"Microsoft Promotion Award Team‏" Lottery or Sweepstakes Scam

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The email message below: "Microsoft Promotion Award Team," which claims the recipients are lottery winners in the Microsoft and AOL sweepstakes, is a lottery scam. Please do not respond to the email message with your personal information. The email message is a fake and was sent by lottery scammers. There is no Microsoft and AOL lottery or sweepstakes.

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Every month, thousands of these email messages are sent out by scammers to trick their potential victims into stealing their personal information and sending money.

Remember, never send your personal information to anyone in an email message or send money to someone who contacted you via email message, unless you are able to verify that the sender or email message is legitimate.

The "Microsoft Promotion Award Team" Phishing Email Message

Subject: Microsoft Promotion Award Team

The prestigious Microsoft and AOL has set out and successfully organised a Sweepstakes. We rolled out over 100,000.000.00 (One Hundred Million Great Britain Pound Sterling) for our Anniversary Draws. Participants for this draw were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage. Your email address has subsequently won you 2,000,000.00 GBP (Two Million Great Britain Pound Sterling) as one of the jackpot winner in this draw. You have therefore won the entire winning sum of 2,000,000.00 GBP (Two Million Great Britain Pound Sterling).

To file for your claim Please Contact your fiduciary agent with your

Name:
Tel:
Address:

Stated below are the details of your Fiduciary agent.

You are to contact him via email:claims101@qq.com

Mr. Roy Henshaw

Microsoft Promotion Award Team
Head Sweepstakes Organising Committee.
Email:claims101@qq.com

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Aug 3, 2019 at 12:09 AM by info

"MICROSOFT PROMOTION AWARD To:microsoftgoogleaward@yahoo.com Aug 2 at 10:22 PM MICROSOFT PROMOTION GOOGLE AWARD Google Corporations® 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States of America. DEAR LUCKY WINNER. Congratulations once again from the Staff & Members of Google Board Commission and we wish you continued good fortunes regarding to your winning funds, kindly get back to this office immediately for more information. Sincerely, Larry Page Co-founder & CEO of GoogleTM ©2016 Google Corporations® all rights reserved. This email was sent from a notification email address. The information in this email is confidential and legally privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). Please consider the environment. Albert Robinson" Here is another scam.

Jul 27, 2017 at 9:21 AM by an anonymous user from: Riyadh, Ar Riya?, Saudi Arabia

Hi
today I received a notification email that I win a prize about 820,731 pounds and have to contact Mrs. Angela Johson the fiduciary to send her some information, such as the ticket number and the reference...Is it true there a prize? If it is true, please send me the title though I could contact her.

Jul 27, 2017 at 9:57 AM by info

It is a fake or scam. Please do not send the thieves or scammers your personal information or money.

Feb 6, 2017 at 10:59 AM by info

Here is another scam: "- Forwarded message - From: "Tiengiang Cnoock" Date: Jan 9, 2017 10:32 AM Subject: Re: Batch: 074/05/ZY369 Microsoft MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM PO Box 1010 Liverpool, L70 1 NL. (Customer Services) Ref: UK/9420X/2016 Batch: 074/05/ZY369 Dear Payment Approved Congratulations! to you once again from the desk of the Microsoft Promotion Team. All the officials of Microsoft Promotions claims department wish to congratulate you once again for emerging a winner of the sum of £1,000,000.00 (One Million Great British Pounds) Microsoft Corporation organised this promotion offer in other to compensate consumers of Various Microsoft products all over the world at large for their contentious supports and patronage towards the growth of the company. We are sending this message to inform you that your claim process have now been completed, and your winning cheque amounting the sum of £1,000,000.00 (One Million Great British Pounds) has been given to our affiliate courier delivery company "INSURER EXPRESS COURIER SERVICE " for immediate delivery to you. Please take note of this enclosed number (019176017) and contact the courier company immediately via their contact details as stated for them to proceed with the delivery: INSURER EXPRESS COURIER SERVICE 1 Spruce House Durham Wharf Drive Brentford Lock - Brentford TW8 8HR PHONE: 44 (0) 800 005 2000 International Callers: 855964543634 EMAIL:(insurer.irg_Express@ins urer.com) Note: When contacting the courier company, you are to send your complete delivery address and telephone numbers to the courier to enable them honor your request on time. Also ensure you get back to me as soon as you contact the courier company. Congratulations to you once again. Faithfully, Mr. Mark Williams, Verification/Logistic Department Microsoft Award Team"

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