Fake and Virus Email - "International Lottery GOOGLE INT"
The email message below: "GOOGLE int," is a fake and has a virus or Trojan horse attached to it that will infect your Windows computer if you open it. The message was not sent by Google, but by cyber-criminals, who designed it to trick the recipients into opening the malicious attachment by claiming that they have won the international lottery Google INT. But, there is no Google lottery.
The Fake and Virus Google Lottery Email Message
Subject: GOOGLE int
Attachment: form.zipCongratulations on your victory in the international lottery GOOGLE INT and win in the amount of 10,000 euro.
For winning fill out the form and send it to us investing in response.
******* ******* ********** ******* ******** ********
Mr. Kan Hans
Mirrow
Trust Agency
TEL: +386225264263
Email: kan.hans @gmail.com
New York
66, 4545,2******* ******* ********** ******* ******** ********
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The attachment form.zip, contains the malicious file form.exe.
If the malicious file is open, the recipients' computers will get infected with a virus or Trojan horse.
Once the recipients' computers have become infected with this malicious Trojan horse, the cybercriminals behind this email message will be able to access and take control of their computers remotely from anywhere around the world. They may spy on them, use your computer to commit cybercrimes, or steal their personal and financial information.
Now, if you have already opened anyone of these malicious attachments, please do a full scan of your computer with the antivirus software installed on it. The name of the attachment may change, so be careful when opening email attachments.
If you don’t have antivirus software installed on your computer, please click here for a list of free antivirus software.
Never open an attachment that has a name ending with “.exe”, because these are computer programs that can infect your computer with a virus or some other malware.
Click here for a list of email attachments you should never open, regardless of where they came from.
For a list of other virus email messages, please click here.
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