I recently received this email saying I won over 1 million dollars from Mrs. Stella Martins on-line co-ordinater. Is this spam?
Dear: e-Mail Winner,
You have been selected in the on-going Mozilla Firefox Lottery Best Email award held on this Second Quarter 2014.We the Promo Board are pleased to inform you that you alongside nine(9)other lucky winners have been approved for a payment of $1.5m Dollars (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only).If you did receive this email, it means you are one of the Ten(10)lucky winners.
CLAIMS PROCESSING OFFICER: NAME:MR FRED BERNARD Email: xxxx_xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xx.xx
You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information as soon as possible:
YOUR COMPLETE FULL NAMES: YOUR FULL ADDRESS: SEX: AGE: COUNTRY: OCCUPATION: PHONE/FAX/MOBILE:
We are glad to have you as one of our lucky winners.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Stella Martins Online Co-ordinator.
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Those type of messages want to get your information and are sometimes used to steal your identity. And in some cases, your home and property.
I got the same email. So it is bull, right?? Same guy Fred Bernard, he ends up asking for money to send you your check, insurance and delivery charges of $145.00. I knew it was too good to be true!!!
Can I forward the emails to some one, maybe you can catch him and stop him. I even asked for proof and he sent some.
Please help??
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I got the same email. So it is bull, right?? Same guy Fred Bernard, he ends up asking for money to send you your check, insurance and delivery charges of $145.00. I knew it was too good to be true!!!
Can I forward the emails to some one, maybe you can catch him and stop him. I even asked for proof and he sent some.
Please help??
It is a hoax or scam as variants of this fake email has been around for over three years now.
http://blog.gerv.net/2011/08/hoax_mozilla_firefox_online_promo
You can sent a report to The FBI via their web site Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) {web link}