingdom

Customer Service.
Your Batch No: 074/05/ZY369
Your Reference No: UK/9420X/05

OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the long awaited
results of Sweepstakes promotion organized by Microsoft Corporations,
in conjunction with the FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SOFTWARE
products, (F.P.S.) held this October 2010, in London. Where in your
email address emerged as one of the online Winning emails in the 2nd
category and therefore attracted a cash award of 550,000.00 Pounds
(Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Only) and a Toshiba laptop. To
begin your claim, do file for the release of your winning by contacting
our Foreign Transfer Manager with your reference and your batch
numbers for verification.

(Foreign Transfer Manager)
Mr Mark Foster.
Tel: +44 704-571-0545
Email :[email protected]

The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by former
CEO/Chairman, Bill Gates and a consortium of software promotion
companies. The Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers and other
International Companies. The Microsoft internet E-mail draw is held
periodically and is organized to encourage the use of the Internet and
promote computer literacy worldwide.

Congratulations!!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Rose Patrick
Co-ordination
Microsoft Sweepstakes Promotion
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#40181 by Dotti Sun Oct 31, 2010 11:16 pm
It's a scam that has been going around for years. Sometimes it is called a lottery, other times a sweepstakes, but in the end, it doesn't exist, and the only real money involved is yours--money that the scammer will try to take from you.

Here's Microsoft's page on it:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/fraud/phishing/Msname.aspx

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