Greeting , My e-mail is slneidlinger@yahoo.com and I was sent a e-mail from the yahoo award team.is this scam?

Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:47:52 -0000 From: "MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM " <matpromoinfo2008@yahoo.co.uk> Add Mobile Alert Subject: YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS EMERGED WINNING IN THE 2008 MICROSOFT ONLINE AWARD!!! -- MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM, 20 GLENEAGELE ROAD, STREATHAM SW16 6AB LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. GAMING BOARD OF GREAT BRITAIN LICENSED. ONLINE BALLOT AWARD, (Registration 70339411). REGISTERED UNDER, THE DATA PROTECTION ACT. MICROSOFT AWARD INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS. Draw 1003, 20 / 03 / 2008. This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of £1,000,000.00 (One Million Great British Pounds) from International programs held on 19th day of March, 2008 in London, UK. 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 Microsoft Award Team WINNINGS PROGRAMS is approved by the Microsoft award team and also licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). The Microsoft Award Team UK (MAT) was set up by Parliament in 1994 to give grants to a wide range of projects involving the local, regional and national heritage of the United Kingdom. We distribute a share of the money raise To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact your claims officer through our d by the National award for Good Causes. accredited Prize Transfer agents as stated below Sir McDonald Wilberforce 20 Gleneagele Road, Streatham SW16 6AB London, United Kingdom TEL: +44 703 192 2516 PHONE: +44 703 192 3061 EMAIL: matukinfo2008@yahoo.co.uk Contact him, please provide him with your batch number BATCH: 2008MJL-01 and your reference number REF NO: MAT/2008-26937 You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information as soon as possible: Claims Requirements: 1.Name in full--------------------------------------- 2.Address------------------------------------------- 3.Nationality----------------------------------------- 4.Age------------------------------------------------ 5. Sex ------------------------------------------------ 6.Occupation----------------------------------------- 7.Phone/Fax------------------------------------------ 8.Present Country------------------------------------- 9.Email Adress--------------------------------------- 10.Choice of Redemption: (a) Cash collection at the Redemption centre in London----------- (b) Cheque delivery by Courier----------------- If you do not contact your claims agent within 7 working days of this notification, your winnings would be revoked. Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Winners are advised to keep their winning details/information from the public to avoid fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT)pending the transfer/claim by Winner. NOTE: ANYBODY UNDER THE AGE OF 18 IS AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED. Remember, all winning in this Third category must be claimed not later than 3rd April, 2008. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent. Congratulations once more. Faithfully, MR. NEIL BRIDGE , MBE. Zonal Coordinator, Microsoft Award/Promotion Team. Copyright © 2008 Microsoft Award promo. All rights reserved. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own domain name registered with USA based webhosting in very cheap prices. Call 111-GEMNET(436638) for more info. Sent via Gem ::[WebMail]:: at webmail ...

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