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Microsoft award! microsoft award!

Microsoft award team
50 craven park, harlesden london nw10 united kingdom
Ref: uknl-l/[protected]
Batch: 2005mjl-01

Dear winner,

congratulation! congratulation! congratulation!

The prestigious microsoft and aol has set out and successfully organized a sweepstakes marking the year 2007 anniversary we rolled out over £ 4,419,864 for our end of year anniversary draws. participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage.

The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalized email addresses to ticket numbers. if you ignore this, you will regret it later. microsoft and aol are now the largest internet companies and in an effort to make sure that internet explorer remains the most widely used program, microsoft and aol are running an e-mail beta test.

Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number [protected] with serial numbers btd/[protected]/06 and drew the lucky numbers [protected]) which subsequently won you £1,350,000.00 (one millionthree hundred and fifty thousand great britain pounds) as one of the 5 jackpot winners in this draw. you have therefore won the entire winning sum of £1,350,000.00 (one millionthree hundred and fifty thousand great britain pounds) the draws registered as draw number one was conducted in brockley, london united kingdom on this year 2007. these draws are commemorative and as such special.

Please be informed by this winning notification,to file your claims,you are to make contact with your fiduciary agent who shall by duty guide you through the process to facilitate the release of your prize.

To file for your claim please contact your fiduciary agent in the contact information below:

Name: mr. micheal smith
Tel: +[protected]
Email: [protected]@yahoo.com
[protected]@myway.com

You are advised to contact your fiduciary agent with the following details to avoid unnecessary delays and complications:

Fill out the below verification form and send to your fiduciary agent.

Full name...
Full address:...
Nationality:...
Sex:...
Age:...
Phone/mobile:...
Fax:...
Occupation:...
Country of residence:...
Winning e-mail:...
Batch/number:...
Lucky number:...
Ticket number:...
Serial number:...
Reference number:...

Our special thanks and gratitude to bill gates and his associates.we wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune in this season.

Note: you have one weeks from the date of this publication to claim your prize or you may forfeit your winnings.in compliance with the sponsoring bodies', you are to make a remittance of a part of your won fund,not lower than 10-percent, after receiving your allocation to a charity organization.

Thank you for being part of our commemorative end of year anniversary draws.

Mrs. lillian diana
Microsoft promotion team
Vice president.

I would like to highlight my grievance with RTA office in refunding me the road tax amount paid by me.

I came to Hyderabad from Delhi in July 2007 and got my car registered in Delhi along with me. I voluntarily went to the RTA office in Mehandipatanam and paid the AP life time road tax amounting to Rs. 30, 000/-. I did not get the NOC from Delhi RTA office as I did not want to change the registration from Delhi to Hyderabad. At the time of depositing the road tax amount, I was not asked for the NOC. The inspector collecting the road tax amount told me that I can claim the tax amount back, if I take back my car to Delhi.

After staying for about 10 months I am shifting back to Delhi and taking my car along with me to Delhi. I went to the RTA office on 29th April 2008 to enquire about the process of claiming refund. The administrative officer sitting there told me to write an application, get a notarized affidavit as a proof that I am taking the car back to Delhi, copy of car registration, copy of tax payment receipt. He told me that the tax will be refunded in 10 days time.

I got the affidavit and along with all the papers went to the RTA office again on 30th April 2008. I approached the Administrative officer again and he asked me to meet the RTO. I went to meet the RTO and asked him to take the application for refund. The RTO simply said that the road tax will not be refunded. I asked him the reason and he told me that I should have got the NOC from Delhi at the time I got my car to Hyderabad. I tried to explain him that I did not want to get my car registered in Hyderabad and no one told me that NOC is required, when I paid the tax. The RTO told me that it is my duty to know the rules and now nothing can be done. I also asked the RTO to show me the rules regarding refund of road tax and he said I should buy a Motor Vehicles Act from the market and see the rules by myself. I asked him to at least accept the application for refund and put an objection to it in writing. He just refused to accept the application.

It was shocking for me to see, loosing Rs. 32, 000/- out of the hard earned money. It’s a big amount for salaried class people like me. This incidence once again highlights how well government organizations make life of common man miserable. Now I don’t see any way for getting my hard earned money back. I should have listened to my colleagues who are driving their vehicle without paying road tax. I think in our great nation, people who evade taxes are happy than people like me, who think to follow the rules.

