Wednesday, April 14, 2010

New Email Scam

Mr Val Hill (aa5963@coventry.ac.uk) send me the following Scam Email:


Microsoft Award Team

20 Craven Park, Harlesden

London NW10, United Kingdom .

Ref: BTL/101OXI/02

Batch: 12/25/0340

Microsoft Award Notification

This e-mail is to inform you that your e-mail address has won you the sum of £500,000.00(Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) from the 2010 MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY Draws. For your payment, you are required to contact our fiduciary agent with the below contact details:

please this is a notification webmail box and thus cannot receive replies, you are hereby to reply to: msl2010@rcweb.net

CONTACT PERSON: Mr. Michael Earnes

Email: msl2010@rcweb.net

Tel: +447024035589

You are also required to contact him with the below information.

INFORMATION REQUESTED:

(a) Your full Name:

(b) Contact address:

(c) Sex

(d) Your Telephone and fax numbers:

(e) Your Age:

(f) Your occupation:

(g) Your country of origin:

Regards,

Mr. Thomas Barnhart

Online Co-ordinator




NOTICE

This message and any files transmitted with it is intended for the addressee only and may contain information that is confidential or privileged. Unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you are not the addressee, you should not read, copy, disclose or otherwise use this message, except for the purpose of delivery to the addressee.

Any views or opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Coventry University.

I suppose this particular email address got hacked, (I had one of my emails hacked too) but you never know.

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