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FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE


AWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORD LOTTERY


UNITED KINGDOM.61-70 Southampton Row,


Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR.





REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-26937


BATCH NO: 2005SEPTL#22


WINNER NO: 5





ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION


AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: UNITED KINGDOM











MICROSOFT WINNING NOTIFICATION !








Dear Sir/ Madam,





We the MICROSOFT COOPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE are pleased to inform you of the today’s winners of our annual MS-WORD LOTTO LOTTERY conducted in AFRICA BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNING PROGRAMS HELD ON 8th of October 2006.





Your Personal E-mail address or Company email is attached to WINNER NO: 5 -august 2006-08MSW, with serial number S/N-00168 drew the lucky numbers 887-13-865-37-10-83, and consequently won in the first lottery category. You have therefore been approved for lump sums pay ofGBP £5,000,000.00 ( (Five Million Pounds Sterling) in cash Credited to file REF NO:MSW-L/200-26937 this is from total prize money of GBP 27,500,000.00 POUNDS, shared among the Twenty-five (25) lucky international winners in first and second category.





All participants were selected from Worldwide Websites especially yahoo mail through our Microsoft computer ballot system drawn from 21,000 Names, 3,000 names from each continent (Canada, Asia, Australia, United state, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania , as part of International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program, Which is conducted annually for our prominent MS -WORD users all over the world, and to encourage the use of Internet and Computers worldwide.


Your fund (certified cheque) has been insured with your REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 and will be ready for delivery. It will be delivered to you by one of our Paymaster Staff in charge of African zone( Barrister Nelson ). Your E-mail address should be used in all correspondence with your claims officer, please Note that, you are to contact your claims officer via email and phone as we are promoting the use of E-mail. Also you have the right to call him to confirm your winnings and government tax payment that is all, as he will provide you with the necessary details on how to claim Your prize.





You are to keep your ref. number and batch number from the public, until you have been processed and your prize money delivered to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and the act of scamming people of their ref number and prizes. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our next year High stakes of US$3billion International Lottery. To claim your winning prize, you must first contact our African claims department by email for Processing and remittance of your prize money to you.





THE PAYMASTER OFFICER CONTACT EMAIL IS:





Rev Father Nelson


( MICROSOFT PAYMASTER )


EMAIL:barrinellchamber@yahoo.com


TELL: +234 80 377 821 27








Remember, all prize money must be claimed on or after


30th 0f november 2006. All funds not Claimed on or after the fixed date will be returned as Unclaimed and donated to charity organization in Africa.





NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with your claims officer. Do not reply any other mails like this on net, as they are a lot of scam artist out there pretending to be us. You may see mails like this do not reply. Do contact your claims officer ( Barrister Nelson).At once you will be asked to provide some details to enable the office proceed with your winning certificate and file keeping.





1. Full name..............


2. Country................


3. Contact Address........


4. Telephone Number.......


5. Marital Status.........


6. Occupation.............


7. Age....................


8. Sex....................





Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staff of Microsoft Cooperation to all our lucky winners this year. Thank you for being part of this promotional lottery program. Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gate of Microsoft and all his Associates for alliviating poverty round the World.








Sincerely,











Mrs. Basheera Abubakar Mrs. Caro Smith


(Co-ordinator). ( Secretary )











LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;





MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK, MICROSOFT CORPORATION AFRICA,


MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA, MICROSOFT CORPORATION ASIA.





Past winners.

















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This leter from microsoft paymaster?
Wow...you won more than I did in my email...lol....I just ignored the email...can't be real!
Reply:NO!! It's from your uncle SPAM,Legit sites NEVER ask for personal information.
Reply:obviously fake. Why in the world would a pay master that works with microsoft use a yahoo mail. De De De
Reply:LOL....this is a new one. They must have funded the lottery from all of those emails that got forwarded and no one ever collected on.
Reply:What is your question? If it is do we think it is legit, then I would reply to the email and ask for a direct phone number so you coulkd speak with them on the phone. That should do it for you. Either they will not reply and it was just an automated hoax or they will give you a number and you call it to verify the company...