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Microsoft Summer Promo Lottery Scam

There is no "Microsoft Summer Promo" lottery or sweepstakes, therefore, recipients of fake email messages like the one below, which claim they are winners in the same so-called lottery, are asked to delete the email messages and should not follow the instructions in them. The fake emails are being sent by lottery scammers who are attempting to trick their potential victims into believing they are lottery winners and subsequently trick them into sending their personal information and money.

The "Microsoft Summer Promo" Lottery Scam

Microsoft Promo.

Thu 10/10/2019 1:08 AM

From: "MICROSOFT CORPORATIONS:"

To: undisclosed-recipients:

MICROSOFT CORPORATIONS:

CUSTOMER SERVICE:

MADRID - ESPANA.

REFERENCE NUMBER: MSFT-009-X54-BB

BATCH NUMBER: MSFT-2019- SM-009

TICKET NUMBERS: 3,8,15,19,10,26

OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to inform you of the released results of Microsoft Summer Promo...

This is a promotional program organized by Microsoft Corporations, in conjunction with the Foundation for the promotion of software products, microsoft windows and use of email addresses. Held on Tuesday 8th, October 2019, in Madrid, Spain.

Your email address won a cash award of Nine hundred and eighty eight thousand two hundred and fourty euros (988,240 Euros) and a computer laptop Core i7...

Contact Our Foreign Transfer Manager for claims with your winning details and your contact information.

Mrs. Helena Sanchez.

Email: micropromo19@yahoo.com

Congratulations!!

Sincerely,

Rosa Martinez.

Once you are asked to send money in order to receive a lottery prize, it is a scam. Legitimate lottery companies will never ask their winners to send money in order to receive their prize.