Cyber Criminals sniffing your inbox!

"CONGARTULATION: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS EMERGED AS A WINNER IN 2008 AWARD PROMO!!!"
"PRIZE APPROVAL NOTICE"
"Office of Prize Disbursement (OPD)"
"Attn: Lucky Winner"
"£2,500,000.00 Great British Pounds"

Beware of mails with similar kind of subject lines!

Currently, there are several versions of fraudulent e-mails being circulated which purport to be from Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL, BMW... These e-mails advise the recipient that he or she has won money or a car and requests the recipient to provide personal data or to pay a fee in order to receive the prize.

sample prize notification mail

As I experimented thoroughly with providing my fake personal information to cyber criminals and would like to confirm that these e-mails are NOT authentic. The e-mails have NOT been sent by Yahoo or Microsoft or AOL or BMW or any authentic organization, nor has any organization authorized the use of its name. Please be advised not to provide any personal information or transfer money
to the perpetrators. Any personal information provided to the perpetrators will likely be used for illegal purposes.

perpetrator requesting me to pay courier

charges for the final delivery of cheque

1,000,000.00 (One Million Great Britain Pounds)

and other documents