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received email about some kind of promotion where my email won a prize. I wanted to report this to you and send a copy of the email for you to investigate.

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received an email about winning a promotion through my email.

Below is a copy of the email. I feel this is a scam and perhaps you can investigate.

       Mozilla Firefox Online promo  

Message flagged Sunday, October 16, 2011 9:07 AM Congratulations!!

Your email address has won you the sum of US$1,200.000.00 in the current Mozilla Firefox Online promo. To claim your prize. Contact our paying officer immediately for confirmation: Mr. Dean Johnson, Email; djohnson101@blumail.org.

Once more Congratulations!!

Coordinator, Mozilla Firefox Inc.

received an email about winning a promotion through my email. Below is a copy of the email. I feel this is a scam and perhaps you can investigate. Mozilla Firefox Online promo Message flagged Sunday, October 16, 2011 9:07 AM Congratulations!! Your email address has won you the sum of US$1,200.000.00 in the current Mozilla Firefox Online promo. To claim your prize. Contact our paying officer immediately for confirmation: Mr. Dean Johnson, Email; djohnson101@blumail.org. Once more Congratulations!! Coordinator, Mozilla Firefox Inc.

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I was going to tell you to use the forum here:

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/legal/fraud-report/index.html

However, that page asks for a website, not an e-mail address.

Hopefully, someone else will have another suggestion.

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