This is what they claim:
Microsoft Cash Promotion Award
20 Craven Park HarlesdenLondon NW10,
United Kingdom.
Dear Consolation Prize Winner,
Stephanie,this is to inform you that you have
won a prize money of (500,000.00GBP) Five
Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds
Sterlings for the month of October,2007 Lottery
promotion which is organized by WINDOWS LIVE
LOTTERY INC
Microsoft Windows,collects all the email
addresses of the people that are active online,
among the millions that subscribed to
Yahoo,Aol and Hotmail and others and we only
select five people every Month as our winners
through electronic balloting System without the
winner applying,we congratulate you for being
one of the people selected.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
You are to contact the Microsoft Windows
Events Agent who has been
assigned to assist you with the following details
WINNING INFO:
Batch Number: 0094/AM6880
Winning N
2007-10-09 07:54:46 · 4 answers · asked by tys 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
It's a complete con. Microsoft did not make Bill Gates the richest man alive by giving all their profits away in random prizes to people who use the Internet.
Also if they did give away money they would know that the plural of Sterling, is Sterling, not Sterlings as stated in the email.
2007-10-09 08:06:56 · answer #1 · answered by ZCT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your luck is certainly looking up... erm ... or maybe not!
This is blatently sort of phishing or fraud scam.
Unless you have specifically played the lottery through an authorised dealer you wont win anything and you certainly won't receive an email like that!
If it sounds to good to be true then it is! Please don't be so daft as to even think anything like this could even be anywhere near being true.
NEVER EVER EVER give out personal details of ANY sort to people who email or phone you at random. If it is genuine you can always hang up and phone a trusted number such as your banks help line or official website address.
2007-10-11 22:22:01 · answer #2 · answered by DJ_Bayley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry friend. If you did not buy a ticket remember this.You don't get anything for nothing, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information. www.scambusters.org www.scambusters-419.co.uk The iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful.
2007-10-09 08:10:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!!!
2007-10-11 06:00:42 · answer #4 · answered by paul s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