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2020-08-18T12:53:47+00:00

Is the email I recently received (copy appears below) legitimate?

This message was identified as junk. We'll delete it after 10 days. It's not junk

Admin@microsoft <admin@microsoft.com>

Tue 8/18/2020 5:26 AM

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Headquarters

One Microsoft Way, Redmond,

WA 98052 - USA

Dear e-mail user,

Congratulations!! Your e-mail address has merited you a lump sum of $755,000.00 in the on-going Microsoft Empowerment programme. This programme has been designed to give out lump sum to Individuals, Companies & Corporate Bodies in most countries affected by recent Global Pandemic. Emails listed on the Internet were picked at random from different websites, discussion groups, guest-book and search engine for final selection and grants.

Your e-mail address attach to reference number -12457851245212, serial number - 24512-235665, and batch number - COVID-19/241/2020-MSC was picked by the automated computer ballot system programmed for a random selection and which has qualified you one of the beneficiaries to receive the sum of $755,000.00 through the nominated paying bank (FIRST CITIZENS BANK).

Kindly contact the payment centre via the contact details below, to finalize your funds transfer arrangement.

First Citizens Bank                                               

239 Fayetteville Street Raleigh NC 27601 USA

Contact Person: Mr. Peter M. Bristow Jr. (Payment Director)

Contact Phone #: +1 828 278 8746

Contact E-mail: ******@mail.md

You are ordered to call and e-mail the payment centre immediately you receive this notice, and remember to quote your grant reference number- 12457851245212, serial number - 24512-235665, and batch number - COVID-19/241/2020-MSC while contacting the payment centre to enable them identify your claim and attend to you quickly.

NOTE: This program is valid for 14 days from this date of this notice, and failure to forward claims before the expiration of this period will automatically void your claim.

Congratulations from all of us at Microsoft Corporation.

John Thompson

Programme Coordinator &

Microsoft Executive Team

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-08-18T13:03:22+00:00

    Hi Edchau3! This is Raech, an Independent Advisor and an Outlook.com user like you. I'm happy to help!

    The email you've received is indeed a scam email. There's a reason it was sent to your Junk folder and not your Inbox, and that is it. More information can be found on the link below.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-...

    I hope this helps. Let me know if there is anything else you need help with.

    Sincerely,

    Raech

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-18T13:25:04+00:00

    In this day and age, how could you even possibly think this could be remotely legitimate???

    As you are obviously susceptible to scams I would highly recommend you do a search in your favorite search engine for "how do i tell if an email is a scam" and see what you can learn for a start. Then move on to learning about other online security.

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