Sir,
I received the mail from Microsoft that I have won 500.000.00 GBP. When I phoned the contact no., I had a conversation with a certain Terry Bledsoe telling me that I have won the the lottery. I am in a fix to decide whether it is a scam or not because it sounded pretty original. Here is the letter :
REF NO: YM/35447/XN
BATCH NO: YM/09102/XN
This is to inform you that your email has won a consolation prize of
Ł500.000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS) in the
Microsoft Corporation EMAIL DRAW held today. kindly contact ourOversea
claims agent.
To file your claim, contact our Oversea claims agent:
...
Name: Mr Terry Bledsoe
EMAIL: [email protected]
TEL: 447466425683
...
FULL NAME: ...
ADDRESS: ...
OCCUPATION: ...
COUNTRY: ...
AMOUNT WON: ...
TELEPHONE: ...
Mrs Kelive Snook
Microsoft Award Promotion Coordinator).
And after that :
CLAIMS AND RELEASE DEPARTMENT.
Microsoft International Lottery
The Marina Offices, St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX
England.
Attention: Winner,
RE: PENDING CLAIMS PROCESS COMPLETED
Congratulations once again on behalf of the International Lottery Board.
On Behalf of the Screening Committee of The International Lottery Board Payment Centre, I wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully passed the Email Screening and Verification Form Matching Test conducted for all online winners in your Category at the headquarters of the International Lottery. Endeavour to forward the below details to the bank for transfer:
Full Name:
Account Number:
Sort Code (If any):
Bank Name:
Phone Number:
Amount Won:
Country of Origin:
Hence you are therefore CLEARED and can now claim your winnings. You are required to contact our transfering bank for immediate transfer of your won funds to your nominated bank account. Below is the transfering bank details:
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Direct On-line Wire Transfer.
Barclays Foreign Transfer Bank (United Kingdom)
Mr. Christopher Campbell (Account Officer)
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 447586609451
Fax: 447586609451
International funds transfer department
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NOTE: YOU MUST CALL THE HELP DESK OF THE BARCLAYS FOREIGN TRANSFER UNIT AFTER SENDING AN EMAIL TO ENABLE THEM GIVE YOUR MAIL AN URGENT ATTENTION.
Also, be inform that the services that will be rendered by the transfering bank will be handled by you the Winner and not the Lottery Board, Which state that you will have to adhere to all instructions from this bank on how to finalize the final process.
Endeavour to get back to me with every information concerning your dealings with the transfering bank.
Regards
Mr. Terry Bledsoe
Claims & Release Department
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