Email Fraud Alert received from: Sarah
I recently received an email with this subject line: You Have Been Awarded!!! and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:
Dear Email Owner,
We are pleased to inform you again of the result of the UEFA LOTTERY INTERNET PROMOTIONAL DRAWS. All email addresses entered for this promotional draws were randomly inputted from an internet resource database using the Synchronized Random Selection System (SRSS).
This is our second letter to you.After this automated computer ballot,your email address was selected in Category A with Ref Number: LTW/09014IT/2015 and Special Ticket Number: EGB-022-020-15,this qualifies you to be the recipient of the grand prize award sum of (£1,500,000.00) One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds.
The payout of this cash prize to you will be subject to the final validations and satisfactory report that you are the bona fide owner of the winning email address. In line with the governing rules of claim, you are required to establish contact with your designated claims agent via email or telephone with the particulars below:
Claims Officer: Gary Howard
Phone: +44-793-744-5248
Email: redeem_bnn@zsk.name
You may establish contact with the Enquiry Officer via the e-mail address above with the information’s necessary: Name:, Address:, Phone:, Cell Phone:, Email:, Alternative Email:, Occupation:,Ref Number and Special Ticket Number.
All winnings must be claimed within 14 days from today. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence with your claims agent. You are advised to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your Reference and Special Ticket Numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs.Alberta Cristiano
Promotion Coordinator
The above email was sent by “???” from this email address: enlee@jysolutec.com
I, Sarah, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “???”:
Thanks for the lesson Alberta – now whenever I see the name Alberta I will visualise your shorthand for it – ???