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I have received email given below; I do not know whether this is from Microsoft and if they did not send this why can't they track down these scamers. it has even use their business name. Any body has any comments.

Microsoft Promotion Department <customer@msn.com> hide details 6:32 am (2½ hours ago)
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date Sep 27, 2008 6:32 AM
subject MICROSOFT AWARD PROMO 2008 SEPTEMBER EDITION
Microsoft Corporations
Customer Service
Wrights Lane,
Kensington London W85SP,
England UNITED KINGDOM.
REFERENCE NO: MLY-Y/250-450890
BATCH NO: 450THL#2008

OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION.

It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by Microsoft, in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products, (F.P.S.) held this September 2008.

Where in your email address emerged as one of the online Winning emails in the 2nd category and therefore attracted a cash award o Ј450.000.00 (Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand pounds sterling) Our winners are arranged into four categories with different winning prizes accordingly in each category. They are arranged in this format below: These are your identification numbers:-

CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES
1st. 2 Ј600, 000.00 pounds each
2nd 8 Ј450.000.00 pounds each
3rd. 13 Ј250, 000.00 pounds each
4th. 27 Ј170, 000.00 pounds each

We write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message for more information concerning the verification, processing and eventual payment of the above prize to you. It is important to note that your award information was released with the following particulars attached to it.

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM.
(1) Full Names:
(2) Tel/Fax numbers:
(3) Nationality/Country:
(4) Current Contact address:
(5) Sex:
{6} Age:
{7} Occupation:
(8) Your Preferred Method Of Receiving Your Prize(From Below) Mode Of Prize Remittance.
(1)Cash Pick-Up (You coming Down to United Kingdom Personally to Pick Your Prize).
(2)Courier Delivery Of your Certified Winning Cheque Name and other Winning Documents safely to you.

To file for your claim, Please contact your Validating Officer for VALIDATION of your winning within Twenty-nine working days of this winning notification.

Winnings that are not validated within Twenty-nine working days of winning notification are termed void and invalid. You are required to mention the above particulars of your award in every correspondence to enable the Agent validate your winning.
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FOREIGN TRANSFER MANAGER
MICROSOFT SECURITY DEPARTMENT (UK).
M.S.PRO. ZONAL COORDINATOR
Tel Number: +447045756797
E-mail: microxpclaimsunit@msn.com
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The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by our CEO/Chairman, Bill Gates and a consortium of software promotion companies.The Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers and other International Companies. The Microsoft internet E-mail draw is held periodically and is organized to encourage the use of the Internet and promote computer literacyworldwide. The Microsoft Windows lottery has discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friends relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their pin numbers.

As a result of this, these friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. The Microsoft lottery has reached a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the canceling of that particular winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner, as it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the double claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until you claim your prize.

Once again on behalf of all our staff,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,
Microsoft Promotion Department.
M.S Pro. Zonal Coodinator.