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Hi, I received this email from you today. Is it realy from you though? or is it a scam? Please get back to me because they are using your web addy

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FROM: Mozilla Firefox [admins@firefox.com]

Sir/Madam,

Good News !!!!

Your E-mail Address has won (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds only) GBP750,000 in the Mozilla Firefox Online Seasonal Email Promotional Draw held recently. This promotional draw is conducted year and your email has been selected as a winner of the said amount. To claim the prize, email us for confirmation at: mywin@mailbox.sk

Reply now only through: mywin@mailbox.sk


Congratulations, while expecting your confirmation


Yours faithfully,

Ms. Lilian Cruz. For: Mozilla Firefox Online Promo Team Mozilla Foundation C 2014 English (UK)

FROM: Mozilla Firefox [admins@firefox.com] Sir/Madam, Good News !!!! Your E-mail Address has won (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds only) GBP750,000 in the Mozilla Firefox Online Seasonal Email Promotional Draw held recently. This promotional draw is conducted year and your email has been selected as a winner of the said amount. To claim the prize, email us for confirmation at: mywin@mailbox.sk Reply now only through: mywin@mailbox.sk Congratulations, while expecting your confirmation Yours faithfully, Ms. Lilian Cruz. For: Mozilla Firefox Online Promo Team Mozilla Foundation C 2014 English (UK)

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That is a scam, as is any email that says you've won any sort of contest you never entered. If you never entered, how can you win?

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It is a hoax as variants of this email has been around for a few years now.

http://blog.gerv.net/2011/08/hoax_mozilla_firefox_online_promo/