I decided to try xbox live for a month and entered my cc info into the system. Little did I know that they would automatically charge my cc each month. I called them up after three months of charges to find out how it worked. I told the lady that I wanted to make sure my cc wasn't charged anymore. I explained that I bought a 1 yr membership for my son for his birthday. She said she would make sure it wasn't charged anymore.

Apparently when you put your cc in the system and your subscription runs out it asks if you want to renew without making you enter credit card info again. So, my son renewed it for three months.

I called Microsoft xboxlive and was told that in order to get my cc out of the system that I would have to wait 2 to 5 days for someone from Microsoft to call me back and verify it. They also refused to credit my credit card even though it had only been a couple days. I was told that they could only refund the 1 yr subscriptions. I told them I would dispute it through my CC.

Is Microsoft so hard up that they have to revert to such tactics?

Dear sir or madam, I am sending a copy of this email supposedly from your microsoft UK offices which I believe is an online scam.
Hopefully something can be done about this

B Hill

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Copyright © [protected] MICROSOFT PROMOTIONS
Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10, United Kingdom.
REF NO: MSW-L/[protected]
BATCH: 2007MJL-01

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners
of the MICROSOFT WORD E-MAIL MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY PROGRAMS held on
28th FEBRUARY 2008. Your company or your personal e-mail address is
attached to winning number 28-1 MARCH-2008-02 MSW, with serial
number S/N-00179 drew the lucky numbers [protected], and
consequently won in the first lottery category. You have therefore
been approved for a lump sum pay of GBP 1, 000, 000.00POUNDS credited to
file REF NO: MSW-L/[protected] This is from total prize money of GBP
7, 000, 000.00 POUNDS, shared among the SEVEN (7) international winners
in this category.
All participants were selected through our Microsoft computer
ballot system drawn form 21, 000 names, 3, 000 names from each
continent, as part of International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program, which
is conducted once in every four years for our prominent MS WORD users
all over the world, and for the continue use of E-mail.
Your fund has been deposited in an escrow account with our
affiliate bank here in UK, and insured with your REF NO:
MSW-L/[protected] and your E-mail address, Please note that, you are to
contact your fiduciary agent via email as we are promoting the use of
E-mail, You have the right to call the fiduciary agent, as they will
provide you with the necessary details on how to claim your prize. You
are to keep your ref. number and batch number from the public, until
you have been processed and your money remitted to you.
We hope with your prize, you will be happy to promote the use of
E-mail and the use of MS WORD. To claim your winning prize, you must
first contact the claims department by email for processing and
remittance of your prize money to you. Your assigned claims officer
contact email is:

you are to forward the following details to enable us clear your file
for immediate payment:

1. Full Names:...( )
2. Address:...( )
3. Age: ...( )
4. Sex:...( )
5. Marital Status: ...( )
6. Occupation:...( )
7. Phone numbers: ...( )
8. Fax number:...( )
9. Country: ...( )
10.Language speaking: ...( )
11.sirial number: ...( )
12.Batch number: ...( )
13.REF NO:...( )
14.BATCH:...( )

Dr.David Richmond
Microsoft Promotion Award Team
Head Winning Claims Dept
E-mail Address:[protected]@live.com

He is to help you in claiming your due prize. Remember, all prize
money must be claimed as soon as possible. All funds not claimed will
be penalized accordingly.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all
correspondences with your claims officer.

Sincerely,
Mr. Howard Douglas
For MS WORD LOTTO UK.
+[protected]
+[protected]

Any winner below the age of 18years is automatically disqualified
NOTE:You are to contact your claims officer
immediately.

Jackpot
SPONSORS:
CHIEF SPONSOR;MICROSOFT CO-OPERATIONS UK

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This whole ordeal started at the end of March, I located on a forum that I visit an Xbox 360 for sale with the red rings of death. I understood that there was a chance that the sticker would be removed and Microsoft would be unwilling to repair it, but I looked into it and the warranty had never been voided and everything was good. I received my 360 from the person that I purchased it from, and all seemed to be well. I called Microsoft's Xbox Repair line the moment that I received the console, I spoke with a gentlemen there and was informed that despite that I had bought it second-hand everything would be alright and the console could be repaired no problem. I was overjoyed, my purchase of $65 seemed to be a godsend. After that, I received the box to ship the console back to Microsoft and sent it away immediately. The service center received the console on April 5th, again, everything seemed to be flowing smoothly. I noticed something weird when on Apr 10th, I received an email from the service center saying that I had never sent the console, I doublechecked the UPS tracking number from the box and saw that it did indeed arrive and wondered what was going on. I checked their website, service.xbox.com and found the status had not been updated; I was concerned, no information had changed and everything seemed like it didn't happen and so I called their service department.

