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Microsoft Scam

Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden London NW10,United Kingdom.
Ref: BTD/968/07
Batch: 409978E

Dear Lucky winner,

WINNING NOTIFICATION

At the beginning of every year Microsoft sends out and successfully organises a Sweepstakes marking the begining of a new year with the sum of 100,000.000.00 (One Hundred Million Great Britain Pounds). 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 personalised email addresses to ticket numbers.Microsoft is now the largest Internet company and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft is running an e-mail beta test.

Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080648302/07 and drew the lucky numbers 14-21-25-39-40-47(20) which subsequently won you 1,000,000.00 (One Million Great Britain Pounds)  as one of the jackpot winners in this draw. You have therefore won the entire winning sum of 1,000,000.00 (One Million Great Britain Pounds). The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London United Kingdom on the 28th of January 2007. These Draws are commemorative and as such special.

To file for your claim Please Contact your fiduciary agent

Mr.Andy Johnson
Microsoft Promotion Award Team
Head Winning Claims Dept.
Email:microsoft_ukoffice1@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:+44-701-114-0211
Your's Sincerely,
Dr.Bill Erricson
Head Customercare Service
Microsoft Promotion Team