"Microsoft GB Corporation Awards" Lottery Scam
There is no "Microsoft GB Corporation Awards" lottery or sweepstakes, therefore, recipients of fake email messages like the one below, which claim they are winners in the same so-called lottery, are asked to delete the email messages and should not follow the instructions in them. The fake emails are being sent by lottery scammers who are attempting to trick their potential victims into believing they are lottery winners and subsequently trick them into sending their personal information and money.
The "Microsoft GB Corporation Awards" Lottery Scam
From: "MICROSOFT UK" - results@mdsc.co.uk
Date: 13 August 2018 at 2:28:43 am ACST
Subject: Award Email Notification
Reply-To: - msoftukfiles@outlook.com
Dear E-mail Account Owner,
We wish to congratulate you for being one of the selected E-mail Online Winners in the 2017/2018 MICROSOFT GB CORPORATION AWARDS, Kindly view the enclosed Annex/Attachment for the MICROSOFT WINNING AWARD LETTER.
Regards,
Carolina Lennon
Microsoft GB General Secretary
Once you are asked to send money in order to receive a lottery prize, it is a scam. Legitimate lottery companies will never ask their winners to send money in order to receive their prize.
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