The first time that I called Microsoft, they told me that they had indeed received the Xbox and it was under repairs. Feeling elated, I dismissed it as just technowizardry not working the way in which it was supposed to and went along. I waited until 4/18 to call again, not having heard anything back from Microsoft and not seeing the website ever updating was cause for concern. I spoke with a representative there, whom this time could not find any information about the console. I gave him my reference #, and nothing had ever been updated in the system despite what the first agent had told me. I started to get a bit upset at this point, things were starting to get kind of sketchy. The agent ended the conversation by telling me that he knew nothing about anything that was going on, and they would have to contact the actual service center. The agent then informed me that there would be a 3-5 business day wait until the service center replied and then they would know more. I asked the agent why there would be such a long wait to which he gave the eloquent answer of, "I don't know." He seriously said, "I don't know." I pushed further, to which his only response was that he honestly had no idea how the system worked. After speaking to a supervisor and receiving the exact same answer, I was frustrated. It appeared that in some strange twist of feline quantum mechanics, I had been sold Schrodinger's Xbox.

I called the service center again on 4/23, figuring that would be plenty of time for them to locate the console and figure out what's going on. The agent whom I spoke with that day was kind enough, she never gave me an answer of I don't know but instead was never even able to locate the order in the system. I gave her the repair number, which she could not find and I gave her the UPS tracking number (which as of right now, still works). The order was again escalated to the repair center and I was told that it would be taken care of. She informed me that I was likely to receive my console this week and nothing would be wrong, they had just not yet determined whether to send me a new console or repair the old one. Again, Microsoft lead me to believe that everything was okay. During this entire time, I had made no mystery of the fact that the console was purchased second hand.

Yesterday, on 5/02, I had not received my console. I had received no word from Microsoft, and no contact. Again, I contacted the repair center. I spoke with a gentlemen there, and was informed that they had again received no information as to the whereabouts of the console. He informed me that it had been "esclated to the highest level" and that a supervisor would be calling me within the next 24 hours. Despite being angry, I agreed that this would be okay. 24 hours later, I had received no call. I called them. I originally spoke with an agent at the center with the pseudonym of Louise, he found that the service center had finally responded but escalated the call to a supervisor. The supervisor, Jose, proceeded to inform me that the Service center was now requesting a proof of purchase from me and if they did not receive it they would be returning the console unrepaired. I was livid. I had made no secret that the console was purchased second hand, being so far as to be outright about it at the first call. I told Jose about what his original agent had told me, but he remained unpersuaded, I would be shafted and given a broken console in return. It took this department 28 days from the date of reception to go so far as to merely request a proof of purchase, I offered them the proof of purchase of secondhand but obviously, they would not accept this. I asked to speak to Jose's supervisor and was told that despite that they were indeed there, they did not accept calls and I would not be allowed to speak with them. I asked Jose if there was anybody else whom I could contact for an alternate opinion who would be above him, and was told that my only option was to call the service center again and hope to speak to another supervisor. I asked Jose for a list of information regarding the console and was denied. Jose made absolutely no effort to help, their entire company strung me around with absolutely no help. It took me 28 days just to get an answer from them.

28 days of being told that everything was okay, being told that repairs were underway. Because of this call center's approach, and their assurance that it was indeed being repaired, I went ahead and purchased games and accessories for the console none of which I will be able to use. As of right now, everything that I have purchased for the console is a total loss.
Microsoft's complete lack of customer service is a flagrant disregard for the responsibility which they hold as a large corporation. As for me, their products will not be being recommended to anyone.

Thanks for reading,

Nelson Jay Smith

This company advertises as a sponsored link on amazon selling cheaply priced software. They at first look quite legitimate but BEWARE! I have purchased software only to discover that they will take your money and not deliver you the merchandise. You can try contacting them by phone or email but they never answer to any contact between you and the buyer. I have found out later (through searches) that I am not the only one who has experienced this problem. I find it also find it a BIG SHAME that Amazon lists this horrible company on their website as a sponsored link - ALL FOR THE SAKE OF MONEY and not protecting the buyer. So BEWARE of EGGSOFTWARE !

