He may not be the proud owner of a new BMW + cash but he's still a 'Lucky Email Owner'.

I never get lucky email to own.

Why are they picking on Stamford, it's a lovely part of the country and only an idiot would think that

22 Garden Close,

Stamford Lincs,

PE9 2YP

London,

United Kingdom

Mind you I live in Belgium, so what do I know...

They really aren't trying very hard anymore, are they?

I got a similar shoddy piece from the Lagos boys the other week.

Certainly not up to their usual standard - though the spelling and grammar was.

Im curious. How do they convert that information into cash?

Theres no account info or bank details or anything.?

With the details they have asked for, they can get credit, be it cards loan etc.. all against the senders name.

This is what everyone forgets, It's not just bank details they need.

If you're curious, why not send off your details - See if they can manage it.

You would think that only one prize of this magnitude would be offered. Then again, if there is more than one winner (based on how many emails went out) it would likely bankrupt the company. Now if Microsoft would send out these offers and add in $800k+ of loot to all the email addresses listed it might work, they DO have a bunch of cash.

Let's see: New headline: "Microsoft cash award might bankrupt company" Put your short sales in now. Stock will go down.

Ah.... two scams in one. Where is the PDF file and audio track.

yeah, and it's interesting that whenever I want something from the bank, they check and double check and triple check whether it's me and indeed me changing my (and only my) address. So one definitely wants to ask the question of: HOW. (not looking for an answer here, I think everyone gets my point)

Check out "419 eater" on google... it's a site where people bait the scammers, pretending to be taken in by the ruse, then publish the finished bait on the forums. Most education :)

You can bet there'd be an 'admin fee' to pay somewhere along the line if you were so extraordinarily stupid to try to claim this unbelievable prize.

This scam is obviously aimed only at coke dealers, pimps and middle managers.

Where's the IT angle? It's an email claiming the recipient has won a prize. Google "Advanced Fee Scam".

It's a 419 variant, therefore an IT issue.