Identity Theft Scam

[simie]

Didn't know where to post this guys, but thought someone might like to read it.

"MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM" <linda_clarkson@aapt.net.au>

Microsoft Corporation
#1 Microsoft Way,
Redmond, WA 98052
Ref: BTD/968/07
Batch: 409978E.

MICROSOFT EMAIL LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTION: UNITED KINGDOM

Finally,today we announce this months winners of the MICROSOFT MEGA
JACKPOT
held on the 16th of May,2008.This is an Electronic Mail Award in which
email
addresses from all over the world were selected from our Email
Selection
Machine (TOPAZ),of which Your email address was a lucky winner of
$500,000 USD
in a Certified Bank Draft to your personal e-mail address,attached to
the
winning number 00-00-00-00-00-100,With serial number 0000000,Ref:
BTD/968/07
and Batch: 000000E.Selection process was carried out through random
selection
in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of
over
1,000,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the
world.You are
to contact your claims(winnings) through our fiduciary agent.

CLAIMS FIDUCIARY AGENT: Mr. Mark Blair
E-mail: microclaims_blair@live.com

NOTE THAT THE BELOW INFORMATION IS REQUIRED TO CLAIM YOUR WINNINGS:

1.Full Name: 2.Address: 3.Nationality: 4.Age/Date of Birth:
5.Occupation: 6.Tel/Fax: 7.State of Origin: 8.Country: 9.Sex:
10.Ref/Batch no:


Sincerely,
Mrs. Linda Clarkson
Secretary.
2008 Microsoft.

 

[Hawkeye411]

Lucky you!!

All I have had is some guy from a foreign country that has mysteriously placed 30,000,000,000 dollars in an account for me

Seriously though ... thanks for the heads up!!

Remember .... stay safe out there kids!!

 

[edesignuk]

There's really nothing special about this, just run of the mill crap trying to get some information out of you. Probably one of millions/billions sent out each day.

 

[simie]

Here is a website with similar written scams

http://lotteryscam.blogspot.com/2006/12/microsoft-email-lottery-award-promotion.html

It makes me laugh, you must be blind to see that they are trying to steal peoples identities by the information that they require.

 

[edesignuk]

It makes me laugh, you must be blind to see that they are trying to steal peoples identities by the information that they require.

ya think?

 

[simie]

The thing is people fall for scams like this all the time.

 

[Jason Edwards]

You mean I didn't win. Darn....better cancel that new Mac Pro I ordered after getting that email.

 

[Neil321]

Just to add to what everyone else is saying,i get roughly about 5 of this type of mail a week,yesterday i went along with one gave a force address etc & mailed it back,a couple of hrs later i got a reply from a so called courier company stating that they had a parcel for me & a list of prices to cover the insurance of delivery. This is were the rest of scam lies ( apart from identity theft ) as it was a made up company & a western union transfer

It's a jungle out there kiddies be aware

 

[Consultant]

This site lists a few more scams:
http://www.scamshield.com/Search.asp

you can also search for "speaker scam" for more web sites that lists these scams.

 

[DesignerOnMac]

These Scams have gotten so bad that my bank now....

The thing is people fall for scams like this all the time.

Post information on their bulletin board with the address for these scammers!
I get this M$ reward scam once or more a month!