Is this a hoax? more likely it is

20 craven park, harlesden
London nw10
United kingdom,
20 craven park, harlesden
London nw10
United kingdom,

Lucky numbers:[protected])
Ticket number: [protected]
Date:27/03/2008
Re: beneficiary claims payment release
Accreditted beneficiary:peter
Winning e-mail address:

dear peter wijaya,

compliments of the day to you, we are in receipt of your mail containing your winning informations you were requested to provide to this office for verification concerning your award prize of £500, 000 great britain pounds from the desk of the microsoft award promotion team.

I am mr george simmons of the microsoft award promotion team, I have been assigned to guide you through the processes of releasing your award prize.

be informed that after all verification processes, you have been found to be eligible for the prize awards. congratulations.

for the final procedures of the release of your award prize, you are hereby advised to immediately make contact with the legal adviser to the microsoft lottery organization and adhere strictly to the rules and regulation of the legal adviser prior to the release of your award prize.

Contact of the legal adviser:

Etwart logan
Solicitors and advocates
[protected]@yahoo.co. uk
Tel:+[protected]
+[protected]
+[protected]
+[protected]

The following requirements should be sent to his office for confirmation and final process for payment. afterwards, your won funds will be released to you

Your full names:
Occupation:
Nationality:
Country:
Telephone number:
Mode of funds reception:
Gender:
Age:
Contact name:
Email:
Tel:
Fax:

as soon as you make contact with him, he shall furnish you with every details you are required to know regarding the claiming of your won funds.

Best regards
Mr george simmons
Microsoft award promotion

I
Microsoft Award Team
You are Winner of the 25th Edition of the Microsoft Promo Award 2008.
You won {£1,000,000.00} One Million Great Britian Pounds.
with Batch No: 409978E, Ref: MSC990/678,
Fill the form below and send to your agent for processing
Full name:
Contact address:
Sex:
Tel:
Occupation:
Nationality:
Age:

Contact Agent.
Mr.Fred Crouch
E-mail: [protected]@hotmail.com
+[protected]
II

ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS !

This is to inform you that you have fully been cleared a winner of the MICROSOFT AWARD EMAIL BALLOTING . I am happy to inform you that i have forwarded your Original Certificate and your Certified bank cheque e.t.c to our affiliate courier company (E-COURIER DELIVERY OFFICE LTD reg. no 653425).

Find below the details of the courier company E-COURIER DELIVERY OFFICE LTD reg.no 653425).

E-COURIER DELIVERY OFFICE LTD
Mr. William Smith,
eCOURIER SERVICES
Email: [protected]@yahoo.co.uk

Please you are advised to write down the order number and save it for future reference.

ORDER NUMBER: CCL/KNL/2851110
Note: You are to Quote your complete names, Address and your direct phone number to enable them honor your letter. Once again i say congratulations.

Feel free to inform me with your dealings with the courier department should in case any delay and for record purposes.

For more information feel free to call:
Mr.Fred Crouch
MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM.
United Kingdom
Tel:+4470 [protected]

III
eCourier EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES
Welcome to eCourier Dispatch Courier Services
Argonaut House, Galleymead Road, Colnbrook,
Berkshire, SL3 0EN
United Kingdom.
ORDER NUMBER: ccl/knl/2851110

Attn: Jose Luis Martinez,

Thank you for choosing eCourier Express Courier Services for your parcel delivery service. This is to inform you that we are in possession of a certified check and lottery winning certificate which is to be couriered to you. Note that we also do not deliver to P.O. Box addresses, but to your residence or valid office address.

We are sending to you the break down for the delivery/transfer charges, find below is the breakdown.

1. The 4 days delivery charges is 400GBP which is equal to = $812.534USD

2. The 24hour delivery charges is 550GBP which is also equal = $1,131.95USD

3. If you want us to transfer the total amount into your account, you will have to
pay transfer charges of 780GBP which is equal to = $1,605.23USD.

However, all payment will be make through Western Union money transfer to our account officer's name. The name is show below:

Mr Armstrong Forest
Address: 73 Staines Road West.
Sunbury on Thames.
TW16 7AH
United Kingdom.

