I've won the Microsoft Lottery!
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I've won the Microsoft Lottery!
I'm so excited!! I just cannot believe that I'm the lucky winner! 
How many others got this one?
BD
Microsoft Mega
Jackpot Lottery
23 Chelmsford st,
London LD25BN,
United Kindom.
Reference Number: LR/19-CH/4310
Batch: LR/05/0018
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded
annual final draws of the MICROSOFT LOTTERY PROMO.The
Microsoft Lottery draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies
picked by an advanced automated random computer ballot search
from the internet as part of our international promotions program
which we conduct every year. No tickets were sold.
After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address attached to
serial number 25-6565 drew the lucky numbers 6-13-18-24-33-39 which
consequently emerged you as one of first fifty (50) lucky winners in
this category.
You have therefore been approved for lump sum payout of 950,000.00
(Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousands GB pounds) in cash credited to file
LR/19-CH/4310. This is from a total cash prize of $50,000,000(Fifty
Million)Pound shared amongst the first fifty (50)lucky winners in this
category.This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for The
Microsoft Lottery.The estimated $50 million jackpot would be the sixth-
biggest in Europe history.The biggest was the GBP363 million jackpot
that went to two winners in a Febuary 2000 drawing of The Big Game
Mega Millions' predecessor.
Your fund is now deposited in an offshore bank with a hardcover
insurance.Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we advice
that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to you as this is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking
advantage of this program by the general public.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in London. In view of this,your 950,000
(Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousands GB Pounds)would be released to
you by our affiliate bank in Europe.
Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him.
To begin your claim please contact your claims agent by sending
mail to him on the email address below on how to assist you remit
your fund to you.
Mr.Jonathan Lubikowski
Foreign Services Manager,
Information and Payment Bureau.
London Representative Office.
Phone: +44-702-406-9819
Email: [email protected]
Your claims agent will assist you in the processing and remittance
of your prize funds into your designated bank account.Note that all
prize funds must be claimed not later than One month. After this
date all funds will be returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as
unclaimed.In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please endeavor to quote your Reference (LR/19-CH/4310) and
Batch numbers (LR/05/0018) in every correspondence with your
agent.Furthermore, should there be any change in your address,
do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thanks
for being part of our program.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs Veronica Smith,
Promotions Manager,
Microsoft Lottery.
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How many others got this one?BD
Microsoft Mega
Jackpot Lottery
23 Chelmsford st,
London LD25BN,
United Kindom.
Reference Number: LR/19-CH/4310
Batch: LR/05/0018
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded
annual final draws of the MICROSOFT LOTTERY PROMO.The
Microsoft Lottery draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies
picked by an advanced automated random computer ballot search
from the internet as part of our international promotions program
which we conduct every year. No tickets were sold.
After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address attached to
serial number 25-6565 drew the lucky numbers 6-13-18-24-33-39 which
consequently emerged you as one of first fifty (50) lucky winners in
this category.
You have therefore been approved for lump sum payout of 950,000.00
(Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousands GB pounds) in cash credited to file
LR/19-CH/4310. This is from a total cash prize of $50,000,000(Fifty
Million)Pound shared amongst the first fifty (50)lucky winners in this
category.This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for The
Microsoft Lottery.The estimated $50 million jackpot would be the sixth-
biggest in Europe history.The biggest was the GBP363 million jackpot
that went to two winners in a Febuary 2000 drawing of The Big Game
Mega Millions' predecessor.
Your fund is now deposited in an offshore bank with a hardcover
insurance.Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we advice
that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to you as this is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking
advantage of this program by the general public.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in London. In view of this,your 950,000
(Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousands GB Pounds)would be released to
you by our affiliate bank in Europe.
Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him.
To begin your claim please contact your claims agent by sending
mail to him on the email address below on how to assist you remit
your fund to you.
Mr.Jonathan Lubikowski
Foreign Services Manager,
Information and Payment Bureau.
London Representative Office.
