An e-mail scam has been floating around for a while, and I just received a copy of it in my personal email box a few days in a row. A lot of people are falling for these sorts of things, so I figured one more warning will not hurt.
The e-mail appears very generic, doesn’t contain your name, and uses incorrect grammar. Here is the copy of it I received:
From: serv1@planet.nl (IP: 10.10.4.10)
Contents:
THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
This E mail is to inform you that you emerged a winner of £552,000,00
on our online draws which was played on the 17th of April,2007.For
further Information about your Winnings,contact Mr Tom Hanks.
E-mail Address:ukwinningspromolite007@yahoo.co.uk
Tel. +447011135347
Co-ordinator(Online Promo Programme)
Beware the UK lottery e-mail!
Please subscribe, or else I will cry. Do you really want to make a programmer cry?
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