Yahoo/Msn/Microsoft Corporation: Contact Claims Administrator
Another dirty scam awaits in your inbox and it was sent by: anderson_web03@singnet.com.sg. Your identity is at stake and the headline is confusing: Yahoo/Msn/Microsoft Corporation: Contact Claims Administrator. Why confusing? Well, first of all Yahoo/MSN/Microsoft are separate companies and MSN and Microsoft is one and the same. However, the identity thieves are playing on the lack of knowledge of their would be victims and here is their monster piece:
FROM THE OFFICE OF
THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD
DEPARTMENT
YAHOO/MSN/MICROSOFT CORPORATION LOTTERY
Ballot number: (BT:12052007/20)
Ticket number: (7PWYZ2007)
Winning No: GB8701/LPRCWINNING NOTIFICATION:
This is to inform you that your email has won a consulation prize of the Yahoo/Msn/Microsoft Corporation EMAIL DRAW held Friday,5 September 2008 in London.Your email has won you
(£1,000,000) One Million Great British
Pounds. To claim your prize,you fill and contact your fiduciary claims officer with your Ballot
number:
(BT:12052007/20) and Ticket number:
(7PWYZ2007) and contact him
via email immediately within 24hrs. with the informations below.FIND BELOW THE YAHOO/MICROSOFT CORPORATION LOTTERY VERIFICATION FORM Full
Names: ………………………………..
…………………
Contact
Address:……………………………….
………..
Nationality:…………………………Occ
upation:……………………………….
…………………
Sex:………….Age:………………….
Amount
Won:…………………………………..
…………….
Home Telephone No. (If
Any):………………………..
Mobile Telephone
No.:………………………..
Address:……………………………….
……………..
Marital Status:……………..Contact: Claims Officer/Paymaster:
Mr. David Walter
Email:micro_claimsunit006@live.com
Phone No: {DIRECT LINE}.+447035929602
*You are adviced to forward these
informations as soon as possible to
enable us attend to your file.
Accept our hearty congratulations once again.
Yours Faithfully,Management.
This email is junk and really that’s all. There is no claim of a bounty, nor is it a safe transaction. The gigantic amount of personal information upfront is a catastrophe waiting to happen. So take my advice on this one: Just delete it!
About the Author: Radek M. Gadek is a graduate of the Masters in Criminal Justice Program at Boston University. In his spare time he wants to help everyone understand the dangers of identity theft and financial fraud. Will he succeed in doing so? That is yet to be seen...
tiju | Jul 17, 2009 | Reply
I have recieved a lottery winning notification to my mail is this a prank or not can you please help me out if i had actually won the lotterry.Please give me a reply as soon as possible.
Radek M. Gadek | Oct 3, 2009 | Reply
Tiju, it was you and probably a million more people who won that same lottery. Don’t get scammed – avoid at all costs!