Who is Prof. Malek Hossein? Is he " MICROSOFT PAYMASTER in Africa?"his EMAIL:[e-mail]

Question

TELL ME ABOUT THIS ADDRESS?
THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORD LOTTERY
UNITED KINGDOM.61-70 Southampton Row,
Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR.
Is it real? Do you know this address and this administration related to Microsoft?
ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: UNITED KINGDOM-
AMOUNT WON: £5,500,000.00 POUNDS

Is there any Lottery with this title:
MICROSOFT PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD 2007!

Dear Sir/ Madam,

We the MICROSOFT COOPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE are pleased to inform you of the today’s winners of our annual MS-WORD LOTTO LOTTERY conducted in AFRICA BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNING PROGRAMS HELD ON 12th February, 2007.
THE PAYMASTER OFFICER CONTACT EMAIL IS:
EMAIL: [e-mail]
TELL: [phone]
Your Personal E-mail address is attached to WINNER NO: 5

Answer 1

Sorry, it's a scam. It is impossible to win a lottery if you did not buy a ticket. There is no such thing as a lottery of email addresses. Microsoft doesn't run a lottery -- see the links below for a lot more info on Microsoft and other lottery scam emails...



Prof. Malek Hossein is just a made-up name being used by a scammer. A lottery scam is a variant of advance fee fraud (also know as a 419 scam). First, you (and thousands of other people) get a spam message stating that you could get millions of dollars -- in this case, because you won the lottery. If you believe the scammer and reply, he will charge you a fee before your winnings can get to you: this may be for having some documents notarized, or to pay the courier who's bringing your check, or to open a bank account, or international taxes, or any number of made-up excuses.

Answer 2

It's a scam. Do you really think that someone from Microsoft would be sending email from a yahoo account rather than a Microsoft one.

Answer 3

it's a scam

Answer 4

when will people start thinking for themselves on these emails for goodness sakes!

Answer 5

SCAM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!