Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Beware! Another Lottery Scam Hit The Cyber World With The Name of "Microsoft Lottery International"



As I have shared many juicy emails with my readers; in which I won millions of dollars, Euro and pound sterling, but never received a single penny in my account or hand. Cybercriminals just knocked my door to tell me that I, the luckiest person in the world, have again won GBP 5,500,000.00 POUNDS in cash which is approximately $10.4 MILLION US DOLLARS.

This time these cyber cowboys used the name of "Microsoft Lottery International". One thing is just beyond my understanding, as I'm not a internet or computer specialist, how these bad peoples manage to use the domain name of "microsoft.com" for sending such malicious mails. If anyone of my reader can clarify this point; it will be great help for all internet users with which they can save themselves from such cyber victimization.

Let's go through the mail contents; I received yesterday only.


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From: Microsoft Lottery International
(info.mswlottowin2009@microsoft.com)
Sent: Tue, November 24, 2009 3:35:52 AM
Subject: ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION




FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
MICROSOFT WORD LOTTERY,UK
61-70 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, LONDON, United Kingdom, WC1B 4AR
DIRECTOR:MR. KENT ANDERSON.



REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937
BATCH: 2005MJL-01



ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION



!!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!! !!!TO!!! !!!YOU!!!!!!!!!!



We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of
the MSW MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on 9TH NOVEMBER, 2009.



Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached to winning
number 20-09SEP-2009-02MSW, with serial number S/N-00168 drew the lucky
numbers 887-13-865-37-10-83, and consequently won in the first lottery
category.



You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
GBP5,500,000.00 POUNDS in cash which is approximately $10.4 MILLION US
DOLLARS credited to file REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937. This is from total
prize money of GBP 27,500,000.00 POUNDS, shared among the Twenty
(5)international winners in this category.



All participants were selected through our microsoft computer ballot
system drawn form 21,000 names,3,000 names from each continent, as part
of International 'E-MAIL' Promotions Program, which is conducted
annually for our prominent MS WORD user all over the world, and for the
continues use of E-mail.



Your fund has been deposited in an escrow account and insured with
your REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 and your E-mail address, Please note that,
you are to contact us via email and not phone as we are promoting the use
of E-mail, any communications with this office should be by mail, You
have the right to call the bank, as we will provide you with the
necessary details on how to claim your prize. You are to keep your ref.
and batch numberS from the public, until you have been processed and
your money remitted to your account.



This is part of our security protocol to avoid wrong claiming and the
act of scamming people of their ref number and prizes. We hope with a
part of your prize, you will participate in our year high stakes US$1.3
billion International Lottery.



To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims
department by email for processing and remittance of your prize money to you.



The claims officer contact email is:

CLAIMS OFFICER : DR DANNY KC BLAIR

E-m@il : fidicialdesk9_paycenter_msw@live.com

TEL#: +44-704-570-2409.



** WINNERS must claim their winning prize before the 30th NOVEMBER, 2009.


All funds not claimed on or before the fixed date will be penalised
accordingly.



THIS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE BENEFICIARY OF THE STATED FUND, FOR
VERIFICATION BEFORE TRANSFER.

BENEFICIARY FIRST NAME-------------
BENEFICIARY LAST NAME--------------
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS----------------
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH------------
TEL. NUMBER------------------------
FAX NUMBER-------------------------
EMAIL ADDRESS----------------------
NEXT OF KIN NAME AND ADDRESS-------
AMOUNT WON-------------------------
BATCH NUMBER-----------------------
REFERENCE N?-----------------------
OCCUPATION-------------------------
MARITAL STATUS----------------------



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.



Do not reply any other mails
like this on
net as they are alot of scam artists out there pretending to be us. You
may see mails like this do not reply. Do contact your claims officer
DR DANNY KC BLAIR , at once by email. You will be asked to provide
some details to enable us proceed file keeping.



Congratulations!! Oncemore.

Yours Faithfully,


MRS. PATRICIA LAWRENCE.
LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR/ANNOUNCER.



NOTE: YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO KEEP ALL YOUR WINNING CONFIDENTIAL
TILL CLAIM IS MADE TO AVOID WRONG CLAIMING.ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENCIALITY
DISQUALIFIES YOU FROM GETTING YOUR PRIZE.



NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer
immediately.



CHIEF SPONSOR;
MICROSOFT CORPORATIONS

copyright 2009 by Microsoft Corporations All Rights
Reserved.

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I'll appreciate the comments from my readers about this post; that will encourage me and guide the other readers about the dark side of Cyber World.



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