!!!dude!Prakash won Microsoft Lottery!!! =)

[praka123]

Hi ALL,
I won a Lottery from...Microsoft and that too for me- Linux user.
got this in my yahoo inbox!.obviously is a spam.but interesting
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From:"microsoft lottery" <micrsoft_loto047@hotmail.com>
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!! YOU HAVE WON ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 12:23:12 +0200

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MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MICROSOFT™ PROMOTIONS MANAGER
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
61-70 SOUTHAMPTON ROW, BLOOMSBURY LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM WC1B 4AR.

REF.EC/9030108308/07.
Batch: 15/76/EF36.
Serial No: SALP97585.
FILE No: B665 75608567.
Security code:ZA/183/RR

ELECTRONIC EMAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER :
UNITED KINGDOM

ATTN: WINNER,

Microsoft™ Corporation management worldwide is pleased to inform you
that you are a winner of our annual MICROSOFT™ USER AWARD-Email-Lottery conducted in United Kingdom.

Your personal e-mail address or company email was attached to
Serial No: SALP97585. Consequently winning in the first lottery category as winner number 7. Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our African representative office in Johannesburg, South Africa, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize $1,000,000,00 will be released to you through our corresponding agent.

You have therefore been approved for a total sums of USD$1,000,000,00.
(One Million United States Dollars Only)
Credited to FILE No: B665 75608567. With REF.EC/9030108308/07.
This is from total prize money of $60,000,000, shared among the Sixty (60) lucky Worldwide winners in this category.

All participants were selected through our Microsoft computer ballot system,
drawn from Canada, Asia, Australia, United States, Europe, Middle East,
Africa and Oceania .As part of international "MICROSOFT™ USER"
promotions program, this is conducted annually.

CALL OR CONTACT CLAIM OFFICE THROUGH EMAIL​

Mr. Richard Baloyi
RSA-CLAIM MANAGER.
​

Tel: 27 73 916 8355 ​

rich_richbaloyi@hotmail.com​

Remember, all prize money must be claimed within 30 days of this
notification. All funds not claimed on or before the fixed date
will be returned as unclaimed and donated to charity organizations.
Congratulations, once more from the entire management and staff of
Microsoft™ corporation to all our lucky winners this year.
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Sincerely,

MRS. BROWN CATHY

(SECRETARY)


AWARD SPONSORS

MICROSOFT™ CORPORATION.


Please call your claim agent if your mail was not responded to within 24 hours:
PLEASE SEND A COPY OF YOUR CONTACT INFORMATIONS TO BOTH EMAILS PROVIDED ABOVE.
1, Full Names: 2, Date of birth: 3, Present Contact Address: 4, Country Of Residence: 5, Tel/Fax: 6, Your Winning Serial and Ref. No.: 7, Winning Email Address: 8, Occupation 9, Sex: 10 Total amount won: What would you like to do with the winning fund? I.......


For Security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information CONFIDENTIAL


Microsoft™ takes all reasonable steps to ensure that the information in this email is accurate.
However, the company gives no warranty, whether express or implied, regarding the content of this email, nor do we accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from your receipt of this message. Any decision made by an individual based on information in this email is the responsibility of that individual alone. You have to note that the only person that have the right to represent you in your claim is your appointed Agent only.

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wowowowow!

 

[Vishal Gupta]

lol. For one moment I thought its true and was thinking that "Microsoft ki aankhein bhi andhi hoti hain".

 

[satyamy]

Yahooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!
Congrats you won



normally i got these types of mail in my gmail a/c

u got in yahooooo great

 

[din]

Praka just received another email telling his prize is cancelled

"For Security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information CONFIDENTIAL"

MS saw he posted the info in ThinkDigit forum and decided not to give him prize

It is not spam man, they are trying to lure a Linux guy

 

[praka123]

^oh yeah?luring me for M$-no way
and...there motto:
MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD
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i abandoned my rediff account becoz these african(nigerians esP) spammers spammed to hell those accnts!they are targetting India

 

[piyush gupta]

Wow so u won M$

congrats man

 

[praka123]

^thx where is the money?

 

[shantanu]

i gwt 4 mails like this in a day

 

[Gigacore]

Amazing SPam.... Congrats Buddy

 

[praka123]

In this case, yahoo spamfilter failed!i got this in inbox.

but my pov is how many may have mislead by these spam criminals!die a horrible death-spammers & spambots

 

[Rollercoaster]

isnt this getting really really old!

it has been going around for so long that i thought everybody was already a millionaire!

 

[Sparsh007]

i win everyday from lotteries to inheritence to awards to cars everyday
if i cld get my hand on tht spammer then i wld...............

 

[contactpraven2001]

Congrats buddy ..............