Christmas Present from Microsoft an email Scam to put under my Christmas Tree

Posted • October 25, 2009 • 1 Comment

Microsoft is NOT Responsible for any of these Christmas email Scams

As Christmas nears so does the resurgence of email scams used in the past. I have Emerged as a winner of $550,000.00 winner this time from Microsoft.

Wow what a great Christmas I will have with an extra “five hundred & fifty thousand United State dollars” to buy presents to put under our Christmas tree. That’s over a half of a million dollars.

Unfortunately there are no sugar plum fairies dancing in my head. Just who do these people in charge of the email scams think we are?

I am the “winner” and the email is addressed to “undisclosed-recipients” give me a break!
(Post from Search Engine Optimizician.)

From: micrsoftcorporation@live.co.uk
Subject: You have emerged a winner in the Microsoft yearly giveaway‏
Date: October 15, 2009 8:51:15 PM PDT
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Reply-To: davidn_micro-soft009@live.co.uk

Microsoft Award 2009
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Reference no: micro209-2
Batch: GB-16DZ65UTYJG

Dear Microsoft User,

This Email is to notify you that you have emerged a winner of the sum of $550,000.00 USD (Five Hundred & Fifty Thousand United State Dollars) in the Microsoft yearly giveaway.
We do this every year to encourage prospective internet/microsoft users world wide.

You are advised to send your Full Names--, Tel-- and Location-- to our Fund Release Officer for claims.

Microsoft Fund Release Department,
Fund Release Officer>> Mr. David Nelson
Tel: + 44 702 408 7535
Email: davidn_micro-soft09@live.co.uk

Congratulation Once Again

For Microsoft Corp,
Eng” Winfred Chabb
© Microsoft Corporation

Doing some internet searches I turned up an answer to the the validity of the email on the Microsoft Answers site by Michael Murphy a Microsoft Partner.

On June 09, 2009 Mick Murphy wrote:

Microsoft does NOT do that.

It is a Scam.

Totally ignore it.

Cheers.
Mick Murphy – Microsoft Partner

While doing a little more research into Mick Murphy I discovered he had been killed in a automobile accident October 21,2009.

In an article from the Gold Coast News dated October 24th:

Surfers mourn crash victim
Andrew MacDonald | October 24th, 2008

THE Burleigh Heads surfing community has lost one of its favourite sons with the death of local identity Mick Murphy.

The Burleigh Heads Boardriders life member and former club president, who was credited with rejuvenating club-level junior surfing in the 1990s, was the driver of a Toyota HiLux that veered off the road and hit a tree in Currumbin Creek Road, Currumbin Valley, on Wednesday morning.

Mick Murphy was an avid surfer, he also owned and ran a company specializing in mobile computer repairs for corporations, offices, shops and homes.

Mick has plenty of answers to Microsoft questions posted all over the internet. Even those who have never heard of Mick will eventually miss him.

It is people like this “davidn_micro-soft009@live.co.uk” that give email marketing a bad name. While I do accept the fact that the majority of email marketing is spam it is NOT a scam. It is these facts that make effective email marketing all that more difficult. It may be difficult but not impossible.

Late,
Gary Pool

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