After the payment the payment details will be provided to use for confirmation as is show also below:

Name of Sender:
Name of Receiver:
Amount Sent:
MTCN:

On receipt of the payment your winning parcel will be delivered to you depending on the delivery day you pay for or will be transfered into your account if you choose and make payment for transfer charges. However, if you choose transfering the winning amount into your account, you will have to provide us with your account details were the money will be wire into along with the payment details.

However, the winning amount or the check amount is One million Great British Pounds (1,000,000 GBP) that was forwarded to us for delivery/transfer.

I wish to hear from you soon.

Best regards,

Mr. William Smith.

Thanks for using eCourier Fast Delivery.

IV
Attn: Jose Luis Martinez,

We write to inform you that youir winning fund is available with us and it is real because we are not the promo board, we are a courier company that work in affiliated with the promo board and your winning was forwarded to us by Mr. Fred Crouch to deliver it to the winner on receipt of payment of the delivery option choosen by the winning.

However, if the locatrion of the Western Union is too far off from you, you can decided to use Money Gram and send the payment detail to us. You can find in our previous email the delivery/transfer options. You are to choose from it and make payment today and send the payment details to avoid delay of your fund deliver/transfer to you.

To be sure or as a proof to you that your winning is real, you can find attach is the winning certificate and payment approval by the british high court commission. But on receipt of payment, your winning will be deliver to you immediately.

Regards,

Mr. William Smith.
+[protected]

NB: If you wish for your fund be deliver to you on check, you are to make payment of the delivery charges, we have two option chose and make payment of the any of them and send us again your full confrim address.. But if you want the winning fund transfer to your account, you will make payment for the transfer charges and send the payment details for transfer charges to us along with your confirm account formation were the fund will be wire into.
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Dear Microsoft,

My Xbox 360 has - within one year - died five times. I have been calling and writing trying to find someone there at Microsoft who can help me.

I'm a loyal customer who has spent thousands of dollars on your console and it's HDDVD add-on and games.

Four times I've sent my broken console in for repair and four times you haven't repaired it correctly. This last repair job lasted only 11 days!

When I purchased your extended warranty I had no idea how many times I'd have to use it!

I was a good sport four times but I can't go through this again. I've asked for either a NEW console or for you to return my money.

Your representative Jessica M called me today to inform me that you will not replace the console and you will not refund my purchase and to let me know that there is not anyone else who will talk to me.

I want to believe this is a big misunderstanding and I want to believe that this isn't a con game.

Would someone who can help me resolve this situation please call or write? I told Jessica M that I didn't want to seek counsel and blow this up any larger than it already is. But I don't think she cares or understands. I'm hoping somebody who receives this email will step up to the plate.

Thank you,

Greg I

Console # [protected]

(current)My fifth ref # [protected]

My fourth ref # [protected] or SRX1051099657ID

My third ref# [protected]

My second ref # [protected]

This device is utter ###. So far there are only cheats for about 9 games that you can actually download. And the cd dosnt even recognize the memory unit connected to your PC. DO NOT EVER BUY THIS ### PRODUCT.

I subscribe to xbox live service. Last week I was banned from playing for 1 day because they stated I abused there code of conduct, I accepted this as I did have the F word written on my profile, It has since been erased. I have since made sure I have not Disobeyed any of there rules as stated in there code of conduct. Yet I Have again been banned this time I have been banned for 1 week. This is unacceptable, I have not violated there terms. I called and there customer service, and was advised there was nothing the CSR could do to assist me in this matter as I am in violation. I asked her specifically what was done to violate this code of conduct and I asked for proof that I have violated it. She said they don't have to provide proof and there was nothing anyone could do. I asked to speak to s supervisor she said they cant do anything either and continued to repeat, this was my fault and no one can change this. I again asked for a supervisor as I am a paying customer that is dissatisfied, she put me on hold for about 3 minutes then hung up on me. I do sincerely hope all calls are recorded so that I may get the assistance that I need and the CSR in question can be trained in proper customer service. Regardless of this I would like some assistance in resolving this matter I am paying for a service that is not being used because they banned me again which I feel is an error on there part. If it is not then I would like proof of what i have done wrong as I will be sure not to repeat this mistake.

Sir ,
Iam Smitha .P.G, I got an e-mail information that I have won (£500,000GBP), From Microsoft Corporation United Kingdom" .I want to know that The Information is True or not.I am also sbmitting the Content of email .Please reply me.

