Microsoft Corp. 2011 Lottery Spam -- Keywords: Patrick Davies, Frank Coleman, British Gaming Board,

NO SPAM, PLEASE - Microsoft Corp. 2011 Lottery

New attempt from spammers to fool internet users by sending winning notification using the name of Microsoft Online International Lottery. 

Mail from Barr. Patrick Davies purportedly on behalf of Microsoft Corp. informing me winning of £450,000 GBP (Four  hundred and fifty thousand British Pounds Sterling) and asking to contact Dr Frank Coleman to file for the winning claim. The sender further claims that the lottery has approved and supervised by the British Gaming Board and also licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR)

The contents of the mail are given below:



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From: Draws (lite0003mcrsft@att.net)
To:
Sent: Friday, October 7, 2011 4:06 AM
Subject: Microsoft Corp. 2011 Lottery (Read Attachment)
 Attachment reads like below:

Microsoft Corporation

Thames Valley Park

Reading

Berkshire

RG6 1WG

UNITED KINGDOM

Congratulations!! Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of MICROSOFT ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY program held on 2nd October, 2011. The lottery is approved and supervised by the British Gaming Board and also licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 21,000 e-mail addresses, and shopping coupons of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of 10 winners in this category "A" with the following winning information:

REF No: MONL-L/200-29937

BATCH No: 2011MJL-A09

SERIAL No: S/N-00368

You as well as the other winners are therefore to receive a cash prize of £450,000GBP (Four  hundred and fifty thousand British Pounds Sterling) each from the total payout. Your prize award is legal and has been associated with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report. To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category "A" winners with the information below:

To file for your claim, please contact the processing agent;

Name: Dr Frank Coleman

Email: fr_coleman@hotmail.com (All correspondence should be sent to this email address.)

Tel:  +44-703-182-4695

       

Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence. You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained so keep your winnings very personal). Anybody under the age of 18 and members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

Please note; You are hereby adviced to send the assigned Fiduciary Agent, with the details below for Processing of your Claims;

(1.) FULL NAME :

(2.) ADDRESS :

(3) AGE :

(4) SEX :

(5) OCCUPATION :

(6) MOBILE NUMBER :

(7) MARITAL STATUS :

(8) NATIONALITY:

(9) PRESENT COUNTRY :

Kindly follow all instructions given,

Sincerely,

Barr. Patrick Davies (Esq.)

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