A few days back i had received the following email, please help me find its true or a fraud attempt.
MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
U.K HEAD OFFICE.ENGLAND,
LHART STREET 34, WALSALL, WS1 3PE
WESTMIDLAND, LONDON.
70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
Attention: Tapodhan Pandey,
Ref: L/200-26937 Batch: 2011MJL-01
Congratulations on emerging as one of our lucky award winners! Microsoft Corporation 2011 Online Promotion offers awards to Lucky owners of selected emails that came out in our Random Draws.
We are very happy to let you know that finally, you have therefore been approved for payment of your total winning funds of £750, 000.00 (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pound Sterling Only). This sum is gathered from our Sponsors consisting of over 100, 000 websites and associates.
We have received your winning parameters and must say that you should count yourself extremely lucky to have emerged as one of our winners in this year's Microsoft Corporation 2011 Lottery International programs. As you already know your email address ([email protected]) was randomly selected along with others from a database of over 250, 000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.
However you have now been approved by our verification department for payment and you will receive a Certified Bank Draft of £750, 000.00 which has now been issued in your name and address and will be delivered to your contact address through courier delivery. You are advised to contact the courier company that will handle the delivery of your International Certified Bank Draft.
To get your funds delivered to you, we have processed your claims and the winning amount has been transferred to the ScarLet Courier LTD Dispatch UNIT for delivery to you. Your funds have been adequately insured by an Insurance Firm here in the UK. With the context of this insurance, your funds are RESTRICTED from been tampered with by any other person till they are remitted to you.
Please use the contact information below and contact the delivery company as soon as possible.
CONTACT SCARLET COURIERS ENGLAND:
Courier Name: Scarlet Couriers LTD.
Contact Person: Mr. Victor Carter
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 44 7045 722945
Note that for delivery of your winning draft/cheque you are to contact ScarLet Couriers with the required details below to officially identify you:
1) Winner's Full Names: ...
2) Present Full Address: ...
3) Phone & Mobile Numbers: ...
4) Raffle Draw Winning Email: ...
5) Amount Won: ...
6) Winning Reference & Batch Numbers: ...
7) Medium of identification; either a copy of driver's license, International passport or Identity card
Send above details to [email protected] for your International Certified Bank Draft delivery.
Note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process; therefore you have limited time to claim your winnings. Failure to claim your winnings within the stipulated time frame will lead to the forfeiture of your winnings after which your winnings remitted back to the United Kingdom National Lottery Headquarters and will then be added to next winning draws of our promotion exercise. Also kindly be aware that the Microsoft Corporation 2011 Lottery International programs winning prizes are regulated by the Financial Services Authority and as a result, you are advice to follow the Lottery Claims Terms and Conditions to ensure the remittance of your prize to you within the stipulated time of the claiming of winnings.
Finally, all winnings and winning information should be kept strictly confidential and third parties are not allowed in the claim of prize, this is part of our security measures to avoid double claims, imposters and misappropriation of funds.
Once again congratulations.
Dr Pinket Griffin
(Microsft Corporation, UK Fiduciary Agent)
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