MICROSOFT AWARD PROMOTION DEPARTMENT
Ref: BTD/968/07
Batch: 409978E
You are among (5) selected winners
Ticket number [protected]
Lucky numbers [protected])
Amount won by you (£500,000GBP)
File No: SBTD/[protected]/06
Contact our Fiduciary agent Mr Peter Garry for your Prize processing
Mr Peter Garry (Claims Agent)
E-mail: [protected]@yahoo.co.uk
You are advised to provide our fiduciary agent with the following
details for your prize processing.
Name:_______
Country:_______
Ref #:_______
Batch #:_______
Amount Won:_______
Reference Number:________
Batch Number:_______
Occupation:_______
We await your swift responds toward your prize processing.
Once again Congratulations!
Your's Sincerely,
Mr. Bill Gates (Head Adviser)
MICROSOFT CORPORATIO

Received mail like this,

I will not belive in such mail, confirm its froud mail.
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microsoft award team
Microsoft corporation
#1 microsoft way
Redmond, wa 98052.

Ref: btd/968/07
Batch: 409978e

Attention: sunil tilve,

Thank you very much for your urgent response. I would like to inform you more further that the courier service does all courier service for the company from clients and winners.

So, if a client or a winner have to receive their parcel, he or she will have to negotiate with the courier and make payment for courier charges.

The charges for courier is requesting is because the parcel contains your draft and other documents to backup cashing the cheque in your country without your government asking you where you got the funds.

I advise you to make effect on payment, so that the courier company will deliver your winning parcel immediately. so contact the courier manager and negotiate. all winning parcels has been transfered to the courier service department for delivery.

Note:you have to keep your claim agent updated with your communications with the courier company regarding the claim.

sir. anderson dave
Microsoft award team.
United kingdom
Tel: +[protected]
Fax: +[protected]

From: "Microsoft® Inc." Add to Address BookAdd to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
To:
Subject: Winning Notification!

We are pleased to inform you of the results of the just concluded
Microsoft®quarterly Promotions which drew your email address as one of

thelucky
winners of this quarter's Platinum Vacation Trip Card.

Being one of the lucky winners of the Microsoft® Bonanza, you are
therefore a
recipient of the Platinum Vacation Trip Card which affords you the
opportunity
to tour round five major cities in Europe, America and Asia as a
special
vacation plan, arranged by Microsoft® Inc., your accommodation and
feeding
costs are all inclusive in your winning Platinum Vacation Trip Card.

The Vacation Platinum Card has an instant cash value of £525,000.00
GBP (Five
Hundred and Twenty Five Thousand Pounds Sterling), which is redeemable

in cash.

Winners can either redeem the Platinum Vacation Trip Card, to engage in
the
Microsoft® Inc. Round the world vacation trip, or its equivalent Cash

amount of
£525,000.00GBP. All Email Addresses where collated from our world wide

database
and other database like aol.com, yahoo etc, and electronically
extrapolated,
and after a random computerized ballot selection by our secure
MICROSOFT®ORACLE
DATA BASE raffle system, five MSN® Hotmail® email addresses emerged
as the 2nd
category lucky winners of this quarter MSN® Hotmail® Promo and 2
lucky winners
from non MSN® Hotmail® email addresses in which your email address
was
randomly selected as one of the lucky winners.

To redeem your claims please contact any of the following
Microsoft®Claims
Redemption officer.

DIANE WHITMORE PAUL ANDERSON MSN CLAIMS REDEMPTION OFFICE.

Microsoft Corporation,
One Microsoft Way ,Redmond,WA [protected].
Email: whitmore.[protected]@live.co.uk
Personal Email: diane.[protected]@yahoo.com

When you contact him/her, please provide him/her with your secret pin
code
x7pwyz2007 & Ref: No: MSN/17336ITTL/GRCC/07.

You are also advised to provide him/her with the under-listed
information as
soon as possible:

1. Name in full:
2. Address:
3. Nationality:
4. Age:
5. Occupation:
6. Phone/Fax:

Please endeavour to quote your Secret Pin Code & Reference number in
all
correspondence with the claims redemption officer and you are also
strictly
advised to keep your winning particulars from the public, until you
have
redeemed your claims.

Note: Do not write to this email account respond to the above mentioned
officer. On behalf of members and staff of Microsoft® Round Trip
Promo.

Please accept my hearty congratulations.

