Scam or Genuine? Mail from Microsoft ID?

I got the following mail asking for personal info(not displayed in full here...). I am really wondering whether it would be possible to send the mail from microsoft id. Answers?





from Microsoft Promo Award %26lt;info@microsoft.com%26gt;


reply-to lugardwatt@yahoo.com.hk


date 2 Jan 2008 15:23


subject Microsoft?Award Final Notification!!





Microsoft Award Team


23 Craven Park, Harlesden


London NW10,United Kingdom.


Dear lucky winner,


This is to inform you that your email has won a consulation prize of


the Microsoft Corporation EMAIL DRAW held 31st of December 2007. Your


email has won you ?500,000.00 GBP (Five hundred thousand Great british


Pounds) To claim your prize,


please contact your fiduciary agent Mr.Lugard Watt with your


Batch #: 409978E, Reference #: BTD/968/07 and contact him via email


immediately within 24hrs


with the information below.


Mr LUGARD WATT.


Microsoft Promotion Award Team


Head Winning Claims Dept.


lugardwatt@yahoo.com.hk


+447045721792

Scam or Genuine? Mail from Microsoft ID?
This is a SCAM. Check out the below link for confirmation of various scams, including the famous Yahoo/MSN lottery scams and how to report them.


http://www.hotscams.com/articles/759/1/L...


Unscrupulous thieves have sent you this email and they are trying to part you from your hard earned cash. They will often ask you to call a premium rate number and keep you holding on whilst you rack up a huge phone bill. They are then paid a large proportion of this phone bill. They may ask you to divulge personal information about yourself or ask for your bank or credit card details. Do not divulge any such information under any circumstances. It is surprising how many innocent victims have been duped by these types of emails. Just remember the thieves who send them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.


Check out these sites for further information :


http://www.scambusters.com


http://www.hoax-slayer.com
Reply:Sorry friend but there is no Microsoft, Yahoo other e-mail lottery, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information.


www.hoaxbusters.ciac.org


www.scambusters-419.co.uk


www.truthorfiction.com


Also If you go to the following link you will get some info on ID theft www.identity-theft.org.uk the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful