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Ha!!! These crooks sure do try hard to make one think they have won a prize! This is probably one of the best attempts I've seen yet to make a fake look realistic, especially with the @Microsoft Copyright. NOTICE the section following their phone number below of ALL OF THE PERSONAL INFORMATION THEY ARE ASKING FOR in order for me to claim the prize.I don't think so.   Here's the email:

 AWARD WINNER (Ref:MSN-L/200-26937) YOUR EMAIL ID HAVE WON (£500,000)Monday, October 6, 2008 11:06 AMFrom: "Steve Metcalf" <smetcalf@unca.edu>To: undisclosed-recipients
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Msn Award Team
Baley House, Har Road
Sutton, Greater London
SM1 4te United Kingdom.
Batch: 12/25/0340
Ref:MSN-L/200-26937

Hello Winners

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS (£500,000) for the month of October 2008 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.   YAHOO & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail we only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.                     

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM: You are to contact your Claims Agent with immediate effect to faciliate the protocol of your winning prized before the date of Claim,Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre Prize must be claimed not later than 14 working days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.These are your identification numbers:Batch number...................12/25/0340
Reff number.......................MSN-L/200-26937
Winning number...................YM09788

To begin your claim please contact our licensed and accredited agent assigned to you:

Mr. Gordon Pell
(VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT MANAGER)
Email:mslgordonpell15@live.com
TEL:+447045701961

You are therefore advised to send the following information to the claims agent to facilitate them and in order for them to have access in proceeding with the transfer of your funds to your nominated bank account.

1. Full name............
2. Country..............
3. Contact Address........
4. Telephone Number.......
5. Marital Status.........
6. Occupation.............
7. Company..............
8. Age....................

Msn Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 14 working days from date of Draw Notification.Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.Congratulations!! once again.
Yours in service,This email is sent by \"Microsoft Secured Mail Servers\"  7.12 Notification.© 2008 Microsoft International Lottery Programs.
All Rights Reserved.Patricia Hernandez S..
(Operation Manager)