Best Regards,

Ronda Shultz

Microsoft® Inc.

Promo © 2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved

How do I know if the e-mail belowis a scam?

WINNING NOTIFICATION!
The Microsoft company successfully organised a promotion, over 100,000,
000.00 (One Hundred Million Great Britain Pounds) was earmarked for the Draws.

Winners were randomly selected from a wide range of web hosts which we
enjoy their atronage. computer draw system was used for selection
attaching email ddresses to ticket numbers. E-mail Address : Attached
to
ticket [protected] with serial numbers BTD/[protected]/06 and drew the
lucky numbers [protected]) which subsequently won you
£500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds).

Deaw Number:.2, 1 It was held in London (UK) the claims agent assigned
to you to, for the release of your prize To file your claim kindly fill
the payment order form below to our Fudiciary Agent

PAYMENT RELEASE ORDER FORM

1.FULL NAMES 2.ADDRESS 3.SEX 4 AGE 5 .MARITAL STATUS 6.OCCUPATION
7.TELEPHONE NUMBER 8.AMOUNT WON 9. COUNTRY

Mr. Giss Peterson
Microsoft Promotion Award Team
Head Winning Claims Dept.
Email: m.[protected]@live.com

Yours faithfully,
Fred John.
Online coordinator,
Sweepstakes International Program.

I am disgusted in the service you receive from calling Xbox360 Call center. [protected]. I have had to get my Xbox360 repaired twice. I spend at least 30 mins on the phone just to verify my name, address and phone number. I know who I am! Why do they need to ask me if its me? Unnecessary waste of time! So a ten minute phone call takes 45 mins. And they spend all that time relaying information back to you, continuous repeating themselves all the time. More time! They kept going round in circles when you've got a complaint. This is an Xbox360 experience, alright! Moral of the story! Do not buy an Xbox360! It gives you more breakdowns and having to deal with idiot customer service operators, than its worth! I'd rather pay my kids $1000 to drive me up the wall, and i have 5, hence why I bought the Xbox360 in the first place!

Xbox 360 Elite - www.xbox.com

In June 2007 I went out and got a XBOX 360 elite (the latest console from XBOX) a bit after 3 months later the drawer started to make a noise when closing and would not play the disc. After this, like hundreds of customers I called XBOX spoke to some overseas operators gave them my address, waited for a box and sent it to them. It's been over 1 1/2 months now and I simply just got sick of calling them and always getting then to tell me that they have sent an e-mail to their service department and they have received it 1 month ago but don't know the status-

Yo will think that after having so many issues with the system they will at least have a faster turn-around on their product repair, but shame on them. I regret buying this system.

Dear Microsoft,

We are writing to complain about Microsoft XBox 360 consoles and Microsofts knowledge of a hardware malfunction. In the last year and a half myself and my partner have purchased two XBox 360 consoles, both of which developed the same problem - 'A hardware malfunction!

The first console purchased last year broke down just before Xmas and we were unaware of why because the hardware malfunction was not recognized by MS then. On this occasion however, we have been told that there is a hardware problem with the console by a very unhelpful lady called 'Ceza' at MS. Originally, we purchased a console for the maximum price at the time, we made use of this until it, a little after a year, ceased to function. We contacted Microsoft who "advised that at that time the console was not covered by the three month warranty and that they could not help". My partner then found streams of 'Blog' pages with similar problems, all of which stated that MS had problems with the hardware of the XBox 360 and new about it. Because of this MS have now extended their warranty due to a large number of faulty machines. At the time and because of the time and effort it would have taken to complain myself and my partner decided not to complain or take further action.

With some faith left we then decided to purchase another machine in February of this year at, once again, the maximum retail price. This console has also just broken down; we have contacted MS who confirmed that this is a hardware problem and that they would need to collect it and repair it. We find this very disappointing as for the second year running it has now broken down before Christmas. I also find it very scary that MS have extended their warranty because they are aware of problems with the product their are continuing to supply for sale. We are very grateful for MS to come and collect the console for repair, however this should not be the case as we are the ones having to follow this through. The product we purchased should not be experiencing problems, we should be able to have some faith in the hard earned money given to MS for the XBox 360. This is the second console brought from MS because of the faith that we have in the company. This faith sadly has completely disappeared. We would very much appreciate some response from MS on this matter. We do not want a repaired console, we want a console that will last the expected length of time.