w00t! I won the (Microsoft) lottery!

[whitebread]

I got this in my email today, thought it was pretty funny.

The Microsoft Corp World Lottery, United Kingdom

P O Box 1010 Liverpool, L70 1NL

United Kingdom.

Winning Numbers 887 13 865 37 10 83

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#953) of the MICROSOFT CORP WORLD LOTTERY AWARD International programs held in U.K your "email address" was attached to ticket number; B9665 75604546 199 serial number 97560, This batch draws the lucky winning numbers as follows 887/13/865/37/10/83, bonus number 2, which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

All participants "email address" were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of ?1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION BRITISH POUNDS in cash credited to file MSW-L/200-26937, this is from a total cash prize of ?25,000,000.00 shared among the (25) Twenty-Five lucky winners in this 2nd category.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

Simply contact our fiduciary Claim Agent in South Africa where your payment is zoned. He will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your winning prize money. His contact details is shown below

MR. MICHAEL DUBE

TEL: +27 83 660 4301

Email: [email protected]

To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact the Claim Agent immediately with the below information's:

NAME:

ADDRESS:

NATIONALITY:

SEX:

AGE:

PHONE/MOBILE:

FAX:

OCCUPATION:

COMPANY:

BATCH/WINNING NUMBER:

Our special thanks and gratitude to BILL GATES and his associates. We wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune in this season. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your cash prize is processed and your winning money remitted to your nominated account to avoid double claim.

NB: PLEASE DO NOT REPLY THROUGH THIS EMAIL BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT BE ATTENDED TO, KINDLY CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER DIRECTIONS.

Edited December 2, 2008 by guylaroche

[zeta_immersion]

ait it funny when they all have hotmail or yahoo e-mail accounts ? ...

[Srugie Veteran]

ait it funny when they all have hotmail or yahoo e-mail accounts ? ...

That's what I always thought!

[shakey]

lol nm, didnt read the whole thing, now that i did, ooo spam. Mess with them a bit, couldnt hurt.

[Chris123NT]

LOL

[whitebread]

I'm think of replying via email and ****ing with this guy by making him think I'm falling for it. :shiftyninja:

[ToneKnee]

I knew it was fake because of the postcode.

[fix-this!]

i hate spam mail

[+John. Subscriber¹]

Wow! Hey, that's a really good offer, you should seriously consider taking that up.

[Matrix XII]

Play with the guy! hehe

:devil:

[+audacioustrash Subscriber²]

The sad part is that there are people that will fall for this.

[Matrix XII]

^ You mean there are many people. :p

[webeagle12]

.

[Panacik]

Its real. You are ADVICE to do the following:

Give me your bank details including pin code and security code on the back of your card... no more. :rofl:

[Brad.]

Got the EXACT same email from ''google'' in Summer '07.

[macf13nd]

as others have said - string them along for a bit, and then get *viciously* rude. I mean VICIOUSLY.

@#NTS

[_neutrino Veteran]

i win the British national lottery every week and yet i never see a penny. :(

[redvamp128]

I would do the following-- have a friend with the -- https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/2650 (temp box addin) send them an email with their names and address back to them- see if they catch it.

Edited December 3, 2008 by redvamp128

[Kami-]

Daft.

[SiCKX]

Is this still funny ?

[.Blaze]

If its from Liverpool, they might be after your hubcaps!