MICROSOFT ESS PROMOTION

The e-mail here is just one type of the thousands of scam e-mail variants sent out each day by 419 scammers. If you've received an e-mail even remotely similar to the one on this page or if you have arrived at this page via an internet search resulting from an e-mail that you received, I can 100% guarantee that YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

This is an internet scam! Do NOT send these scammers money for any reason.

[ BEGIN SCAM E-MAIL ]

From:     mic.ro107@hotmail.com <ross.betty2@aliceadsl.fr>
Subject:     Microsoft Promotion/Award Team
Date:     Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:50:31 +0200 (09:50 EDT)

Microsoft Promotion/Award Team
100 Victoria Street London SW1E 5JL,
United Kingdom

Presents

The Microsoft Company latest surprises!
=> THE LATEST RESULT OF THE MICROSOFT ESS PROMOTION <=

Dear Sir/Madam,
This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of One Million Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds Sterling [£1,350,000.00]. This is in line with the Microsoft Company international ESS promotion. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system (ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. This promotion is sporsored by the Microsoft Company, and Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (I AGR). This promotion is the first of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public on the usage of the Microsoft products world-wide.

To begin the processing of your prize and to find out more about this promotion, you are to contact our claims/verification agency stated below:

Flaming AG Promotion Consulting & Exhibition Services, Marklo Park, Langhurstwood
Road, Horsham RH12 4QP West Sussex

Contact Person: Mr mike william
Phone: +44 7031 842 969
Fax:+44 8704 956 921
Email: mikewilliam646@gmail.com

mike_william21@yahoo.co.uk

When you contact the agency, please provide them with your secret pin code x7pwyz2007 and your reference number BWBI:2551256003/23. You are also advised to provide them with the under listed information as soon as possible:

1. Name in full
2. Address
3. Nationality
4. Age
5. Occupation
6. Phone/Fax
7. Bank Details
Were you want your fund to be transfer

If you do not contact the office within 30 working days of this notification, your winning would be revoked. Winners are advised to keep their winning details/information from the public to avoid fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending the transfer/claim by Winner.
Accept my hearty congratulations!

Regards,
Mr. John Cole
Promotion Manager

[ END SCAM E-MAIL ]

It's important to note that any real people or legitimate organizations mentioned in these scam e-mails have absolutely no connection with this scam!

The scammers never use their real names.
They frequently take on the identity of real people to help them convince you that they are genuine.
Whatever these scammers tell you, DON'T believe a word of it!!!

This is just a small sampling of the many hundreds of advance fee fraud e-mails received each day here at 419 BAITER headquarters.

There are many different types of 419 scam (examples) but they all promise you something (fortune, job with salary/commision, low-interest loan, lottery prize, cheap gold dust/diamonds, work visa, etc.) in return for a small 'fee' or some kind of remittance. Of course, there is no fortune, no job, no loan, no prize to be had. It's just a ploy to get you to willingly send them money.