I received an email stating that I had won a world great grant/gift from microsoft. It is not legitimate. E-mail address is removed from the privacy *.

Dear winner, IDs (A Wonderful World) ticket No.: M/C/card/0803/1800/Winning No.: M/C/card/181/2012 service congratulations Microsoft chose to you by the Board of Directors as one of the final recipients of a cash Grant/Donation.The caber online draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 100 000 e-mail addresses of individuals and legal persons by an advanced automatic random selection of computer from the web. This promotion was installed as our end of the lottery-email year give far from encouraging the active users of the Internet Microsoft Windows.ce is to inform you that you have won a prize of? 10,000,000.00 GBP {ten million Great Britain pounds} for the month of October 2012.CLAIMS REQUIREMENT: FULL NAME:... AGE:....****:..... HOME:... COUNTRY/STATE:... PHONE:... MOBILE:... OCCUPATION:... You are asked to contact EVENTS AGENT MANAGER Mr. Alex Thomas/Microsoft Promotion award team Tel: + 447024079513 email: * e-mail address is removed from the privacy * is this legitimate

Hello

Yes, it's a SCAM!

In the United States, you can contact the local police to the FBI, Attorney general, and
consumer watch groups. Arm yourself with knowledge.

Scams by e-mail or web: how to protect yourself - understands what to do if you
think you've been scammed.
http://www.Microsoft.com/en-us/security/online-privacy/phishing-scams.aspx

How to recognize phishing e-mails, phone calls or links
http://www.Microsoft.com/en-us/security/online-privacy/phishing-symptoms.aspx

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center
(NW3C), funded in part by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).
http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx

Avoid scams that use the Microsoft name fraudulently: Microsoft has no
for you unsolicited telephone calls help fix your computer
https://www.Microsoft.com/en-us/safety/online-privacy/msName.aspx

Microsoft technical support
http://support.Microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support#TAB0

Phone scams
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0076-phone-scams

Limit unwanted calls & Emails
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/topics/limiting-unwanted-calls-emails

I hope this helps.
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