Guest Valeria Posted January 21, 2009 Posted January 21, 2009 Hello everyone, I´m from Argentina and I´ve just received an e-mail with a tricky subject "Microsoft notification" It mentions a great price given and authorized by Bill Gates (?!) for Microsoft UK and everything. it didn´t ask for any particular password or key. You just have to respond that e-mail. I don´t believe in these e-mails and because of that I like to report this, specially because of lot of users that can "fall" in this kind of traps. Is there an e-mail where I can forward this e-mail? Thank you. Quote
Guest Malke Posted January 21, 2009 Posted January 21, 2009 Valeria wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > Hello everyone, > I´m from Argentina and I´ve just received an e-mail with a tricky subject > "Microsoft notification" > It mentions a great price given and authorized by Bill Gates (?!) for > Microsoft UK and everything. it didn´t ask for any particular password or > key. You just have to respond that e-mail. > I don´t believe in these e-mails and because of that I like to report > this, specially because of lot of users that can "fall" in this kind of > traps. Is there an e-mail where I can forward this e-mail?</span> It's good that you are wise enough to know this is a scam. No, there really isn't anywhere you can report it. This type of email scam is very common and trying to track down the originator is useless because they will just change to something/somewhere else. Best is to just delete those emails unread. Although you weren't caught, you still might be interested in taking a look at some of these sites: Scam & Hoax-Fighting Sites: http://www.antiphishing.org/ http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ http://fraud.org/welcome.htm http://www.quatloos.com/ http://www.scambusters.com/ http://www.scamorama.com/ http://www.symantec.com/business/security_...isks/hoaxes.jsp http://www.419eater.com/index.htm Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ Quote
Guest Sinbad The Sailor Posted January 21, 2009 Posted January 21, 2009 The fact that Bill Gates's name is on it is suspicious enough, why would he authorize anything for Microsoft anymore? On 21/01/2009 13:39, in article ugW8y28eJHA.5840@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl, "Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > Valeria wrote: > <span style="color:green"> >> Hello everyone, >> I´m from Argentina and I´ve just received an e-mail with a tricky subject >> "Microsoft notification" >> It mentions a great price given and authorized by Bill Gates (?!) for >> Microsoft UK and everything. it didn´t ask for any particular password or >> key. You just have to respond that e-mail. >> I don´t believe in these e-mails and because of that I like to report >> this, specially because of lot of users that can "fall" in this kind of >> traps. Is there an e-mail where I can forward this e-mail?</span> > > It's good that you are wise enough to know this is a scam. No, there really > isn't anywhere you can report it. This type of email scam is very common > and trying to track down the originator is useless because they will just > change to something/somewhere else. Best is to just delete those emails > unread. Although you weren't caught, you still might be interested in > taking a look at some of these sites: > > Scam & Hoax-Fighting Sites: > > http://www.antiphishing.org/ > http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ > http://fraud.org/welcome.htm > http://www.quatloos.com/ > http://www.scambusters.com/ > http://www.scamorama.com/ > http://www.symantec.com/business/security_...er/risks/hoaxes > .jsp > http://www.419eater.com/index.htm > > Malke</span> Quote
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