SKYPE LOTTERY PROMO 2013! ??? true or scam?

I recieve this message today ,i want to know if it is true?
SKYPE LOTTERY PROMO 2013!
This is to officially inform you that your user name on
(SKYPE IRAQ) has currently won you the sum of
£1,000.000.00 Great British Pounds (One Million GBP)
on our out going lottery promo and as part of your member patronage to our site
(http://www.skype.com/)
For more enquiries:
[edited for privacy]
Congratulations once again from
all members and staff of SKYPE.
Powered by Skype Inc.
© 2013 Skype.™

Yes, this a scamming. Please ignore.
Regards,
Tamim
Location - Dhaka | Bangladesh - Standard Time Zone: GMT/UTC + 06:00 hour
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Skype Lottery promotion 2013 Scam?

I take it that this is a scam??
Congratulations!!!Your Skype account have just won the sum of £520,000 GBP (Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand Great Britain Pound)on the second category of Skype Lottery promotion 2013. Here is your winning Ref.No. SK/324982/02. To redeem your prize, send the reference number to the claims agent Dr. David on the email: [Mod edit: In the interest of protecting other users by preventing them from accidentally or intentionally contacting scammers, please do not post scammers' contact information on the community. Thanks!]

This is a known scamming. Please ignore.
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Tamim
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Skype lottery promo

[2:05:30 PM] Award Team: SKYPE LOTTERY PROMO !
This is to officially inform you that your user name on xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx has currently won you the sum of £1,000.000.00 Great British Pounds (One Million GBP) on our out going lottery promo and as part of your member patronage to our site xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
For more enquiries:
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Is this the message specific to your company or is it that the topic scam?
is Mr. george clifford the manager of your company ?

medhat.gerges20,
Please do NOT post details (including links) when querying what is a well known and obvious SCAM.
Thank you.
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Nokia Anniversary promo awards [ True or Scam ]

Hi,
I have receive a massage on my Skype account from Nokia saying that I have won the nokia anniversary promo and the draw was conducted today on skype Network and I just wanted to know if its true or is it just another scam,
thank you .

yup, that is indeed a common and obvious scam. you can also report the send to [email protected]
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Skype Lottery scam?

there is a skyp lottery going on can someone tell me if its true below is the message i recieved and the ID of the person who sent it, please let me know if other people got it too and if this is authentic.
xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx
Congratulations!!!Your Skype account have just won the sum of £520,000 GBP (Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand Great Britain Pound)on the second category of Skype Lottery promotion 2013. Here is your winning Ref.No. SK/324982/02. To redeem your prize, send the reference number to the claims agent Dr. David Bruce on the email below: xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx
Solved!
Go to Solution.

This is scam. See the comment here: http://community.skype.com/t5/Security-Privacy-Trust-and/Skype-Lottery-notification-email/m-p/141654...
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Ongoing scam using skype microsoft promo

please be aware that an existing acct in skype using your skype microsoft promos is victimixing skype accounts by means of making friends wirh contacts.the victims will pay money in return of the claimed amount to be given...im just concern about this.pls verify any acct like this and protect uour customers.thanks

Hello, Dr.Cely28, and welcome to the Community,
Unfortunately, confirming many such scams and schemes are circulating around the internet. It seems no legitimate business is immune from being spoofed. If in doubt, always contact the company's customer service team to investigate.
One of my other favourite places to check the veracity of these claims - some of which are beyond extraordinary! - is www.snopes.com They do a fabulous job of tracking urban legends and other ridiculousness.
Best regards,
Elaine
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Skype lottery promotion

Hi some one added me and said i win 500000$ in lottery skype and he want me to send my details to this email [email protected] thats right i win from skype or thats lying on me and his id name skype lottery promotion lives in uk help plz??????

This is a so called "lottery scam" and they are send via all kind of channels: E-mail, snail mail or IM like Skype. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery_email_scam
On Skype please block this user and report the abuse by using the checkbox on the block window as explained here: https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA10488/how-do-i-block-or-report-a-contact
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Skype Lottery

I have recieved and e-mail regarding a Skype Lottery, is this real or a scam???

