Apparently, I won a lot of money from Microsoft.

At least I don’t have to send them any money like the Nigerian scams.

My favorite line is: “If you ignore this massage, you will defiantly regret it later.”

Dear Sir/ Madam,

The prestigious Microsoft and AOL has set out and successfully organized a
Sweepstakes marking the year 2008 anniversary we rolled out over US$
400,419,864 for our Mid-year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws
were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we
enjoy their patronage.

The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalized
email addresses to ticket numbers. If you ignore this massage, you will
defiantly regret it later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet
companies & in effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remain the most
widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test. Your
email address as indicated was drawn and attached to reference and ticket
number 008795727498 with serial numbers MIC-AOL/8302/08 and drew the lucky numbers 14-18-25-39-53-47 (10) which subsequently won you £ 1,000,000 ( One Million Great Britain Pounds) as one of the jackpot winner in this draw.
You have therefore won the entire winning sum of £ 1,000,000 (One Million
Great Britain Pounds) the draws registered as Draw number one was conducted
in Liverpool, UK. Yesterday the 24th, October 2008. These Draws are
commemorative and as such special.

Please be informed by this winning notification to file your claims
immediately. You are advised to make contact to your referred agent who
will by duty guide you through the process to facilitate the release of
your winning prize. To file for this claims, Please Contact your referred
agent with your verification information as required on the form below,
beginning the claims of your winnings funds as conducted by the lottery
company.

We dedicate our special thanks & gratitude to Bill Gates {Now Retired from
Microsoft Corporations} .We wish you the best of luck as you spend your good
fortune in this season.

Note: You have Two (2) weeks from the date of this publication to claim your
prize or you may forfeit your winnings. Thank you for being part of our
commemorative mid-year Anniversary Draws.

Find below your referred agent and the verification form:

Address: 18 South Drive, Hepworth,Diss,N0rfolk, IP22 2HF, UK
Contact Agent: Mr. David Oliver
Tel: +44-702 403 5598
Email: david.oliverdesk@yahoo.com.hk

Name: …
Country of Origin…
Place of Residence…
Occupation…
Sex/Age…
Telephone/Fax…
Winning Email ID…

NOTE: DUE TO FRAUDSTERS, WE HAVE DECIDED TO EFFECT TRANSFER TO YOUR BANK
ACCOUNT ONLY AND WHEN CONTACTING YOUR REFERRED AGENT, DO QUOTE YOUR TICKET
NUMBER AND SERIAL NUMBER FOR SECURITY REASONS.

Gondon Calos
Public Relations Officer
Microsoft Corporation

If you fall for this, you will defiantly confirm your user name…

I thought it was because I was a pregnant goldfish.

I can tell it’s real because the 'agent" uses a Yahoo! mailing address.

Congratulations on your new found fortune :smiley:

They aren’t even trying any more, are they?

I only wish it was a real fortune!

Congratulations! But do look out for those fraudsters. :stuck_out_tongue:

It seems that I have won a lot of money the UK lottery. I was in London a month or so ago, but I don’t remember playing the lottery. It must be those great UK beers!

But people are still falling for it.

Humans, can’t live with them. Can’t live without them.

Wow! I just got the very same message in my inbox! Who would’ve thought that two people from the dope would win the same prize? :smiley:

With the same serial numbers, too! Hope you don’t have to split it.

Can’t shoot 'em, either.[/steven wright]

Guess we’ll have to split it then. I just wonder how much it’ll be worth in dollars.

Wow, that makes me inexplicably sad.

Why would a company give out money without running a campaign advertising the giveaway? It defeats the only purpose of having a giveaway. Yes we had a secret giveaway so nobody would know about it and how altruistic we at Microsoft are.:dubious:

Microsoft, Schmicrosoft. I am the beneficiary of 7.6 million dollars!!! And all I had to do was be an honest person. According to today’s incoming email: