Beware: Google 10th Anniversary Spam Email

Received an interesting email today. Interesting because without doubt it has all the signs of a big scam. Firstly, I received it at my Yahoo! ID as a BCC. Secondly, well, the website does not exist. Thirdly, you are asked to send your details to a Live.com email address!

Here’s the email below. Please do not respond to it!

Google 10th Anniversary Awards Centre London W1U 4RY, United Kingdom. Tel: +4470359 30429, +44 703 188 0871 Fax: +44 870 495 6313, +44 870 471 8742
We are pleased to inform you that your email address has won an Award in the Google 10 Years Anniversary Awards as organized by Google Inc., held on Sept. 7th, 2008 in London, United Kingdom. Google Inc. randomly selected 20 email addresses through a computer ballot system to receive an award of Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds (Ðˆ 500,000.00) each as a part of their for-profit philanthropic wing (GOOGLE.ORG) promotion. Awards MUST be claimed by the email owner ONLY, not later than 3 weeks from the day of notification. Award Reference code: GOOGLE568A2008 File number: G245 Send your complete personal information with your Award Ref. and File no. to us to enable us process your claim

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Director of Operations: Dr. Cibor Jeronim E-Mail: wingoogle@live.com Tel: +4470359 30429, +44 703 188 0871 Fax: +44 870 495 6313, +44 870 471 8742

Please do not reply if you are NOT the owner of this email address

Congratulations!! Sincerely Yours,

Google Management

After 10 years of establishment, Google Inc is worth over 23 Billion US Dollars with over 20,000 workers worldwide making it the best and most successful online search engine in the world.