how can i get my prize money from microsoft award team and what is the procedure?

Question

MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM
Microsoft Corporation
# 1 Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052.
Ref: BTD/610/07
Batch: 742701AE
([e-mail])

Attn: KOVVURI VENKATA REDDY


PAYMENT OPTIONS / DELIVERY PROCEDURE

This is in receipt of your mail and required data inclusive. Also the verification process has been completed.

However for your notification, your winnings is not in cash form but in Certified Bank Draft, this advice complies with thce Anti-Fraud policy existing between Lottery companies and the British Government.

The payment process involves your making a choice from these two(2) options of payment, the one that suits you the most for the release of your winnings.

1. Have your winning certified draft couriered by our affiliate Courier firm to you personally so that you can take it to your local bank to cash.

2. Have your winning certified draft also couriered directly to your nominated Bank and be deposited in your account on your behalf.

Consequently, you have been directed to contact our affiliate courier firm by email with your batch and reference numbers immediately for the delivery of your winning draft.This certified cheque would be taken by you to any of your local Banks to cash or deposited in your Bank accounts as preferred by you. In this regard, you would contact the courier company and state your choice of delivery from the above listed option and also notify us on your most suited option.

Stated below is the courier contact details for immediate delivery.

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MR.ALAN SMITH.
Inter Link Express Courier Ltd
Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
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You are hereby directed to make the above contact immediately stating your pin numbers also (91240076) and inform them about your winnings and that you want your delivery made as soon as possible. Inform me as soon as you contcact the courier company.

Congratulations once again from the entire staff of the Microsoft Award Team

MR RAWLLINGS ANDERSON
MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM.
United Kingdom
Tel: [phone]


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Answer 1

When your "winnings" arrive, will you send some of the "award" to me please - but don't spend it all at once, will you ! ! !

Answer 2

This is a very common scam... Don't be fooled by it!



Firstly, have you ever entered a lottery with Microsoft? No... so why would you have won anything?!



Next, look at the email addresses given to reply to... They're both at Yahoo.co.uk... Why would official MICROSOFT employees use YAHOO accounts?!



And finally... Inter Link couriers don't exist... INTERLINK does but it's all one word (and again, why would an interlink employee uses a yahoo e-mail?)...



The whole thing is designed to look official, but there are many clues that this is not genuine... The biggest one is the e-mail addresses though... You will probably get more of these in the future... Just look at the e-mail addressses and if they are at free e-mail accounts (yahoo, msn, hotmail etc) then they are fake.



Whatever you do, do not reply to this... you will be sent another email asking you to provide address, bank details and other information like date of birth etc... everything a would be fraudster needs to apply for credit in YOUR name.

Answer 3

This is a SCAM.

Unscrupulous thieves have sent you this email and they are trying to part you from your hard earned cash. They will often ask you to call a premium rate number and keep you holding on whilst you rack up a huge phone bill. They are then paid a large proportion of this phone bill. They may ask you to divulge personal information about yourself or ask for your bank or credit card details. Do not divulge any such information under any circumstances. It is surprising how many innocent victims have been duped by these types of emails. Just remember the thieves who send them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.

Check out these sites for further information :

http://www.scambusters.com

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/

Answer 4

I think you have been scammed. I get these things in my email all of the time. There is no prize money in the UK. Did you enter any lottery in the UK??? No??? Then how could you have won? How did they get your email??? It is SPAM. They are trying to get information from you, like credit cards, access to records and bank accounts, etc. Do not respond to this, just report it as SPAM.

Answer 5

This is a spam, Spam is any message that's sent to multiple recipients who haven't specifically requested the message. In other words, spam is crap. Spammers typically purchase or harvest a list of email addresses. They send messages from numerous different addresses to all areas of the Web. These messages tend to be "forged," to hide who actually sent them. Never open a spam message (or any message from a sender you don’t recognize) unless you have the "Block HTML graphics" setting on. If you view HTML images in an email, spammers are alerted that you opened their message. So how do you turn on the Block HTML function? Click Options in the upper-right corner of your Mail page. Under “Management”, click General Preferences. Scroll down to the “Messages” section, and next to “Security:”, check the box beside “Block HTML graphics in email...” At the bottom of the page, on the left, click Save. Never respond to spam. To the individuals who send spam, one response or "hit" among thousands of mailings is enough to justify the practice. Never respond to the spam email's instructions to reply with the word "remove" unless you trust or know the sender. Many spammers use the "remove" or "unsubscribe" links as a ploy to get you to react to the email. This may alert the sender that your email address is open and available to receive mail, which greatly increases its value. If you reply, your address may be placed on more lists, resulting in more spam. Never click on a URL or web site address listed within a spam email. This could alert the site to the validity of your email address, potentially resulting in more spam. Never sign up with sites that promise to remove your name from spam lists. Although some of these sites may be legitimate, more often than not, they are address collectors. The legitimate sites are ignored (or exploited) by the spammers, and the address collection sites are owned by spammers. In both cases, your address is recorded and valued more highly because you have just identified that your address is active.

Answer 6

You don't get anything for nothing, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information.

www.scambusters.org

www.hoaxbusters.ciac.org

www.scambusters-419.co.uk

www.truthorfiction.com

.Also If you go to the following link you will get some info on ID theft www.identity-theft.org.uk the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful.

Answer 7

My first question to you is: when did you get the lobotomy and was it painful?



Think about this for a minute. Microsoft wants to send you money for doing what? Did you purchase a lottery ticket from them or enter a contest? If not, then you have to realise that it's a scam. No corporation in the world is going to send you money for no reason.

Answer 8

You had to read a way down, but it's there, the sentence that says "stating your pin numbers". It's a scam, don't touch it.

Answer 9

muppet



courier firms dont have yahoo mail accounts

they can also spell contact and rawlings



send them some cash and get it over with

Answer 10

sorry but if you believe all this crap then you are a sucker..i cant believe how many people post up similar questions about this/yahoo lottery and believe it is real!...unless you enter something legit you are never gonna win from something you have no recall of entering.please add to block senders list on your email.

Answer 11

Alternatively you could realise you are being scammed

Answer 12

SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, SCAM!!!

In case that wasn't clear enough, It is a SCAM! Delete it immediately and do not respond.

Answer 13

what did mr fields say "there is a sucker born everyday"!!!

Answer 14

This is a BIG SCAM !!!!!