I have a strong feeling that this is yet another scam. Can this be verified please?

Question

Microsoft Award Team

20 Craven Park, Harlesden

London NW10, United Kingdom.

Batch number: 12/25/0340

Reff number: MSN-L/200-26937

Winning number: TA09788

Microsoft Award Notification

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of FIVE HUNDREDTHOUSAND POUND(£500,000.00) for the New Edition 2008 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail we only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying, we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

You are to contact your Claims Agent with immediate effect to faciliate the protocol of your winning prized before the date of Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre Prize must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

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Answer 1

just delete it darling...i've had one of those too...it really is a scam!

Answer 2

You are being short changed. My mail from the Microsoft Award Team said I had won a million. Of course it's a scam

Answer 3

I think if it was for real Yahoo and Microsoft would at-least get the grammar correct, but even if the grammar was correct, I would still tell you its a fake, why would microsoft give away anything with out even getting promotion out of it, that's a no brainer for any business.

Next they will ask you to send them money for some believable reason and if you send them the money you will never ear from them again, or

They already have some details about you, maybe your credit card number and they will say, "to get your prize money you must send them your address" and that mite be all they needed to empty your account or run up a dept on your account

Answer 4

So what is the alternative?

That Microsoft has your email address and has chosen to give you half a million quid?

By the way, I happen to own London Bridge. Would you like to buy it? I won't charge much, honest.

Answer 5

If you got an email like that, don't give them your info. Look up a Windows Live scam hotline and call them. It's a good choice not to answer.

Answer 6

Microsoft Award Team features on lots and lots of scams.

Just Google microsoft award team.

If something looks too good to be true etc etc

Answer 7

I have won this lottery several times, but for some reason I have not received my cheques yet.

Answer 8

First, if you haven't entered a contest, you can NOT win a contest, and that goes for any unsolicited emails, such as this one..

Second, if you don't know the person, don't open the email, it shows that the address that it was sent to is a valid email address, and you will get tons of scamming spams from them.

Answer 9

For what it's worth, 20, Craven Park, Harlesden, London, NW10 is a "hotel", called Helen's Hotel  What do you think?

Answer 10

If it looks to good to be true- it nearly always is.  This is phishing, and it isn't even in good English, which a genuine mail would be.

Answer 11

answer 1 from dunrobin sum it up in a nutshell.its a scammmmmmmm

Answer 12

You are too late, I have already won the prize.

I will be receiving my winnings as soon as the cheque which I sent to Mr Oguhou in Nigeria has been cleared.

Answer 13

If it's too good to be true...then it normally is too good to be true.

It is a scam...ignore and delete.

Answer 14

As my father taught me....If its too good to be true it can't be true... You would of heard more about it and I have never heard of it. Unless you enter something it is highly unlikely someone would give you a prize plus this suggests lots of prize winners and I have never heard of anyone winning anything. Saying that if I am wrong am very comfortable taking half your winnings

Answer 15

Yes I would say it's a scam.  If it's to good to be true then it usually is.

I would report this to Yahoo and Microsoft and also block the email address that sent it you so you don't get any more emails from them.

Answer 16

Get this into your head!

Dose it seem too good to be true?.....Yes?

Then it usually is...they are getting cute right...

get your email open and go to a part at the side of the email saying "open full headers"  this will give you the full details of the email. send it to yahoo and ask them!!

Answer 17

I Think its a scam.

Answer 18

In my opinion microsoft and yahoo would charge you if you caught a social disease from one of their viruses, let alone give you half a million pounds free of charge, for winning one of their bogus sweepstakes, the last time i notified them of receipt of one of these no reply was received!

Answer 19

I've just checked via the Royal Mail and the address is a hotel.

Now does that tell you something ?

Answer 20

SCAM! if you think it is, then it is.

Answer 21

Is there a grown up in the building? Put them on.

Answer 22

When you get emails like this which sound too good to be true, they're more than likely just that. This is a scam which has been going round since 2002'ish. In future if you wish to check emails that you receive as to whether they are scams or not check out hoax-slayer.com