Microsoft

[champagne]

To: Microsoft Corporation67 Microsoft WayRedmond, LondonUnited Kingdom. Ref:BTD/976/06Batch:401978

WINNING NOTIFICATIONThis is to inform you that your email has won a consultation prize of the Microsoft Corporation EMAIL DRAW held September 2007. Your email has won you (£500,000.00GBP) Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds).

To claim your prize, please contact your fiduciary agent Mr. Ben Alex with your Batch:401978 and Ref:BTD/976/06 and contact him via email immediately within 24hrs with the following details below.

1. Full name................2. Country..................3. Contact Address.......4. Telephone Number....5. Fax Number.............6. Marital Status..........7. Occupation.............8. Age......................9. Sex...................... Mr. Ben AlexMicrosoft Promotion Award TeamHead Winning Claims Dept.
Email: Claims_MrbenAlex@hotmail.com

 

[cookieeee]

Here is what I received today. I hope it is a scam. I am going to ignore it.

This email is to inform you that you emerged a winner with a consulation prize of the Microsoft Corporation EMAIL DRAW.The selections was made through a computer draw system attaching personalised email addresses to ticket numbers.Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to a ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080648302/07 which subsequently won you £1,000,000.00 {One Million Great British Pounds}. To claim your prize,FILL the form completely and send it to your claims agent VIA EMAIL::: edwardsmith10@hotmail.com
(1).FULLNAMES...
(2)ADDRESS....
(3)OCCUPATION....
(4)SEX....
(5)AGE....
(6)COUNTRY....
(7)MARITAL STATUS....
(8)ANNUAL INCOME....
(9)BATCH NO....
(10)TICKET NO....
(11)AMOUNT WON....
(12)TELEPHONE....
(13)EMAIL..
Contact the stated agent immediately to proceed with your claims
Microsoft Award Promotion
Mr. EDWARD SMITH
E-Mail:: edwardsmith10@hotmail.com
TEL..+44 704 570 2804

 

[celticbikerbabe]

Yep. it's a scam, Cookieeee.

Seems like I am getting TONS of these from both Microsoft and Heineken. It is really driving me crazy as they both have legit sweeps and it is sometimes impossible to tell without opening that they are scams. I really worry about getting a virus checking these darn things and try to keep my firewall, anti-spyware and antivirus up to date and run scans frequently.

Rule of thumb: unless you live in the UK, if they say you won GBP's instead of dollars, it is a scam.

 

[amyshulk]

http://www.sweepsadvantage.com/smf/index.php?topic=27530.0
Top 10 Signs that Your Win is Really a Sweepstakes Scam

http://contests.about.com/od/conttestscams/tp/sweepstakefraud.htm

1. You Need to Pay to Receive the Prize
2. You Don't Recognize the Sweepstake
3. You Receive a Large Check with your Notification
4. You Are Asked to Wire Money
5. You Are Pressured to Act in a Hurry
6. You Need to Provide Bank or Credit Card Info to Receive Your Prize
7. The Win is From a Lottery
8. The Win is From a Foreign Lottery
9. The Notification is From a Government Organization
10. The Notification is Sent Via Bulk Mail
Read the article for more info :wave:

 

[cookieeee]

I sure would like to know what contest I entered to deserve this. Every day now I am receiving these sucker letters from England. I still can't believe they think there are people here in USA that will fall for them. Sorry to say, I guess some people still do.

Anyone know how to stop them?

 

[pmeek]

I sure would like to know what contest I entered to deserve this. Every day now I am receiving these sucker letters from England. I still can't believe they think there are people here in USA that will fall for them. Sorry to say, I guess some people still do.

Anyone know how to stop them?

:sunny: One way is to continuously change your password to your email. At least, this seems to work for me. I just changed it again today, as I have gotten 30some of those scam emails just today!

 

[cookieeee]

I sure would like to know what contest I entered to deserve this. Every day now I am receiving these sucker letters from England. I still can't believe they think there are people here in USA that will fall for them. Sorry to say, I guess some people still do.

Anyone know how to stop them?

:sunny: One way is to continuously change your password to your email. At least, this seems to work for me. I just changed it again today, as I have gotten 30some of those scam emails just today!

Hi, thanks for the suggestion.