Email Fraud Alert received from: Karien
I recently received an email with this subject line: YOUR EMAIL WON £1,500,000 POUNDS 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:
CONGRATULATION!!!
You are lucky to be among the lucky winners of the BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO PROGRAMME,
held on the last Friday 29th MAY 2015.Your e-mail address carry this lucking winning numbers below:09 14 26 28 30 45 38.Please acknowledge the receipt of
this mail with the details below to : Mr.Richard Cook.Contact E-mail: bnlofficer70@gmail.com ( +447509755930 ) Claims Requirements:
1.Full name:2.Home Address:3.Age:4.Sex:5.Occupation:6.Phone Number:7.Country Of Residence.
The above email was sent by “online co-ordinator” from this email address: grbabcock@charter.net
I, Karien, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “online co-ordinator”:
Soooo excited. In fact I think I am gonna send this idiot a whole bunch of my e-mail addresses, maybe I will get even luckier!