Hi I have just received an email from a Greg Adamson claiming to be from FM and advising I had won 750,000GBP in an online promo. Asked to reply mzwin@inmail.sk
I received an email from a person claiming to be Greg ADamson from Mozarilla Firefox online promotions advising I had just won 750,000GBP in an online promotion. I was asked to reply to mzwin@inmail.sk Some feedback would be appreciated Thanks
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That email is obviously a scam and is well known with similar variants over time now.
http://blog.gerv.net/2011/08/hoax_mozilla_firefox_online_promo/
A poster posted about a similar one recently with a @aol.com address which is one Mozilla would never use for such.
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Hello,
It's quite obviously a scam.
- inmail.sk is a free e-mail provider from Slovakia.
- Mozilla employee addresses start with their name, not random things like "mzwin"
- If you search the web, you can find information on the scam, e.g. www.419scam.org/419-inmail-sk.htm
- I might also add that as a non-profit organization, Mozilla likely can't afford to give away that kind of prize. A tablet is what you can win in an actual, official contest: blog.mozilla.org/addons/2012/04/24/tell-us-about-your-favorite-add-on...
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That email is obviously a scam and is well known with similar variants over time now.
http://blog.gerv.net/2011/08/hoax_mozilla_firefox_online_promo/
A poster posted about a similar one recently with a @aol.com address which is one Mozilla would never use for such.
Damaz, the email is from Greg ADamson from Mozarilla, Have a careful look at Mozarilla it should be mozilla. Secondly and most important thing Mozilla nor any websites or organization will give lot of money won in lottery or online promotion. So next just mark it spam. Good Luck.