Yup, con artists are starting to spell a bit better

Received the below this morning in my email box and while I know it's a con, suspect there must be people taken in by it or these type of things would cease to exist.

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"Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10
United Kingdom
FILE REF: HL/5564/06/07/MICS
BATCH: MC11/834/5PDH /EU
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Dear Lucky Winner,

The prestigious Microsoft and AOL has set out and successfully organised a Sweepstakes marking this years anniversary for the month of july 2008, we rolled out over
?500,000.00 GBP (Five hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) Draws.Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range
of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage.

Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080648302/06 and drew the lucky numbers
14-21-25-39-40-47(20) which subsequently won you ?500,000.00 GBP (Five hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) as one of the jackpot winners in his draw.
You have therefore won the entire winning sum of ?500,000.00GBP (Five hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds).

CLAIMS REQUIREMENTS:

Full names,Residential address,Phone number,Fax number,Occupation,Sex,Age,Nationality,Present Country,Next of kin name/address, Along with your International
Passport, Driver's license, work ID Card or any form of identity for proper identification and verification.

Mode Of prize Remittance.

(1).Cash Pick-Up (You coming Down to Uk Personally to Pick Your prize).

(2).Bank To Bank (Online Money Transfer)

(3).Courier Delivery Of your Certified Winning Cheque Name and other
Winning Documents safely to you.

FOR YOUR CLAIMS CONTACT:
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FOREIGN TRANSFER MANAGER
MR. PATRICK JOHNSON
MICROSOFT SECURITY DEPARTMENT (UK).
Tel: +447024052895
E-mail:patrickjohnson2@live.com
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The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by our CEO/Chairman, Bill Gates and a consortium of software promotion companies. The Intel Group, Toshiba,
Dell Computers and other International Companies. The Microsoft internet E-mail draw is held periodically and is organized to encourage the use of the Internet and
promote computer literacy worldwide.

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS! (Unquote)

I'm rich, I'm rich!!

Congratulations,Mara. Invest your windfall wisely. Some Members have all the luck.

Yes, magic surely happened as I never bought/got a ticket! Wonder if our Bank will accept my signing over the winnings in lieu of our paying off our mortgage! Huge grin.

Just don't forget your friends.

Mara,
I would gladly pick up your winning's for you ,will save you the cost of your flight,who am i kidding with a windfall like that you can afford to fly anywhere you want

They have figured out how to use a spell checker!

It is a start.

Nothing worse than reading poorly spelled SPAM, is there?

OH MARA!!! Why with that kind of money you could afford to buy plan tickets for the staff and we could all get together for one heck of a get together!!!

By the way, could you flip for the beer too???

Oh, good show Mara! Lots of lovely lolly!

It's a shame we could not pick our own numbers though, because 008795727498 is my lucky number.

Laughing at all the great comments!

But, in reality, I've often thought of what I'd do with a mass of money - and what fun it would pay to pay full expenses for all members and their family's to meet at a resort for a weekend!