Are you a victim of lottery fraud? Report it

If you have lost money to a lottery fraud that claimed to be from Microsoft, the first step is to report the details of the crime to your local law enforcement agency.

When you've reported the crime to your local law enforcement agency ask for a copy of the police report. If you would like to help combat the issue of Internet lottery fraud we invite you to share a copy of your police report with us by sending it to lotfraud@microsoft.com. Alternatively, you can mail a copy to:

Report Lottery Fraud
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
USA

The copy of your police report will be analyzed by our dedicated team of lawyers and investigators together, who will analyze it with other reports received from all over the world with the purpose of identify the fraudsters who committed the crimes. The police reports will be grouped together by fraudster, and once the fraudster has been identified and his location established, Microsoft will provide the copies of these police reports then return this refined intelligence to the relevant law enforcement agencies in the perpetrator's home country so that they may be used as evidence against the fraudster. Microsoft will not share your personal data with any other companies and won't keep your personal information or keep copies of the police report for more than 2 years.

We hope that the intelligence information that we provide will help the national law enforcement agencies catch perpetrators and bring them to justice, thereby reducing the incidence of lottery scams.

While Microsoft does not provide financial compensation to lottery fraud victims, we hope that we will be able to prevent more people from becoming victims of these crimes in the future and make progress toward eliminating these crimes altogether.

An important word of warning: Microsoft and its alliance partners are embarking on a major publicity program to raise awareness of Internet lottery fraud. The criminals who perpetrate these crimes are extremely innovative. It is possible that they might take advantage of press coverage to re-contact their victims posing as someone connected to the alliance and working to provide compensation. Please do not part with any money in return for the promise of compensation or assistance but instead contact your local police.

Victims are welcome to check our lottery fraud Web site for updates on the progress of our investigations. Due to the anticipated volume of responses, we are unable to respond to individual reports on each victim's report. However, we can offer the assurance that we will use the information you provide to build our investigations and work with Interpol and other law enforcement agencies to reduce the problem.

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