Scam?

[Valeria]

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.

 

[Malke]

Valeria wrote:

> 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?

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

 

[Sinbad The Sailor]

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" wrote:

> Valeria wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> 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