Your Gmail Address has Just Won You 500000 USD and Apple Laptop Scam
The email message below: "Your gmail address has just won you 500,000 USD and APPLE LAPTOP for this month of 2014 Lottery promotion which is organized by GMAIL & MICROSOFT OUTLOOK LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS 8 LIVE," is fraudulent and you should not respond to it with your personal information. Also, there is no Gmail, Google, Hotmail, Live.com, Windows Live, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft, Windows 8 or Android lottery. Every month, thousands of these email messages are sent out by scammers to trick their potential victims into stealing their personal information and/or sending money. You may also receive similar email messages claiming that you have won US$750,000.
Remember, never send your personal information to anyone in an email message or send money to someone who contacted you via email message.
The Fraudulent Email Message
This Email is to inform you that your gmail address has just won you 500,000 USD and APPLE LAPTOP for this month of 2014 Lottery promotion which is organized by GMAIL & MICROSOFT OUTLOOK LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS 8 LIVE.
The MICROSOFT WINDOWS collects all the gmail addresses of the people that are active online, among the people that subscribed to Gmail and Hotmail, gmail we only select five people as our winners through 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: gmcft @outlook.com1. FULL NAMES:
2. HOUSE ADDRESS:
3. OCCUPATION:
4. SEX:
5. AGE:
6. DIRECT PHONE NO:
7. STATE:
8. COUNTRY:Thank you and accept my hearty congratulations once again!
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