I received a scam email.

Original title: Microsoft Sweepstakes

Hello, I received an email stating that I have won a large sum of money from a publicity contest of Microsoft windows 8 a u can tell me if this is a scam or not?

Hello

Yes, it's a SCAM!

I received an email saying that I won the Microsoft Lottery
http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-security/i-received-an-email-saying-that-i-won-the/63d37ed9-3f35-4b74-A6AC-212e4639b0e7

What is the Microsoft Lottery scam
http://www.Microsoft.com/en-GB/security/resources/microsoftlottery-WhatIs.aspx

Get help with scams by phishing, lottery fraud and other types of scams.
http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/default.aspx#fraud

I hope this helps.

Rob Brown - Microsoft MVP<- profile="" -="" windows="" expert="" -="" consumer="" :="" bicycle=""><- mark="" twain="" said="" it="">

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