Microsoft Award Team20 Craven Park, Harlesden London NW10 United Kingdomlottery winning notification.?

is this genuine?

From: "Microsoft Award Team Microsoft Award Team" <mrs.florasmith53@hotmail.co.uk> Add to Address Book

Subject: CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 17:28:58 +0100



Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden London NW10 United Kingdom

Dear Winner,
CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!
The prestigious Micrsoft and aol has set out and sucessfully organised a Sweepstakes marking the year 2007 anniversary we rolled out over US$ 4,419,864 for our end of year Anniversary Draws. 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. If you ignore this, you will regret it later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.
Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket which subsequently won you 拢1,350,000.00 (One MillionThree Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds) as one of the 5 jackpot winners in this draw. You have therefore won the entire winning sum of 拢1,350,000.00 (One MillionThree Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds) The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London United Kingdom on the 9th of April 2007. These Draws are commemorative and as such special.
Please be informed by this winning notification,to file your claims,you are to make contact with your designated agent who shall by duty guide you through the process to facilitate the release of your prize.To file for your claim Please Contact your delivery agency in the contact information below:
DELIVERY AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION:
NAME OF COURIER FIRM: FRONTIERS DELIVERY SERVICES
OFFICE ADDRESS: 60 Great Ormond Street London,WC1N 3HR United- Kingdom.
Email: microsoft_award_uk@katamail.com
Tele:+447031955892

Contact Person: Call MR. PETERSON JONES.
You are advised to contact your fiduciary agent with the following details to avoid unnecessary delays and complications:

1) Full name:
2) Full Address:
3) Ticket Numbers:
4) Batch Number:
5) Serial Number:
6) Lucky Numbers: (as indicated in this winning Notification)
7) Telephone and Fax numbers:
8) Amount won:
9) Sex:
10) Age:
11) Occupation:
12) Country Of Origin
Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates.We wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune in this season.
Note: You have One weeks from the date of this publication to claim your prize or you may forefeit your winnings.In compliance with the sponsoring bodies',you are to make a remittance of a part of your won fund,not lower than 10-percent, after receiving your allocation to a charity organisation.
Thank you for being part of our commemorative end of year Anniversary Draws.
Mrs. Bryan McDonald
Microsoft Promotion Team
Vice President

Obviously not genuine. This is another one of the phishing emails that fraudsters are using to try and get your personal information.

1) Why would the email address of the sender be "mrs.florasmith53@hotmail.co.uk"

2) Micrsoft and aol .... you think their PR department would release something that spelled their own name wrong?

3) Microsoft and AOL are NOT the largest Internet companies. Microsoft is a software maker and AOL is an Internet Service Provider. The real companies would not make such a blatant mistake.

4) Why would they ask you to send your information to the domain @katamail.com?

5) The email is signed "Mrs. Bryan McDonald"... hello? Who in the corporate world refer to themselves as "Mrs. so-and-so" using the husband's name?


6) How in the world did you win the sweepstake without actually enter into one? Where is your ticket?

Thank goodness there is someone out there to respond to these idiots. Bill Gates would never put Microsoft out there like this. I was told it was the Nigerians trying to scam us, Report It

I got the same email today! I think this is fake!

Microsoft won't be stupid throwing away money like that and not publicizing it anywhere.