Here is the message complete with headers. I found it interesting that Microsoft would use go.com to send out this message, LOL! Even more interesting, Bill Gates sponsored this lottery. What do you want to bet he doesn't know he sponsored it!
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Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 02:05:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: MICROSOFT LOTTERY
To: Microsoft_Lotto013@go.com
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON.
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FROM THE DESK OF THE COORDINATOR [MICROSOFT GLOBAL EMAIL LOTTERY]
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
MICROSOFT B.V. 44 Boeing Avenue, 9459 PE Schiphol-Rijk.
Sponsored and promoted by Bill Gates, Founder, Chairman, CEO of the World's Largest software(Microsoft):
http://www.templetons.com/brad/gmap.gif
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Ref. Number: 132/756/40027
Batch Number: 538901527-BC722
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE.
To claim your prize contact Barrister Roy Hans (RoyalChambers@sify.com)
ATTN.
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Our Global Email Lottery program held on the 4th May, 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 37511465899-6410 with serial number 4872-510 drew lucky numbers
7-14-88-23-3545 which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$
1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars).
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has
been processed and your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual
email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every three years. We hope with part
of your winning you will take part in our next USD 50 million international lottery.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial agent/attorney:
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BARRISTER. ROY HANS (ROYAL ADVOCATEN KANTOR)
Amsterdam-Netherlands.
Tel: (31) 617 792 760.
Fax: (31) 847 506 277.
E-Mail: RoyalChambers@sify.com
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Please in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers
in all correspondence, also indicate your country and city. Furthermore, should there be any change of address, do inform our
agent as soon as possible.
To enable you file your winning prize, you are advised to fully comply with our co-respondent agency office.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff, and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Susan Smith
Lottery Coordinator.
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Reads nice, doesn't it. The scammers are getting better at what they do, trying to part you and your money for their benefit.
Please, don't bother calling the above number, what you will get is a request to send money for the fees to collect the winnings. This is just a variation of a scam that has been around for a long time! Real lotto winners don't pay to collect and real lotto winners actually entered a lottery!
For more information about lottery scams (and other Internet frauds), just go to this site: How to tell if you have a Lottery Scam Letter
Until next time,
Martha
Martha's Web
