Email Fraud Alert received from: Bill
I recently received an email with this subject line: Your Winning Lottery 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:
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MICROSOFT CORPERATION!
MICROSOFT E-MAIL SELECT AWARD HELD IN JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
Congratulations!
Your active email address has just won you the sum of $1, 000, 000.00 USD (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLAR) in our annual international Microsoft Promotion Award held in Johannesburg South Africa, Award winners emerged through random selection of thousands of active email subscribers online. Three out of thousands of emails benefit from this promotion annually.
Winners are to be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. This Prize Award must be claimed in not less than 60 days from date of draw and notification, after which unclaimed prizes will be cancelled.
YOU ARE A WINNER NO: 2
These are your identification numbers below:
Batch Number: TB/08/GNIM-432757ZAR
Reference Number: TPN565482019B
Award File Security code: SA/+QU3101101
Kindly contact the processing manager with the details below:
Dr Riaan Evert.
Phone: +27 68 222 8019
Email: microcorperation890@gmail.com
Email: microcorperation67@gmail.com
Office Address: 3 Rivonia Rd, Illovo, Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa, 2196.
Kindly send the following information to him for the facilitation/release of your fund.
1. Full Name:
2. Country of Origin:
3. Country of Resident:
4. Telephone Number:
5. Fax Number:
6. Sex/Gender:
7. Age:
8. Marital Status:
9. Winning Email Address:
10. Occupation:
11. Contact Address:
12. Copy of your ID, International passport or Drivers license:
Once our agent acknowledges receipt of this required detail, transfer would commence.o fill in a form:
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The above email was sent by “Your Winning Lottery” from this email address: offficezaremmitance2463@gmail.com
I, Bill, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Your Winning Lottery”:
What a Wally – cannot even spell CORPORATION! Get stuffed.
EDITOR – If you BELIEVE that Microsoft Corporation’s offices are here then you have a serious problem: