Microsoft Corporation Word Lottery reviews and complaints

I have received a mail from,
The desk of E.Mail Promotions Manager International Promotions/Prize Award Department, Microsoft Corporation Word Lottery, United Kingdom, 61-70 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London, United Kingdom WC1B4AR,

informing that I have received a Lottery against Reference NO : MSW-L/[protected] and Batch no : 2009JANTL#22, Winner no : 5 with a award of POund 1, 500, 000.00 ( One Million, Five Hundred Thousand POunds Sterling ) and to Contact Dr. Harry Davis by Mail - payment office [protected]@yahoo.co.uk and telephone no : +[protected].

While contacted the person has advised me to deposit Rs. 30154/- in indian currency in designated account and send the deposit slip so that the awarded amount can be deposited in my account. These expnses as per him is towards leagl charges, government duty of U.K. etc.

I would appreciate if you could confirm whether this is genuine and send a mail to [protected]@hotmail.com

FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZEAWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORD LOTTERY UNITED KINGDOM.61-70 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR.

REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/[protected]
BATCH NO: 2008-SEPT-L#22

WINNER NO: 5
AMOUNT WON: 1, 000, 000.00 POUNDS

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: UNITED KINGDOM

MICROSOFT WINNING NOTIFICATION !

THANK YOU FOR USING EMAIL / COMPUTER.

Dear Sir/ Madam,

We the MICROSOFT COOPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE are pleased to inform you of the todays winners of our annual MS-WORD LOTTO LOTTERY conducted in AFRICA BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNING PROGRAMS HELD ON The August, 2008.

Your Personal E-mail address or Company email is attached to WINNER NO: 5 June--2008-09MSW, with serial number S/N-00168 drew the lucky numbers [protected], and consequently won in the first lottery category. You have therefore been approved for lump sums pay of GBP 1, 000, 000.00 (One Million British Pounds Sterling) in cash Credited to file REF NO:MSW-L/[protected] this is from total prize money of GBP 27, 500, 000.00 POUNDS, shared among the Twenty-five (25) lucky international winners in first and second category.

All participants were selected from Worldwide Websites especially yahoo mail through our Microsoft computer ballot system drawn from 21, 000 Names, 3, 000 names from each continent (Canada, Asia, Australia, United state, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania, as part of International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program, Which is conducted annually for our prominent MS -WORD users all over the world, and to encourage the use of Internet and Computers worldwide.

Your fund has been insured with your REF NO: MSW-L/[protected] and will be transferred to your nominated bank account via one of our Paymaster Staff in charge of AFRICA zone (Dr.Mohammed Abdul-Lateef). Your E-mail address should be used in all correspondence with your claims officer, please Note that, you are to contact your claims officer via email and phone as we are promoting the use of E-mail. Also you have the right to call him to confirm your winnings and government tax payment procedures that is all, as he will provide you with the necessary details on how to claim your prize.

You are to keep your ref. number and batch number Confidential from Members of the public, until you have been processed and your prize money delivered to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double 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 next year High stakes of US$0.3billion International Lottery. To claim your winning prize, you must first contact our London claims department by email for Processing and remittance of your prize money to you.

THE PAYMASTER OFFICER CONTACT EMAIL IS:

Dr. Mohammed Abdul-Lateef
(MICROSOFT PAYMASTER)
EMAIL: dr.[protected]@hotmail.com
TELL: +[protected]
Fax: +234-[protected]

Remember, all prize money must be claimed on or before
15TH 0f August, 2008. All funds not Claimed on or after the fixed date will be suspended and returned as Unclaimed.

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 a lot of scam artist out there pretending to be us. You may see mails like this do not reply. Do contact your claims officer (Dr. Mohammed Abdul-Lateef).At once you will be asked to provide some details to enable the office proceed with your winning certificate and file keeping.

Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staff of Microsoft Cooperation to all our lucky winners this year. Thank you for being part of this promotional lottery program. Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gate of Microsoft and all his Associates for alleviating poverty round the World.

THANK YOU FOR USING EMAIL / COMPUTER

Mrs. Basheera Abubakar Mrs. Carol Smith
(Co-ordinator) (Secretary

LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;

MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK, MICROSOFT CORPORATION AFRICA,
MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA, MICROSOFT CORPORATION ASIA.