The year is speedily coming to an end, as usual, scammers are looking for ways to make some quick money through any means possible.... the mail below was sent to a Gmail user's account a couple of days ago.
The mail below was sent from: Emeka James 'hgewfc@centurylink.net'
"Dear account user your Gmail ID have won you prize money of $ 800,000 and one Apple Laptop for this month of December 2014 lottery, sweepstakes, which is organized and presented by GMAIL & MICROSOFT OUTLOOK LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS 8.MICROSOFT WINDOWS collects all the Gmail and hotmail addresses of people who are active online; among the people who subscribed to Gmail and Outlook. Gmail, we only select five people every year as our winners through an electronic balloting system without the winner applying. We congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
NOTE: CONTACT THE EMAIL BELOW WITH YOUR INFORMATION.
Contact Email: googledonation001@foxmail.com
1. FULL NAME:
2. DIRECT PHONE NO:
3. AGE:
4. HOUSE ADDRESS:
Thank you and accept my hearty congratulations once again!".
We hereby warn the general public to be at alert over these fraudulent activities of scammers, which might come as emails (like the one above) asking them to fill out forms, and give out vital details about them, in order to collect some huge amount of money, won from a lottery they never entered for.
Readers be wise, don't fall pray to this!
To be fore-warned, is to be fore-armed!
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