I have received the following, which I am sure is a scam. I do believe that the UK government must take some actions regarding so many scams that are supposedly using the UK as a base.

Microsoft Promotion Award Team
40 Ryecroft Way Stopsley
London,
United Kingdom.

MICROSOFT WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We wish to congratulate you once again on this note, for being part of our winners selected at the end of year's award promotion. This promotion was set-up to encourage the active users of the Internet Microsoft Windows. Hence we do believe with your winning prize, you will continue to be active and patronage to the Microsoft Windows. We wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully passed the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report Test conducted for all on line winners.

A winning cheque will be issued in your name by Microsoft Corporation board, You have therefore won the entire sum of £450,000,00 {Four Hundred And FiftyThousand Great British Pounds} and also a certificate of prize claims will be sent along side your winnings cheque, You are to contact your claim agent immediately,

Mr Robert Miller.
Microsoft Promotion Award Team
Email:[email protected]
Phone Num+447031910335
+447031910394
Fax +448704796623
Alternative Email: [email protected]

You are advised to contact your Foreign Transfer Manager with the following details to avoid unnecessary delay and complications:

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM.
(1) Your contact address.
(2) Your Tel/Fax numbers.
(3) Your Nationality/Country.
(4) Your Full Names.
(5) sex
{6} Age.
{7}Occupation/
(8) Your Preferred Method Of Receiving Your Prize(From Below)

Mode Of Prize Remittance.

(1)Cash Pick-Up (You coming Down to United Kingdom Personally to Pick Your Prize).

(2)Courier Delivery Of your Certified Winning Cheque Name and other Winning Documents safely to you.

The Microsoft Windows lottery has discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friends relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this, these friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. The Microsoft lottery has reached a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the canceling of that particular winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner, as it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the double claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until you claim your prize.

I'm just sad, why the big Corp like Microsoft Window still make people being confused. I don't really know, when i got a message if become the winner prize. I got a 840.00 pound sterling... N i think this is true. I still dream for get it but i realize if this just fake.

MICROSOFT EMAIL PROMO:OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION.

After a successful completion of the draws of the MICROSOFT EMAIL PROMO held on the 21st September 2007, your e-mail address,attached to winning numbers:(23) (77) (04) (57) (33) (170) won in the Tenth lottery category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £150,000,00 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand British Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file
REFNO:MSW-L/007-28793,BATCH NO:2007MJL-05.

All participants were selected through our Microsoft computer ballot system drawn form 142,000 Names,as part of our International "E-MAIL" Promotion Program for our prominent MS-WORD users all over the world and for the
continuous use of the internet.

You are adviced to contact the claims processor with the
details below:

NAME: GREGORY ALLEY
EMAIL: [email protected]
TEL: +44 703 5902789

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
TO CLAIM YOUR WINNINGS:

1.FullName....................................
2.Address:....................................
3.Phone:...............Fax:...................
4.Country:....................................
5.Sex...........................................

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MISS. ANGELA EILSEN.