Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gate of Microsoft and all his Associates for alliviating poverty round the World. Basheera Manama Mrs. Caro Smith. Past winners. At the first glance, this winning notification looks very impressive. Let us look on the details:. Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom. Spink building at 69 Southampton Row, London. Nadia Bakhurji. All rights reserved. Updated Feb Hello, I am Miss Young. This time I win in a lottery sponsored by the worlds richest man.
Is this my lucky day? Sincerely, Mrs. Caro Smith Co-ordinator. Let us look on the details: The email was not sent to me personally. I must have been part of a mailinglist. There are affiliate links on this page. Read our disclosure policy to learn more.
And that they give away huge amounts of money to people simply for having "an active online email account"? This is news to Microsoft, too. Microsoft has never had any lottery and we're pretty sure they never will. Bill Gates has made that pretty clear. And, while we're on the subject, Microsoft is not, does not, and will not ever send you to DisneyWorld. They don't "test the internet", nor sponsor email lotteries to "promote use of the internet". Nor do they have lotteries to "promote MS Word" or "the launch of Vista", Hotmail, or other products.
Although the most important clue is that no legitimate lottery will ever email a winner , there are many other signs that this is a fraud. We have highlighted some of these in the email below, not the least of which are:. Email address ballot: There is no such thing as a "computer ballot system" or "computer email draw". These documents are all fake. Go to the homepage to see my stories or go to my lotteries page to read more about false lotteries.
As you probably suspected, this is a hoax and did not originate from us. Neither Microsoft, nor Bill Gates personally, has any connection whatsoever with this alleged lottery. Privacy and security are very important to us here at Microsoft, and we work every day to build great software for the Internet that keeps information safe, secure and private. I would recommend you to report this to abuse microsoft. This warning is from the Microsoft website :.
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