Mrs. Basheera Abubakar says: "YOU MAY SEE MAILS LIKE THIS DO NOT REPLY"
Hello, I am Miss Young. I received this story from a friend. Let me call him Marc. Go to the homepage to see more stories.
 
Hi, Miss Young,
I ashamed to tell you that I am one of the victim of microsoft lottery scam.
and this is the address of their corresponding bank,
 
BRITISH INTERNATIONAL BANK
21Cresent Street, London W12B 3HH - United Kingdom
Tel:00447031836698,Tel/Fax:00447031836703
Email:britishbnk@accountant.com
Email:bankers@britishinternationalbank.com
 
and this are the people involved in this scam
 
Mrs Sandra Wilson, Jimy James, Holmes White,
Tel:+447031836705
Tel:+447031836706
Tel:+447031836708
Fax:+447031836716
 
How about co-operative bank PLC in Wales, Swansea UK?
is there any possibility to verify the
named Dale Averill and he is the branch manager
of co-operative bank No. 34 Kingsway Swansea West Glamorgan SA1 Wales
Mrs Wilson
Mrs Wilson
.

It all started when Marc received this letter:

 
lottery
From: Mrs. Basheera Abubakar <mailto:mrs-basheeraa01@hotmail.fr>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!...(DEAR MARC )

One of the logos of Microsoft Windows, the Company's best-known product.
 
 
                        11          6          10
                                   MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD
 
FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORD LOTTERY
UNITED KINGDOM.61-70 Southampton Row,
Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR.
 
REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-26937
BATCH NO: 2005SEPTL#22
WINNER NO: 5
 
ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: UNITED KINGDOM
 
DEAR MARC,
 
MICROSOFT COOPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE A WINNER OF OUR ANNUAL MS-WORD LOTTO LOTTERY CONDUCTED IN AFRICA BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNING PROGRAMS HELD ON 4TH, AUG 2006.
 
YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS OR COMPANY EMAIL WAS ATTACHED TO JANUARY MSWLL. WITH SERIAL NUMBER S/N-00168 DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS 887-13-865-37-10-83, AND CONSEQUENTLY WON IN THE FIRST LOTTERY CATEGORY. YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR LUMP SUMS OF $ 1,000,000 (USD ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) PAYABLE IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 THIS IS FROM TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF $ 25,000,000 USD, SHARED AMONG THE TWENTY-FIVE (25) LUCKY INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN FIRST AND SECOND CATEGORY.
 
ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED FROM WORLDWIDE WEBSITES ESPECIALLY YAHOO MAIL THROUGH OUR MICROSOFT COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 21,000 NAMES, 3,000 NAMES FROM EACH CONTINENT (CANADA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATE, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA AND OCEANIA, AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL "E-MAIL" PROMOTIONS PROGRAM, WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY FOR OUR PROMINENT MS -WORD USERS ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF INTERNET AND COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE. 
 
YOUR FUND (CERTIFIED CHEQUE) HAS BEEN INSURED WITH YOUR REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 AND WILL BE READY FOR DELIVERY. IT WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU BY  OUR CLAIM SECETARY AGENT IN CHARGE (Mrs. Caro Smith ). YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE USED IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER, PLEASE NOTE THAT, YOU ARE TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER VIA EMAIL AND PHONE AS WE ARE PROMOTING THE USE OF E-MAIL. ALSO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CALL HER TO CONFIRM YOUR WINNINGS AND GOVERNMENT TAX PAYMENT THAT IS ALL, AS HE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NECESSARY DETAILS ON HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.
 
AS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL YOU ARE TO QUOTE THIS SECURITY CODE MSW/AUG/XX06 TO YOUR CLAIMING AGENT. THIS IS TO PREVENT SCAM .
 
PRIZE CLAIM
 
CLAIMS SECETARY AGENT OFFICER CONTACT EMAIL IS:
 
Mrs. Caro Smith
 
CLAIMS AGENT
 
E-MAIL: microsoft20@oued.info
 
CELL PHONE: 00225 01387814.
 
REMEMBER, ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ALL FUNDS NOT CLAIMED ON OR BEFORE THE FIXED DATE WILL BE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED AND DONATED TO CHARITY ORGANIZATION IN AFRICA.
 
NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID MISTAKES, PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS AND YOUR SECURITY CODE OF MSW/AUG/XX06 IN ALL CORRESPONDENCES WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER. DO NOT REPLY ANY OTHER MAILS LIKE THIS ON NET, AS THEY ARE A LOT OF SCAM ARTIST OUT THERE PRETENDING TO BE US. YOU MAY SEE MAILS LIKE THIS DO NOT REPLY. DO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER Mrs. Caro Smith . AT ONCE YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE SOME DETAILS TO ENABLE THE OFFICE PROCEED WITH YOUR WINNING CERTIFICATE AND FILE KEEPING.
 
CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF MICROSOFT COOPERATION TO ALL OUR LUCKY WINNERS THIS YEAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM. OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO BILL GATE OF MICROSOFT AND ALL HIS ASSOCIATES FOR ALLEVIATING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD.
SINCERELY,
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  (Photograph)                               Queen Salote Tupou III of   Tonga   (1918-65)
                                 
Mrs. Basheera Abubakar             Mrs. Caro Smith
(Co-coordinator).                                    (Secretary)
 
                                       
 
LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;
 
MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK,             MICROSOFT CORPORATION AFRICA,
MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA,           MICROSOFT CORPORATION ASIA.
 
 
Past winners.
 
 
3425
.

I received a similar email 5 month earlier. Read about it in the MSW Lottery story.

Marc answered and received a certificate:

and a remittance slip from a fake bank:

Unfortunately Marc payed money to the scammers. He received this receipt, 350 pounds, from the fake bank "for the updatement of VAT/Tax clearance":

He also payed for a fake "Anti Terrorist Certificate" from "European Union", and a fake certificate from "International Monitory Fund":

You can read more about lottery scams here.
 

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