Has anyone else recieved an e-mail from Microsoft (not really)?

Question

E.A.A.S Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
Euro - Afro Asian Sweepstake Lottery
an Affiliate of Foundmoney International
Arena Complex Km 18 Route de Rufisque
I.P.P Award Dept.
U.K LONDON

MICROSOFT WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro - Afro Asian Sweepstake Lottery International programs Held On Friday 9th Feb 2006 in LONDON ENGLAND.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: EAASL-130876 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £150,000 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand pounds sterling)

This is from a total cash prize of £1500,000,000 ,shared amongst the first ten(10) lucky winners in this category.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our europe booklet representative in LONDON , ENGLAND as indicated in your play coupon.

In view of this, your £150.000.00 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand pounds sterling) Cheque would be released to you by our fudiciary agent in LONDON,ENGLAND.Our Fudiciary agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your check as soon as you contact him. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites and guestbooks through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 individuals and companies.This promotion takes place annually and it is sponsored by Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates of Microsoft and his associates to encourage the use of internet and computers world wide.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning informations confidential till your claims is processed and your cheque delivered to your nominated address through an approved delivering officer appointed specially for this program.

To begin your claim please contact our licensed and accredited agent assigned to you.


MR.RICHARD CROUTCH.
EURO AFRO-ASIAN LOTTERY
Information and Payment Bureau:
1290 London Representative Office.
Phone:[phone]
Fax:[phone]
E-mail:[e-mail]


To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact MR.RICHARD CROUTCH. with the followings details below:


VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1.FULL NAMES:
2.ADDRESS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.MARITAL STATUS:
6.OCCUPATION:
7COMPANY NAME
8.E-MAIL ADDRESS:
9.TELEPHONE NUMBER:
10.STATE:
11.COUNTRY:
12 Next of kin:
13HOW DO YOU FEEL AS A WINNER:
14AMOUNT WON:


2. quote your Ticket number in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.Winners under 18 years of age will be authomatically disqualified.

Congratulations, once more from all members and staffs of this program.Thank you for being part of this promotional lottery program. Our special thanks and gratitude to Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates of microsoft and all his associates.

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL, CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT DIRECTLY .


Sincerely,
FROM:Dr Wigan Presleyson.
EURO AFRO-ASIAN ZONAL CO-ORDINATOR.

Answer 1

This is clearly a Phishing scam. If you want to help combat Phishing, please submit that email to:

http://wiki.castlecops.com/PIRT

Follow the instructions in the "Submit Phish" section.


Best regards,

Windsor

Answer 2

SCAM.. Got 10 emails in a row today.. i am feeling like opening a new id..

Answer 3

yes i have been seeing that email and another that says yahoo/microsoft in several place from many people. . you need to send it to microsoft . you can get the info from their site to send..

Answer 4

in one word that email is




SCAM

Answer 5

Ha!

Me too!

We are both really popular!

Answer 6

Sorrry man, everyone gets those. (Even me) They are SCAMS.

Answer 7

This is phishing

Answer 8

yeah that's BS. Stay away. far away.