hi sir,
i'm gopal from india, last week i received a mail like, i won the microsoft lottery of Award Price of (£700, 000.00) SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS.
then he want mydetails and he asked me to send 36000.00rupees for tax clearance.
pls check this out sir, i copy and pested the mail details below sir, pls refer it ok.

---***--- in the mail is below sir


Microsoft Center, London, SE1 7NA - United Kingdom


ATTN WINNER;

This correspondence officially confirms that we are in receipt of your e-mail regarding the claim of your award prize value of 700, 000.00 pounds {Seven HUNDRED THOUSAND Pounds}

MICROSOFT PROMO ORGANIZATION! collects 5, 000 cell phone numbers from all the cell phone network services in all over Asian and Europe countries and over twenty million cell phone numbers participated in this award promotion and seven people were selected to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winner.

This award promotion is to help individuals from countries facing terrorist attack, natural disaster, etc. For the first time MICROSOFT PROMO ORGANIZATION decided to render help through sms by lucky number just to reach the luckiest individual and note that part of this fund should be used to help the poor ones around the area where you leave.
For the first time MICROSOFT PROMO ORGANIZATION host this award promotion to help individuals from Asian, Africa, America and Europe, all cell phone numbers participated in this award promotion were collected from internet data base provider of all cell phone network services and it happen that your cell number is one of the selected numbers and below are your winning identification numbers which has to be kept secret till your award claim is remitted to you in India, do not disclose your winning identification numbers to anyone.

Ref NUMBER: UK/9420X2/68

Batch NUMBER: 074/05/ZY369

WEB SITE: www.microsoftpromo.co.uk

I here by inform you about the legitimate procedure on how to get your award claim to your designated bank account in India and we have already spoken with the Reserve bank of India official and income tax department in your country regarding the formalities required by the law in India on how to get your award claim transferred to your bank account in your country.

THIS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE BENEFICIARY OF THE STATED FUND FOR VERIFICATION BEFORE TRANSFER;

(1) BENEFICIARY FULL NAME…………

(2) NATIONALITY……

(3) STATE…………..CITY……………

(4) RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS………

(5) DATE OF BIRTH…………

(6) OCCUPATION...

(7) CELL PHONE NUMBER...

(8) SCANNED COPY OF YOUR PHOTO IDENTITY PROOF

larry Cole

+447014275728

THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
MICROSOFT LOTTERY,
MORTIMER HOUSE, MORTIMER STREET,
LONDON, W1T3JG UNITED KINGDOM.


ATTN:

Compliments of the day to you. Be informed that our verification department has completely verified and documented the information you presented and I am happy to inform you that, you are eligible to receive your Award Price of (£700, 000.00) SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS.

However, we have given your parcel containing your award cheque of £700, 000.00 BRITISH POUNDS. and the original copy of your Award Certificate to our personnel officer MR. peter scott:Email of the diplomat agent ( [email protected]) who has left UK LONDON Today, Wednesday the 8th of September, to come over to India to Register your award prize with the Reserve Bank of India, for conversion into India Currency and then transfer your award prize directly into your local Account Tomorrow, which is Thursday the 9th of September, 2010.

After the transfer has been successful and you have confirm that, the prize has been credited into your Local Account Immediately, MR PETER SCOTT will now take a Flight and come down to your city to give you, the original copies of your Document backing your award prize at your resident.

NOTE: It has been confirm that you have to pay legal clearance fee when the parcel arrived at India. the legal clearance fee is 450 POUNDS WHICH IS 36, 000.00India rupees, do co-operate and complete the formalities required from your side. The amount of 36, 000.00 India rupees is for the local tax clearance charges, this amount has to be paid at The point of arrival of the diplomat to India.

Kindly understand that without the required local tax clearance fees (36, 000.00) being paid by you the customs will not release your award cheque from the Airport and which is accordance with the immigration law in your country. The parcel containing your award cheque and the Certificates hard copy will be going for scanning thereafter, it will be kept in the customs security warehouse and that is call strong room, then immediately you have paid the clearance fees the customs will now release your parcel to MR. PETER SCOTT our Company personnel.

Do not delay to pay the local tax clearance fees because we have assigned four working days to our personnel (MR.PETER SCOTT) who is coming down with your award cheque to complete the process and he will be back to United Kingdom after the whole process have been duly completed within four working days.

You shall follow every instructions of MR.PETER SCOTT when your cheque arrived in India for the process to be completed without any hindrance within the stipulated time. Once again regarding the payment for local tax clearance charges of your parcel from the Airport authority that should be paid with the instructions of MR. PETER SCOTT our assigned personnel.

Please always keep me posted with your dealings with MR.PETER SCOTT our assigned personnel.

Once again congratulations on behalf of all our staff.

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Kind Regards and reply immediately for further procedure.

MOB: 00447014275728
Yours Faithfully Larry Cole
(Prize Administrator)
N:B
KINDLY PROVIDE YOUR ACCOUNT DETAILS WHERE YOU WANT YOUR PRIZE AMOUNT TO BE TRANSFERRED INTO