Microsoft Corporation Lottery Scams
The email message below, which claims that the recipients are winners of the Microsoft Corporation Lottery, is one of the many lottery scamming email messages that are being sent by lottery scammers to their potential victims. There is no Microsoft Corporation Lottery, therefore, recipients of the fake email message should not respond to it or follow the instructions in it. Remember, every month, lottery scammers send out thousands of lottery scamming email messages in an attempt to trick the recipients into thinking they have won the lottery. Once potential victims respond to the fake lottery scamming email messages, they will be asked by the lottery scammers to send thousands of dollars, which the scammers will claim are for taxes and other fees that the potential victims must pay in order for them to receive their so-called lottery prizes. But, once the lottery scammers receive the money sent by their victims, they will disappear, leaving the victims disappointed, frustrated and a few thousand dollars poorer.
The "Microsoft Corporation Lottery" Scam
FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORD LOTTERY AFRICA.
REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-26937
BATCH NO: 2017 JULY L#22
WINNER NO: 5
ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: AFRICA NIGERIA.
WINNING NOTIFICATION !
Dear Sir/ Madam,
We the MICROSOFT CORPORATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE are pleased to inform you that you're among our winners of MS-WORD LOTTO LOTTERY conducted in NIGERIA BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT NEW MONTH MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNING PROGRAM .
Your Personal E-mail address or your Company email is attached to WINNER NO: 5
JULY-2017-02 MSW in the first lottery category. You have therefore been approved the sum of $1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars Only) in cash Credited to file REF NO:MSW-L/200-26937.
All participants were selected from Worldwide Websites especially Yahoo mail,msn mail,aol mail, icq mail and outlook.com through our Microsoft computer ballot system drawn from 21,000 Names, 3,000 names from each continent (Canada, Asia, Australia, United state, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania , as part of International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program, Which is conducted annually for our prominent MS -WORD users all over the world and to encourage the use of Internet and emails worldwide.
Your fund has been insured with your REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 and will be ready for transfer/delivery to you as soon as possible. It will be delivered to you by one of our Paymaster Staff in charge of AFRICA (NIGERIA) Zone ( DR JAMES MORGAN). Your E-mail address should be used in all correspondence with your claims officer, please Note that, you are advised to contact your claims officer via email and phone as we are promoting the use of E-mail. Also you have the right to call him to confirm your winnings as he will provide you with the necessary details on how to claim Your prize.
You are to keep your REF NUMBERS and BATCH NUMBER away from the general public, until you have been processed and your prize money transferred to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming.
To claim your winning prize, you must first contact our claims department by email for Processing and remittance of your prize money to you.
THE PAYMASTER OFFICER CONTACT EMAIL IS:
(PLEASE REPLY WITH THIS EMAIL BELOW)
PAYMASTER/CLAIM AGENT:
NAME: DR JAMES MORGAN
EMAIL: mswclaimdepartment2@outlook.com
TEL: +2348082524833
YOU HAVE TO CONTACT YOUR PAYMASTER WITH THE MICROSOFT WINNER'S APPLICATION/VERIFICATION FORM OF PAYMENT PROCESSING
WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA
1.First Name..........
2.Middle Name........
3.Last Name............
4.Gender............
5.Month Of Birth... Day.. Year...
6.Marital Status............
7.Nationality............
8.Religion...............
9.Occupation/Company`s Name.:
10.Mobile phone No.............
11.House Phone No...............
12.Email Address.: .eg. username@dormainname.com
WINNING INFORMATION.
13.Ref Number...........
14.Batch Number...........
15.Winner Number...........
16.Amount Won..............
Remember, all prize money must be claimed within 14 days. All funds not Claimed on or before the fixed date will be returned as Unclaimed and will be seen as forfeited by you hence will be donated to charity organization around the world.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with your claims officer.
Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staff of Microsoft Cooperation African/Nigerian Regional office to all our lucky winners this year. Thank you for being part of this promotional lottery program. Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates of Microsoft and all his Associates for alleviating poverty around the World.
Sincerely,
LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;
MICROSOFT CORPORATION AFRICA MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK,
MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA, MICROSOFT CORPORATION ASIA
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