Phone: +44-702-406-9819
Email: [email protected]
Your claims agent will assist you in the processing and remittance
of your prize funds into your designated bank account.Note that all
prize funds must be claimed not later than One month. After this
date all funds will be returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as
unclaimed.In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please endeavor to quote your Reference (LR/19-CH/4310) and
Batch numbers (LR/05/0018) in every correspondence with your
agent.Furthermore, should there be any change in your address,
do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thanks
for being part of our program.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs Veronica Smith,
Promotions Manager,
Microsoft Lottery.
[lf6icm4oucu]
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That's odd... Streetmap.co.uk couldn't find that postcode LD25BN anywhere. It also couldn't find a Chelmsford Street anywhere in London...
Still, trifling details compared to what is at stake. I should send them your bank details ASAP so they can get the money transferred
Still, trifling details compared to what is at stake. I should send them your bank details ASAP so they can get the money transferred
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It started off in English, then seemed to migrate to 419 Nigerian 
And why do these idiots have to always write numbers in words and then figures ?
Go ahead and claim the prize, I'm sure it will be worth it in the end...NOT
And why do these idiots have to always write numbers in words and then figures ?Go ahead and claim the prize, I'm sure it will be worth it in the end...NOT
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Thanks guys (you cynics! 
) This seems a variation on the 419 scam but one I'd never seen before. Surprised it got through into my Gmail account as its pretty good at detecting spam normally. One for the killfile methinks
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) This seems a variation on the 419 scam but one I'd never seen before. Surprised it got through into my Gmail account as its pretty good at detecting spam normally. One for the killfile methinks BD
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Not the Microsoft lottery - I should be so lucky! - but a new twist on the 419 Nigerian scam arrived in my inbox today. Apparently a person with the same surname as mine has died in suspicious circumstances leaving a paltry $7 million US. Of course if I present myself as the sole relative etc...... 30% of the gross is on offer. Well yeeha!
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Since last Aug I should have been in possesion of over 150million pounds according to the numerous lottery winnings. Even through my own Bank and asking them they knew nothing about it.
The scam to get your 14 million that only you or some others have won is sending 450 pounds sterling to a carrier such as DHL so they can handle the vastly important shipment your cheque. They want your passport or NI number address etc and for what purpose?
Yup you send your £450 and never see the cheque or anything else. Natwest do not use hotmail addies so if anyone else gets one of these beware
TnT
The scam to get your 14 million that only you or some others have won is sending 450 pounds sterling to a carrier such as DHL so they can handle the vastly important shipment your cheque. They want your passport or NI number address etc and for what purpose?
Yup you send your £450 and never see the cheque or anything else. Natwest do not use hotmail addies so if anyone else gets one of these beware
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That's nothing folks. Apparently I am the heir to the fortune of Mobuto Sese Seko. The former ruler of the Congo.
We are talking about billions of dollars here. Millions are for amateurs.
We are talking about billions of dollars here. Millions are for amateurs.
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My sister, a journalist, once replied to one of these e-mails and started a dialogue with them. As the conversation went back and forth, she made it increasingly clear that she was a priestess in a White Supremacist church (the Church of White Fire, I recall ) They didn't seem to notice. She strung them along for a while but then got a bit bored. I think she was made to take the website down with the conversation on it as some do-gooder complained, but it was very funny at the time...
) They didn't seem to notice. She strung them along for a while but then got a bit bored. I think she was made to take the website down with the conversation on it as some do-gooder complained, but it was very funny at the time...
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I've won £20 million in false lottery scams and legacies from relatives I never knew I had. As I intend to keep doing my day job (which I dearly love) I'll never get the time to spend all this, so anyone sending me their bank details can have a 5% share. 
P.S. Disclaimer: For the intellectually challenged and/or terminally gullible - This IS a joke, btw
P.S. Disclaimer: For the intellectually challenged and/or terminally gullible - This IS a joke, btw
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I won a top of the range car in February in a competition I had not entered. Called the number and got put through to an African sounding chap, who was happy to take my bank details over the phone and wire me the cash there and then, as long as I agreed to release £1,000 as a holding fee to allow the car to be delivered!
Yeah right!!!
Yeah right!!!
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The 3rd Annual Nigerian E-mail Conference
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Here's a couple of good websites if you want to have a chuckle at some of the more stupid would-be scammers out there...
http://www.419eater.com
http://www.scamorama.com
http://www.419eater.com
http://www.scamorama.com
