I have received an e-mail stating that I have won a lottery , the copy of which is as follows:

Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOUR E-MAIL EMERGED IN THIS YEAR 2007 AWARD DRAW.
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:20:25 -0400
From: [email protected] Add to Address Book
Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden London NW10 United Kingdom
Ref No: BTD/968/05
Batch No: 409978E

WINNING NOTIFICATION
Dear Winner,

The prestigious Microsoft and aol has set out and successfully organized a Sweepstakes marking the new year 2007 anniversary we rolled out over 500,000.00 (Fine Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) 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 personalized 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 number 00190 with reference no MSW1002/07 and draw numbers 14-21-25-39-40-47 (20) which subsequently won you 500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) as one of the 28 jackpot winners in this draw. You have therefore won the entire winning sum of 500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds). The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London United Kingdom on the 30th of MAY 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 fiduciary agent.

Mr.George Welsh.
Microsoft Promotion Award Team
Email: [email protected]
Phone:+44-7011138463

You are advised to contact your fiduciary agent with the following details to avoid unnecessary delays and complications:

Your Full Names
Country
Ocupation
Age
Ticket Numbers
Lucky Numbers
Phone/fax numbers

As indicated in this winning Notification and Phone numbers. Thank you for being part of this promotional award program.

Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates. We wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune. Thank you for being part of our commemorative new year Anniversary Draws.

Sincerely,
Mrs Lisa Brown
Microsoft Promotion Team
I have received so many emails of this type from different company names like British Global Lottery etc. and I think that all of these are frauds and i did not reply any of these mails. Because when I have not purchased any ticket, how can I win a lottery. Can I stop these type of e-mails please tell me the way to stop them. I am giving below the header details of this email.

Thanking You,
Satyavir Singh.
URL Address of this mail

Yeah, sure. I won a zillion pounds/euros/dollars. The company uses microsoft as a conspirator but yet has an email address of yahoo.uk.

I guess it cannot buy a more believable email carrier.