{"id":50,"date":"2008-11-01T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-01T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/?p=50"},"modified":"2008-11-01T14:59:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-01T14:59:00","slug":"report-theft-from-the-microsoft-lottery-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/2008\/11\/report-theft-from-the-microsoft-lottery-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Report theft from the Microsoft lottery scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"dnn_ctr583_ContentPane\" class=\"DNNAligncenter\"><span id=\"spBody\" class=\"Forum_Normal\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">Have you ever received an e-mail message that said it was from Microsoft and that you had won the lottery? If you&#8217;ve lost money from <\/span><\/span><a mce_href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/security\/lottery\/whatis.mspx\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/security\/lottery\/whatis.mspx\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;color:#800080;\">a scam like  that<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">, we  encourage you to contact your local law enforcement agency. After you have, we  would like to hear from you.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><o:p><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"> <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">You can send a copy of your police report or the  crime reference number to the following dedicated Microsoft e-mail  address<\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman;color:#0000ff;\"><u><a mce_href=\"mailto:lotfraud@microsoft.com\" href=\"mailto:lotfraud@microsoft.com\" title=\"lotfraud@microsoft.com\">:  <\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color:#800080;\"><a mce_href=\"mailto:lotfraud@microsoft.com\" href=\"mailto:lotfraud@microsoft.com\" title=\"lotfraud@microsoft.com\">lotfraud<\/a><\/span><u><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><a mce_href=\"mailto:lotfraud@microsoft.com\" href=\"mailto:lotfraud@microsoft.com\" title=\"lotfraud@microsoft.com\">@microsoft.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><o:p><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"> <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">Or you can mail details to Microsoft  at this address:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">Report Lottery Fraud<br \/>Microsoft  Corporation<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><st1:address st=\"on\"><st1:street st=\"on\"><st1:street st=\"on\"><st1:address st=\"on\">One Microsoft  Way<\/st1:address><\/st1:street><br \/><st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:address st=\"on\">Redmond<\/st1:address><\/st1:city>, <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:address st=\"on\">WA<\/st1:address><\/st1:state> <st1:postalcode st=\"on\"><st1:address st=\"on\">98052-7329<\/st1:address><\/st1:postalcode><br \/><st1:country-region st=\"on\"><st1:address st=\"on\">USA<\/st1:address><\/st1:country-region><\/st1:street><\/st1:address><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><o:p><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"> <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">Microsoft is collecting this information from lottery fraud victims to help investigate lottery fraud crime and to work with international law enforcement to help stop it.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><o:p><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"> <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">For more information, see  <\/span><\/span><a mce_href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/security\/lottery\/default.mspx\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/security\/lottery\/default.mspx\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;color:#800080;\">Report Microsoft lottery  fraud<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/securitytipstalk\/archive\/2008\/10\/28\/report-theft-from-the-microsoft-lottery-scam.aspx<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever received an e-mail message that said it was from Microsoft and that you had won the lottery? If you&#8217;ve lost money from a scam like that, we encourage you to contact your local law enforcement agency. After you have, we would like to hear from you. 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