Another Microsoft Lottery scam
Scammers have been using well-known brands as originators for lottery scams for several years now, and Microsoft isn’t a new name. This lottery scam, from the alias Ben Clark, must however be one of the worst written notifications I have ever seen. The lack of formatting, the ridiculous sum of a million pounds and the obvious flaw, that a Microsoft official never would use a yahoo.com e-mail address sais it all.
It’s a scam.
from Ben Clark <b_clark_md@yahoo.com>
reply-to b_clark_md@yahoo.com
to drinkalizer@lindqvist.com
date Oct 22, 2007 12:04 AM
subject Dear Lucky Winner
Microsoft Award Team 20 Craven Park, Harlesden London NW10,United Kingdom. Ref: BTD/747/07 Batch: 462890CE Dear Lucky Winner, This is to inform you that your email has won a consulation prize of the Microsoft Corporation EMAIL DRAW held 21st Oct 2007. Your email has won you 1,000,000.00 Great British Pounds. To claim your prize, please contact your fiduciary agent Mr. David Brown with your Batch: 462890CE and Ref: BTD/747/07 and contact him via email or phone immediately within 24hrs. Mr. Ben Clark Microsoft Promotion Award Team Head Winning Claims Dept. Email:b_clark_md@yahoo.com
October 22nd, 2007 at 8:39 am
[…] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerptScammers have been using well-known brands as originators for lottery scams for several years now, and Microsoft isn’ta new name. This lottery scam, from the alias Ben Clark, must however be one of the worst written notifications I have … […]
October 22nd, 2007 at 9:05 am
[…] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerptThe lack of formatting, the ridiculous sum of a million pounds and the obvious flaw, that a Microsoft official never would use a yahoo.com e-mail address sais it all. It’sa scam. from Ben Clark … […]
October 27th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Just got anotherone on the same theme, and just as bad as the first one:
December 6th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
The above message received through my mail
December 10th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Just receive recently
From: “Microsoft International Lottery”
Subject: <<<<<>>>>>>>
Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10,United Kingdom.
Batch number: 12/25/0340
Reff number: MSN-L/200-26937
Winning number: YM09788
This e-mail is to inform you that your e-mail address
has won you the sum of £500,000.00(Five Hundred Thousand Pounds
Sterling) from the Microsoft LOTTERY 2007. For payment, you are
required to contact our
fudiciary agent with the below contact details:
CONTACT PERSON: MR. Terry Martins
Email: mrt_martins@yahoo.com.hk
You are also required to contact him with the below
information.
INFORMATION REQUESTED:
(a) Your full Name:
(b) Contact address:
(c) Your Telephone and fax numbers:
(d) Your Age:
(e) Your occupation:
(f) Your country of origin:
Regards,
Mrs. Rose Carl
Online Co-ordinator
January 8th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
I WAS SEND THE SAME THING .STEVE
January 9th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Gee they are very silly, but for some they are never the wise, to the understanding of Scams…. I wanted to investigate this first and as microsoft but I found this site here, so thank-you…Paul
Paul Austalia 10/1/08 3:00am
Ref: BTD/968/05
Batch: 409978E
*****************************
Lucky Winner,
The Microsoft Lottery International program held in London 2008.Happily announce to you the draw of your e-mail address attached to ticket
number:008795727498 with Serial number BTD/9080648302/06 drew the luckynumbers: 14-21-25-39-40-47(20),which subsequently won you the lottery prize in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of GBP£1,000,000.00 (One Milion Great Britain
Pounds)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
CLAIM PROCEDURE:
Subsequently you are advise to contact your accredited agent assigned
with the verification of all winner.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
AGENT: Mr. Paul Walters
Email: paul_walters@live.com
Tel: +44 701 113 9277
NB: PLEASE SEE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR REF, BATCH NUMBERS, COUNTRY AND
PHONE NUMBERS .
January 16th, 2008 at 7:57 am
sir i have won microsoft international lottery held in 2008.These are my identification numbers:
Batch number…………………YM 09102XN
Reff number…………………..YM35447XN
Winning number……………….YM805882
so what should i do?
January 18th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
hi
its a good thing you guys are creating awareness about scams generally, its commendable. and i would want to use this medium to advise every internet user to be on the look out, and i would like countries whose citizens ranks among the scammers like nigeria… to punish the apprehended offenders because it is tanishing the image of the country and subjecting us[genuine internet users] to disapprovals in various net base transactions once we mention that we are nigerians. i will help or assist in anyway to curb this menace. am a nigerian.
January 28th, 2008 at 3:20 am
I just received this scam.
THIS IS NOT A SCAM
Barrister Thomas N Brown: Microsoft Award Department/Claims Office
Head Winning Claims Dept.
Compliment of the season to you our dear lucky winner,this is to inform
you that your email address has won a consolation prize worth
(500,000.00GBP) Great British Pounds, From the Microsoft
EMAIL:claimdeptmicro@yahoo.com
TELL :+44-704-574-6488
Sincerely,
Barrister Thomas N Brown
Head Customercare Service
Microsoft Award Department