Nope, I think she means that she is fighting her own poverty.

They like to use big names, like Yahoo and Microsoft, and attach photos of probably real people who are unaware and not involved in the scam. That is why we are telling you Not to provide your personal information to these scammers, because the next thing you know is that your name is used in another scam.

In this particular scam, the "draw" was held in America. And if you don't claim the prize, the money will go to charity.

So, you didn't pay for the lottery, and now they are giving you lottery winnings - and how is that logical in "helping to fight world poverty". (See the motto, we have removed the logo as we are not sure where that comes from, probably stolen from a real charity organisation)

Where did the money come from to help poverty if there is neither cash input from punters and hundreds of thousands being given away?

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Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] CONGRATULATION!!!..( DEAR ANN )

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MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD
 
FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORD LOTTERY UNITED STATES.61-70 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury NEWYORK UNITED STATES WC1B 5AC.
REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-13548
BATCH NO: 2007MARCH #25
WINNER NO: 1
 
ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: UNITED STATES
 
MICROSOFT COOPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE A WINNER OF OUR ANNUAL MS-WORD LOTTO LOTTERY CONDUCTED IN AMERICA BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNING PROGRAMS HELD ON 5TH,MARCH 2007.
 
YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS OR COMPANY EMAIL WAS ATTACHED TO MARCH MSWLL. WITH SERIAL NUMBER S/M-00688 DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS 25-4-65-37-41-2-10, AND CONSEQUENTLY WON IN THE FIRST LOTTERY CATEGORY. YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR LUMP SUMS OF $ 100,000 (USD ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) PAYABLE IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE REF NO: MSW-L/500-13548 THIS IS FROM TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF $ 2.500,000,000 USD, SHARED AMONG THE TWENTY-FIVE (25) LUCKY INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN FIRST AND SECOND CATEGORY.
 
ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED FROM WORLDWIDE WEBSITES ESPECIALLY YAHOO MAIL THROUGH OUR MICROSOFT COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 21,000 NAMES, 30,000 NAMES FROM EACH CONTINENT (CANADA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATE, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA AND OCEANIA, AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL "E-MAIL" PROMOTIONS PROGRAM, WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY FOR OUR PROMINENT MS -WORD USERS ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF INTERNET AND COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE. 
 
YOUR FUND (CERTIFIED CHEQUE) HAS BEEN INSURED WITH YOUR REF NO:MSW-L/500-36937 AND WILL BE READY FOR DELIVERY. IT WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU BY ONE OF OUR CLAIM AGENT IN CHARGE OF YOUR ZONE (Mrs.Edith Ambler). YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE USED IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER, PLEASE NOTE THAT, YOU ARE TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER VIA EMAIL AND PHONE AS WE ARE PROMOTING THE USE OF E-MAIL. ALSO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CALL HER TO CONFIRM YOUR WINNINGS AND GOVERNMENT TAX PAYMENT THAT IS INVOLVE, AS SHE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NECESSARY DETAILS ON HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.
 
AS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL YOU ARE TO QUOTE THIS SECURITY CODE MSW/MARCH/XX07 TO YOUR CLAIMING AGENT. THIS IS TO PREVENT SCAM .
 
PRIZE CLAIM
 
CLAIMS AGENT OFFICER CONTACT EMAIL IS:
 
Mrs.Edith Ambler
SECETARY
CLAIMS AGENT
E-MAIL:mrs-edit@azet.sk
TELE/FAX: +1-315-370-2413
 
REMEMBER, ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ALL FUNDS NOT CLAIMED ON OR BEFORE THE FIXED DATE WILL BE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED AND DONATED TO CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS.
 
NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID MISTAKES, PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS AND YOUR SECURITY CODE OF MSW/MARCH/XX07 IN ALL CORRESPONDENCES WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER. DO NOT REPLY ANY OTHER MAILS LIKE THIS ON NET, AS THEY ARE A LOT OF SCAM ARTIST OUT THERE PRETENDING TO BE US. YOU MAY SEE MAILS LIKE THIS DO NOT REPLY. DO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER Mrs.Edith Ambler . AT ONCE YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE SOME DETAILS TO ENABLE THE OFFICE PROCEED WITH YOUR WINNING CERTIFICATE AND FILE KEEPING.
 
CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF MICROSOFT COOPERATION TO ALL OUR LUCKY WINNERS THIS YEAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM. OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO BILL GATE OF MICROSOFT AND ALL HIS ASSOCIATES FOR ALLEVIATING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD.
SINCERELY,
 
                                                  
                                 
MRS.BASHIRA  ABUBAKAR                      MRS.EDITH MBLER
  (Co-ordinator)                                                 (Secretary)
 
LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;
MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK,             MICROSOFT CORPORATION AFRICA ,
MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA,           MICROSOFT CORPORATION ASIA.
  
 
  Past winners.
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