Stupid Punts!

I don't think that Bill Gates will be too pleased to see his company's good name dragged through the mud with this particular scam.

Needless to say there is no such lottery, and there most certainly is no prize money awaiting the mugs who fall for this one.

You have been warned!

MICROSOFT LOTTERY AGENCY
THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT

Reply to this email address:


REF NO: TLOT/542372452560/05
BATCH NO:234984/AIS763564/Bacc

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the GLOBAL SOFTWARE GROUP
MICROSOFT LOTTERY which was held on the 15th september,2005. Your name
attached to a ticket number 025164-1464992-750 with serial number 2113-05
drew the lucky numbers 1-10-24-30-38-45 which consequently won the
lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved for a lump
sum payout of US$500,000.00(Five hundred thousand US Dollars) in cash
credited to the file reference number: TLOT/3372452560/04. This is from
a total cash prize of US$14.000,000.00 (Fourteen Million US Dollars)
shared among twelve (28) international winners in this grand category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your funds is now deposited in a suspense account
with our paying Bank insured to your name waiting remittance into your
bank account.
Due to the privacy policy guiding this lottery promtional programme, we
advice that you keep your award from public notice until your claims has
been processed and your money remitted to your nominated bank account
as this is this is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unwarranted abuse of this program by the general public.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 25,000 names and E-mail addresses from Asia, Australia, New Zealand,
Europe and North America as part of our international lottery program
which we conduct twice every year. We hope that with part of your prize,
you will part-take next year in our high stakes US$1.3billion
International Lottery. To claim your Prize, please contact your claims
agent

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MR.Larry Jones.
TEL:

E-mail:
Alternative Email:

Foreign Services Manager, Payment Process and Release Order Department,
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for processing and remittance of your prize funds into your designated
bank account.
Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than 30th september,
2005. After this date all funds will be returned as unclaimed for the
next sweepstake. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please endeavor to quote your reference and batch numbers in every
correspondence with us or your claims agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your
claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again from all
members of our staff and thanks for being part of our promotions program.

Regards,
Mrs. Becky Adams.
(Lottery Co-ordinator)