It's a well known SCAM.
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Migrate contacts from Skype to Lync 2013

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Just need to get help for how to migrate contacts from Skype to Lync 2013 client ? Is there any special third party or Microsoft solutions to provide such service ?
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Not possible and no third party that I am aware of.
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Skype Lottery notification email

Hi, I receive this email is this malicius?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Hi, tunexmowo1, and welcome to the Community,
Typing the words "Skype lottery" in the Community's topic search bar will yield a plethora of posts scattered around the Community related to people receiving messages announcing they have won a Skype lottery. Skype would never sponsor nor condone such practices, all of which are scammers and spammers tempting the unwary to surrender account details and other personally identifiable information.
There is nothing more to be said! Topic closed.
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Elaine
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SCAM OR NOT? SKYPE LOTTERY

Can anyone from skype confirm this message which i got allegedly form Skype USA -
[8/6/2013 11:57:06 AM] skypelondon2013: Congratulations! Skype has selected your account to win the sum of $520,000 USD (Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollar) on the second category of Skype 10TH Year anniversary Lottery 2013. Here is your winning Ref.No. _________________ To redeem your prize, send the reference number to the claims agent ___________________ on the email:__________________________

Hi, Rhymes2129, and welcome to the Community,
Lottery scams are widely circulated around the internet. They never seem to go away. For a look at how numerous these phishing and spoofing schemes are, make your way over to www.snopes.com.
Skype would never sponsor such a programme let alone endorse any such thing.
Regards,
Elaine
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Skype Community member sent me a scam email

I'm not sure if some of you have experienced this before, but someone on Skype Community sent me a private message, saying they wanted to be friends, but to contact them with their email address for 'network and personal reason'. I presumed it slightly suspicious, but I used my secondary email address and emailed the person to see what happened.
They seemed nice at first, but then after I replied, they came back with an email asking for money and all that stuff. So after that, I went and ignored the person on my Skype Community list.
Is there a way we report Skype Community members about scam and all that? And maybe ban them? O_o
If you know, your knowledge would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

Hi, Fire4564,
Yes, the Moderation Team is aware of this issue. Thank you for alerting the Community! You may report the community member account name, and the text of the message if you wish, by copying and pasting, and sending a private message to a moderator.
Your post reads like so many others where scammers attempt to contact people via contact requests, e-mail, FaceBook, and so on. The advice is the same: if you feel endangered, are harrassed, or threatened with blackmail, report the incident to your local law enforcement agency. If needed, the authorities will contact Skype directly via official channels.
For those reading, please note: the Moderation Team is unable to lend assistance to requests for help sent via private message! Please send messages to the Moderation Team by request only, such as in this instance. Please post your questions on the Community message board best suited to the item you need assistance with. Thank you for understanding!
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Elaine
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Skype Good Name Being Used to Scam

Dear Skype Community
I received an email today, knowing it must of been a former of scam, it wasn't till I got home just now to block it.
I noticed it used Skype as it's domain address while its forwarding name was a: noreply
The full address was [e-mail removed for privacy and security]
If only I had taken a screenshot to show you, but it came to my email account which is linked here.
I am easy to find via Google but my worry is for Skype and your own security and I would like to make you aware of this happening.
It is very difficult to talk to someone who works with Skype, but I am hoping that this will no longer be the case seeing Microsoft, I hope, has full control.
I do hope to get a response from here ASAP and if possible, have this message directed to an approved moderator.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely
JT Valerie
JT Valerie

I have not had any mail since, because I blocked the sender address.
I assumed it would take long to get a response from Skype compared to my response from Microsoft, as I sent my post to both Skype and Microsoft at the same time and day, this is the first reply I have received from Skype. Considering the subject.
Within hours I got a response from Microsoft moderators concerning security.
I was asked, which type of framework I was using, whether it was Windows Live or other.
My framework has been MS Office 365 for nearly a year and a half and I was directed to let the MS Office team know, who then redirect me back here.
I did ask, if a different notification address could be sent, because of me blocking the first one, and in that could there be a verification link to re-establish notifications with Skype.
This has not yet been established with Skype, so until then I do not have any notifications.
I was also quite surprised that Skype did not have a place in the Microsoft Community Support section (Microsoft Answers page) which I hope will be rectified soon.
Am so glad to see some responses to this problem and hope to hear of more solutions.
My Very Best Regards
Jeff
JT Valerie

APPLE iPHONE UK MOBILE PROMO 2014 (legit or scam)

Okay. It's 2014 already. I received a message regarding IPHONE-UK PROMO saying that my number won a million pounds. What the heck?!? I'm from Asia and why would they know my number in the first place. Is this legit or just the same SCAM flying around? Please someone help me confirm this. Who wouldn't want to be a millionaire eh? Thanks!! God bless y'll!

Thanks a lot! At the back of my mind I know its a scam but still hopeful. Haha

My Skype number used in a tech scam.

I don't know if this has happened to anyone else before but today I received a voicemail from a man who had received a phone call from my Skype number. Whoever was using the number had claimed to be from Microsoft and was trying to access sensitive information on his HDD.
I double checked with the guy and the scammer was indeed using my Skype number. I've already contactd support about this but wanted to know if this has happened before/warn others.
I've been getting calls from numbers I don't recognize for weeks and have never bothered to return them. I definitely will now. Probably could have found out about this sooner if I had.

Hello to both,
In view of these experiences please contact customer service and request replacement Skype Numbers.
Thank you.
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