authenticity of microsoft award winning team

i have recieved an email from "microsoftverificationagent2007@yahoo.co.uk".t hey informed me that i won some contest organised by them.they randomly selected my email id out of 10.they told me to do some formalities to recover my price.name of the organisation is "microsoft promotion award team'.address is as given below

microsoft award team
20 craven park , harlesden
london NW 10
united kingdom

i actually want to know does such type of any address or organisation really exist or it is fraud.if it exists then tell me is there any such type of lottery scheme run by them.

[able1]

It is a scam to get you to pay fees.

I need to consult you regarding an mail Named Microsoft Award from miclon1@web.de to microsoftwinning@web.de and i had been informed that i won a million $

the Name of the Sender is Mr. Richard K Lloyd.

and they asked me to Contact the below in order to cordinate

Claim Manager: Mr Mark Anderson.
TEL: +44 703 189 4415.
Email: markanderson90@gawab.com


would i find who validate this case , is it fraud?

[randalljd]

See http://www.worldlawdirect.com/articl...8fraud%29.html It is a scam--enter "international lottery scam" into Google and read many articles about it...they want you to pay fees and no real lottery does that...you may notify the FBI and/or your local police as well if you wish.

There are many of these lottery scams.

Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden London NW10,United Kingdom.
Batch Number: P2/0056/2008
Ticket Number: PP 3812 /2008-02
Ref Number: KPL/09-002/JA.

Microsoft Award Notification

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUND(£500,000.00) for the New Edition 2009 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.YAHOO & MICROSOFT WINDOWS,collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail we only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying, we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

You are to contact your Claims Agent with immediate effect to faciliatethe protocol of your winning prized before the date of Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre Prize must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

These are your identification numbers:

Batch Number: P2/0056/2008
Ticket Number: PP 3812 /2008-02
Ref Number: KPL/09-002/JA.
cash prize of £500,000.00 GBP

To begin your claim please contact our licensed and accredited agent assigned to you

Mr. Nicholas Moore
(VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT MANAGER)
Phone: +44-703-197-1810
Email: mrnicholas.moore1@j-mail.info


You are therefore advised to send the following information to the claims agent to facilitate them and in order for them to have access in proceeding with the transferred of your funds to your nominated bank account.

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

Msn Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

Congratulations!! once again.

Yours in service,
Mr. Marsha Harris.
(Operation Manager)
Microsoft Award Team

MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM COPYRIGHT © 2009 ALL RIGHT RESERVED

Originally Posted by able1 It is a scam to get you to pay fees.

I ave recieved the like e-mail to the above but my case has gone further to the extent that they have sent me the fund transfer analysis from the HSBC bank, the Winning certificate and The fund insurance ceritificate from fidelity insurance corp.

furthermore I have been recieving various phone calls to this effect from both the award team and officers who identified themselves as from the HSBC bank and they have invited me to visit the bank pysically. please tell me can this thing be real? use this email to reply:tacolta@yahoo.com

Winning Batch number...................16/12/0011‏
From: Ivan Samuels (isamuels) (isamuels@umw.edu)
You may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as junk
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 12:31:02 AM
To:

Batch number...................16/12/0011

Ref number....................MSN-L/212-34441



This e-mail is to inform you that your e-mail address has won you the sum of £500,000.00(Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) from the MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY. For your payment, you are required to contact our fiduciary agent with the below contact details:



CONTACT PERSON: Mr. Cole Roland

Email: mswpro2010@rcweb.net

Tell: +44 702 404 6664



INFORMATION REQUESTED:

(a) Your full Name:

(b) Contact address:

(c) Your Telephone and fax numbers:

(d) Your Age:

(e) Your Sex:

(f) Your country of origin:



Please note: This e-mail was sent from a notification-only address that cannot accept incoming e-mail. Please do not reply to this message except the verification manager Mr. Cole Roland, Email: mswpro2010@rcweb.net



Yours in service.

Microsoft Award Team

MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM COPYRIGHT © 2010 ALL RIGHT RESERVED

That above is a scam, a common scam.

Is this crap or what?
FROM:

Microsoft Lotto Team

TO:

cabreschjr63@yahoo.com

Message flagged
Saturday, April 14, 2012 1:43 PM
Charles,
I have printed out your information and sent it to the fiduciary agent Rev.Raymond Cole of the payment department,who has been mandated to handle your Payment Process in other to avoid unnecessary delays and complications.

He will contact you to commence payment of your winning.

Regards,
James Moore.


Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 07:57:45 -0700
From: cabreschjr63@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Reply
To: msoft111@hotmail.com

Charles Abresch Jr.
address; 411 SW 15th Street,
Mineral Wells,Tx. 76067
phone; 281-840-3964
If this is a scam, I have no money to steel. all I have is a savings account with 50.00 in it. Sorry if you wasted your time.
From: Microsoft Lotto Team <msoft111@hotmail.com>
To: cabreschjr63@yahoo.com
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 5:57 AM
Subject: Reply

Charles,
your winning will not be processed because you did not include your contact details such as your telephone and address where you can be reached easily.

Please include the listed details and send back to me,so that I can print out your information submit it to the payment department for them to commence your payment.

James Moore.