could you tell me if this is a spam or not please

tinah29

!!!!! Winning number: *******!!!!!
From: Msw Award Team (Minworm@seznam.cz) You may not know this sender. Mark as safe | Mark as unsafe

Sent:
31 October 2007 02:56:03

To:







Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10,United Kingdom.
Ref: MSN-L/200-26937
Winning number:YM09788
Batch: 12/25/0340

WINNING NOTIFICATION

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice the result of MSW MEGA LOTTO. We are happy to inform you that your email address have emerged a winner of £500,000.00 (POUNDS STERLING).NOTE:To fill for your claim, please contact the claims department With the following information.

1. Full name............
2. Country..............
3. Contact Address........
4. Telephone Number.......
5. Marital Status.........
6. Occupation.............
7. Company..............
8. Age....................

MR. Terry Martins
(VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT MANAGER)
Email:[EMAIL="claimsagentterrymartins1@yahoo.com.hk"]claimsagentterrymartins1@yahoo.com.hk[/EMAIL]
Tel: +44 702 402 8761
Fax: +44 870 471 6651

Find is your promotion datas, Reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your claims agent Congratulations from all members and staff.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs Tracy Kelly
(Operation Manager)
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Angel_Eyes

sorry but it is a scam

enigmaL

:spam: :spam:

Microsoft aren't going to send you details of a competition run by them using a yahoo email address

Just bin it

tinah29

Angel_Eyes wrote: »

sorry but it is a scam

thank you for telling me i did think it was

davetrousers

If you 'win' a competition that you haven't actually entered, then it's a scam.

Note Bad spelling and grammar too

BabyGiant

if in doubt alway Google the phone number quoted - "44 702 402 8761". this will always bring up details of the scam if found on various forums / sites. Also useful if you receive an unsolicitated phone call from an unknown source.

SAL-GAL53

I've received quite a few of these and the ones where they ask you to use your bank account to store some money etc and I always think 'I wonder if its true' but as davetrousers said - if you haven't entered anything then its a scam!
It's true that you don't get nothing for nothing!

Sal x

tinah29

BabyGiant wrote: »

if in doubt alway Google the phone number quoted - "44 702 402 8761". this will always bring up details of the scam if found on various forums / sites. Also useful if you receive an unsolicitated phone call from an unknown source.

THANKS for that i did not think of doing that babygiant

gakochan

That's SPAM sure enough. Basic rule: if it sounds too good to be true, especially if you never entered the comp, it's Scam City.

Be careful out there! :-)

MeNikki

apart from all the above comments i would say look at the e-mail addresses.

Minworm@seznam.cz - cz is Czech republic I believe
claimsagentterrymartins1@yahoo.com.hk - from Wikipedia: .hk is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Hong Kong. It was created in 1990.
Until 2004 there were very few second-level domains under .hk, as it was normally only possible to register third-level domains. The following are the main second-level domains:
.com.hk - commercial entity


So we got a czech e-mail address sending the mail asking you to email a hong kong email address all the while the company is based in London...

It is always worth researching on the Internet and as other posters said, it is unlikely that you won it without entering it.


FYI
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2299890&SiteID=1
http://thescambaiter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18494
http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/microsoft-award-team-c21900.html
http://www.intermaniacos.com/hoaxes-cadenas-de-mails/52210.htm

seems it is a very wide-spread one....