[besson3c]

Dear MacNN,

I just received this email:

From: Dr. (Mrs.) Bagwell Charlton.
Canada Lottery/Ontario 49 Microsoft Innovator Award
1550 Princess Street Kingston, ON, Canada, K7M 9E3

Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/08
Batch No. Ontario 49
Winning No;4 17 19 30 35 45
Bonus No; 27

Dear Email User,

CANADIAN GOVERNMENT / MICROSOFT INNOVATOR AWARD

This is to inform you that your email has won a consultations prize of the Canadian/Microsoft year anniversary Corporation EMAIL DRAW held Wed Jul 30
2008. Your Email has won GBP 1,000, 000.00 (One Million British Pounds Sterling).

Please note that youre lucky winning number falls within our African
Representative office in South Africa, to claim your prize, you are advised to contact Your Fiduciary Agent in our South African branch Mr. Owen Sajack with the following Details for the claim of your winning prize.

Name (in Full):
Country:
Address:
Direct Telephone No:
Age:
Occupation/position:

Contact your Fiduciary Agent via the email below immediately within 24hrs. You are Obliged to donate 10% of your winning to any listed charity organization In Africa.

Name: Mr. Owen Sajack
Tel: Edited out phone #
Email: Edited out e-mail address


Sincerely,

Dr. (Mrs.) Bagwell Charlton
Canadian/Microsoft Promotion Team

You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other
Organizations or Microsoft Inc. This is solely to collect your personal
Information from you and lay claim over your notification letter that was Sent to you, Kindly forward a copy to us and delete it from your mailbox And give no further correspondence to such person or body.

Microsoft shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the Above mentioned.

NOTE: To confirm that you have the correct winning number for Wed Jul 30
2008 draw, Do confirm under Ontario49;

Please beware! As it turns out, there is no Ontario 49 Microsoft Innovator Award. I checked the existence of their office in Kingston, Ontario, as well as the one in South Africa, and neither exist!

I was very excited to win this award upon receiving this notification, but as it turns out this is a SCAM! Don't be fooled by it... I will be informing the Canadian authorities immediately so that the mounties can investigate this HOAX!

[Railroader]

Only in Amar... err... Canaduh.

[olePigeon]

No no, that's Ontario, Nigeria, not Ontario, Canada.

[- - e r i k - -]

Hehe. I want that list of "Charity Organizations". I'm betting you'll have to fork out the 10% before you get the price