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mercinary
June 9th, 2007, 03:12 PM
MICROSOFT WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the microsoft windows live
lottery International programs held on March 22rnd in LONDON ENGLAND
and Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: MWLL-130876
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of £500.000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand pounds sterling)

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in London. In view of this, your
£500.000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand pounds sterling) would be
released to you by our affiliate bank in Europe.This promotion takes
place annually and it is sponsored by Sultan of Brunei , Bill Gates of
Microsoft and his associates toencourage the use of internet and
computers world wide. Our agent will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as
soon as you make contact with him.
To begin your claim please contact our licensed and accredited agent
assigned to you

MR WAYNE BUSH
Phone: +44 701 114 0562
+44 701 114 0067
E-mail:wayne_bush01@yahoo.co.uk


To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact Mr
WAYNE BUSH with the followings details below:

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1.FULL NAMES:
2.ADDRESS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.MARITAL STATUS:
6.OCCUPATION:
7COMPANY NAME
8.E-MAIL ADDRESS:
9.TELEPHONE NUMBER:
10.STATE:
11.COUNTRY:
12.AMOUNT WON:

2. quote your Ticket number in any correspondences with us or our
designated agent.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information's confidential till your claims is processed and your
cheque delivered to your nominated address through an approved
delivering officer appointed specially for this program. This is part
of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned

Best Wishes
FROM: MR.HERLEY PETERSON


I received this one in my email. I'm posting it here as a service to anyone else who might get the same message. Don't bother replying to it. It is a scam. One of two things will happen if you reply to these lottery scam emails:

1. You will be prompted to provide any number of the following (under the guise that they need to verify your identity):

Banking details
Driver's license details
Passport
Other personal information

Once you have provided said information, identity theft occurs.

OR

2. You will be prompted to send some amount of money (maybe a couple of hundred dollars) via western union for auxiliary fees associated with winning the prize. Once you pay, the scammer is never heard from again.

-Merc