£One Million from Microsoft (spam)
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Just received this in my inbox:
MICROSOFT E-MAIL PROMOTION WINNERS NOTICE, Your Email Address was selected thereby Winning for you,£One Million pounds and you are to acknowledge the receipt of this mail with the details below to CLAIMS AGENT MR. SCOTT CARSON (scott_carsondesk02@live.com) TEL: +44-703-187-1790 Claims Requirements: 1.Full name: 2.Home Address: 3.Age: 4.Sex: 5.Tel: 6.Occupation: 7.Country Sincerely, Mrs. Rose WoodI wonder what the purpose is... what do they want to do with that data? There no credit card info or such... -
Just received this in my inbox:
MICROSOFT E-MAIL PROMOTION WINNERS NOTICE, Your Email Address was selected thereby Winning for you,£One Million pounds and you are to acknowledge the receipt of this mail with the details below to CLAIMS AGENT MR. SCOTT CARSON (scott_carsondesk02@live.com) TEL: +44-703-187-1790 Claims Requirements: 1.Full name: 2.Home Address: 3.Age: 4.Sex: 5.Tel: 6.Occupation: 7.Country Sincerely, Mrs. Rose WoodI wonder what the purpose is... what do they want to do with that data? There no credit card info or such...Most likely they'll ask for the details of your bank account where they can deposit (cough) your winnings. /ravi
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Just received this in my inbox:
MICROSOFT E-MAIL PROMOTION WINNERS NOTICE, Your Email Address was selected thereby Winning for you,£One Million pounds and you are to acknowledge the receipt of this mail with the details below to CLAIMS AGENT MR. SCOTT CARSON (scott_carsondesk02@live.com) TEL: +44-703-187-1790 Claims Requirements: 1.Full name: 2.Home Address: 3.Age: 4.Sex: 5.Tel: 6.Occupation: 7.Country Sincerely, Mrs. Rose WoodI wonder what the purpose is... what do they want to do with that data? There no credit card info or such...blackjack2150 wrote:
I wonder what the purpose is... what do they want to do with that data?
Well, I assume that when a numbskull replies to the e-mail, then it is obvious to the spammers that this person's e-mail address is a valid one, and therefore they can continue sending spam e-mails to the e-mail address. Also with the idiot's home address and telephone number in their hands they can spam the person this way, or even better, sell the details to third parties :) Regards, --Perspx
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Just received this in my inbox:
MICROSOFT E-MAIL PROMOTION WINNERS NOTICE, Your Email Address was selected thereby Winning for you,£One Million pounds and you are to acknowledge the receipt of this mail with the details below to CLAIMS AGENT MR. SCOTT CARSON (scott_carsondesk02@live.com) TEL: +44-703-187-1790 Claims Requirements: 1.Full name: 2.Home Address: 3.Age: 4.Sex: 5.Tel: 6.Occupation: 7.Country Sincerely, Mrs. Rose WoodI wonder what the purpose is... what do they want to do with that data? There no credit card info or such...with these details they can evaluate what kind of products u will buy/or be interested in, they probably will then sort them(by products/age/country etc..) and sell the details to companies that use them for telemarketing, hoping that you will eventually buy the product on hearing the pleasing voice of a beautiful girl! And believe me there are thousands who will eventually buy a product
Rahul Sindhu
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Just received this in my inbox:
MICROSOFT E-MAIL PROMOTION WINNERS NOTICE, Your Email Address was selected thereby Winning for you,£One Million pounds and you are to acknowledge the receipt of this mail with the details below to CLAIMS AGENT MR. SCOTT CARSON (scott_carsondesk02@live.com) TEL: +44-703-187-1790 Claims Requirements: 1.Full name: 2.Home Address: 3.Age: 4.Sex: 5.Tel: 6.Occupation: 7.Country Sincerely, Mrs. Rose WoodI wonder what the purpose is... what do they want to do with that data? There no credit card info or such...With that information, they can open a credit card account in your name using your credit history, borrow loads of money, then default on it. Result, several thousand pounds in their name, and wrecking your credit history.
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Just received this in my inbox:
MICROSOFT E-MAIL PROMOTION WINNERS NOTICE, Your Email Address was selected thereby Winning for you,£One Million pounds and you are to acknowledge the receipt of this mail with the details below to CLAIMS AGENT MR. SCOTT CARSON (scott_carsondesk02@live.com) TEL: +44-703-187-1790 Claims Requirements: 1.Full name: 2.Home Address: 3.Age: 4.Sex: 5.Tel: 6.Occupation: 7.Country Sincerely, Mrs. Rose WoodI wonder what the purpose is... what do they want to do with that data? There no credit card info or such...