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Scam? #26511 05/12/08 04:47 PM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 6,212 Likes: 1 Crusading Drakiis OP KGB Supreme Knight
OP Drakiis KGB Supreme Knight Joined: May 2006 Posts: 6,212 Likes: 1 Crusading	Quote: MICROSOFT AWARD TEAMMicrosoft Corporation#1 Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052.Ref: BTD/968/06Batch: 409978E. Dear Lucky winner, WINNING NOTIFICATION ******************** The prestigious Microsoft Award has set out and successfully organised a Sweepstakes for our email owners for the month of May, 2008.£100,000,000.00 (One Hundred Million Great British Pounds) is been rolled out to all our email account owners. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage. Your email was luckily drawn by a computer ballot system as one of our winners in our experimental lottery bonanza from the prestigous MICROSOFT ONLINE PROMOTION. Thus,making you the winner. Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket numberxxxxxxxxxxxx with serial numbers BTD/xxxxxxxxxx/06 and drew the lucky numbers 14-25-25-31-49-47(10) which subsequently won you £1,000,000.00GBP ( One Million Great British Pounds) as one of the jackpot winners in this draw. You have therefore won the total sum of £1,000,000.00GBP ( One Million Great British Pounds).Note that you are tokeep this winning notification confidential from everyone and your winning lucky number for future claims.Please Contact our Disgnated Fiduciary Agent For Your Winning Prize.DRJOHN MARTINS.E-mail: [Email]johnmartins_claimsagent14@yahoo.com.hkTEL[/Email] NO: +44 703 191 3301 *************************************************KINDLY FILL BELOW YOUR DETAILS AND SEND IT TO OUR DISGNATED CLAIM AGENT.Name OfWinner:____Sex____Nationality:____Age:______Occupation::____MaritalStatus:__Tel No:_____Fax No:_____Postal Address:___Country:_____Amount Won:______Winning E-mailAddress:_____Lucky Number___ Sincerely,Dr Mrs Matida Coker jpHead Customercare ServiceMicrosoft Promotion Team It seems like a scam to me,email seems fishy Info@Microsoft.com I edited out some of the numbers for posting reasons Last edited by Drakiis; 05/12/08 04:48 PM. I am Wrath, I am Steel, I am the Mercy of Angels. mors est merces mea – death is my reward morte in vitam non habet tenaci - Death has no grip on Life.

Re: Scam? Drakiis #26512 05/12/08 04:59 PM
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,540 BoSllBibliotequa Missing in Action - October 2021
BoSllBibliotequa Missing in Action - October 2021 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,540	the fact that it's in pounds seems fishy enough BoS Archon

Re: Scam? Drakiis #26513 05/12/08 08:57 PM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 12,986 Likes: 44 KGB HeadQuarters JetStar (GM10) KGB High King KGB Federal Faction (F5) High Chancellor KGB New World Faction KGB Oracle Administrator Founded KGB in 1997
JetStar (GM10) KGB High King KGB Federal Faction (F5) High Chancellor KGB New World Faction KGB Oracle Administrator Founded KGB in 1997 Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 12,986 Likes: 44 KGB HeadQuarters	Its a scam, see below: Sample Sweepstakes Scam Email I hate to burst your bubble bro, but if someone wanted to give you Money, they would send Ed McMahn to your door. Star Citizen Hanger: RSI Javelin Destroyer, Hull E, RSI Constellation Pheonix, Aegis Dynamics Retaliator, Banu Merchantman F7A Military Hornet Upgrade, F7C-S Hornet Ghost, F7C-R Hornet Tracker, Origin 325a Fighter

Re: Scam? Drakiis #26514 05/13/08 12:05 AM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 749 England Fleeting KGB Senator Deceased
Fleeting KGB Senator Deceased Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 749 England	There is about a million things on that showing that it's a scam but probably the most obvious is the e-mail address you are meant to contact johnmartins_claimsagent14@yahoo.com.hk Yahoo.com.hk lol and this is meant to be a microsoft employee. If win a competition that you havn't entered then it's almost always a scam especially when it's Microsoft giving away almost a quarter of a billion dollars for no reason at all.

Re: Scam? Fleeting #26515 05/13/08 12:04 PM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 6,212 Likes: 1 Crusading Drakiis OP KGB Supreme Knight
OP Drakiis KGB Supreme Knight Joined: May 2006 Posts: 6,212 Likes: 1 Crusading	I thought it was a scam, just making sure. I am Wrath, I am Steel, I am the Mercy of Angels. mors est merces mea – death is my reward morte in vitam non habet tenaci - Death has no grip on Life.

Re: Scam? Drakiis #26516 05/13/08 12:26 PM
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 32 Talon Band 1
Talon Band 1 Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 32	One would hope that a company like Microsoft would also produce a better written notification for such an incredible event. The bad spelling and poor grammar gives it away if nothing else. Talon/Cader/Garra Former Paladin of KGB Last of the X-Lords

Re: Scam? Talon #26517 05/13/08 01:01 PM
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 449 ZoneOni Former KGB Member
ZoneOni Former KGB Member Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 449	Oh yeah, seems like they wrote it in another langauge and then just processed it on google language tools. I get these all the time on my box, its bad stuff.

Re: Scam? ZoneOni #26518 05/14/08 05:05 PM
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 169 New York Aviendha Missing in Action - October 2021
Aviendha Missing in Action - October 2021 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 169 New York	I got one the other day. Sounds like a scam to me too. You just know some poor dumb ass is going to click the link and get pwned. [color:"blue"]Never argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.[/color] http://www.piczo.com/aviendha416?g=22288045&cr=4

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