Is this spam or is this for real?

Question

Okay, so i log in to my Gmail to find something telling me that i was chosen out of 50 million people who won 100k USD for some sort of Malaysia 51st day, in collaboration with Dell.

exact email below:

MALAYSIA 51ST YEAR ANNIVERSARY AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are delighted to inform you that you are one of the THREE LUCKY WINNERS whose e-mail address won the sum payout of RM 300,000 Malaysian Ringgit, $100,000 US DOLLARS.(One Hundred thousand united states dollars Only) in the MALAYSIA 51st YEAR ANNIVERSARY AWARD 2008 to be held on the 31st August 2008 in collaboration with DELL ELECTRONICS COMPANY.

Please be informed that all participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 30,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. To file in for your claims, contact our claim's agent with your information as provided below:

Faizal Bin Zarin

Tell: 60176369422

Email:[e-mail]

Full Names:......Country:....... Tel:......Marital

Status.........s*x.......Age:.... Occupation:.... Nationality:.......

Residential Address: .........

Mrs.Noreza Fatimah

(Information Officer)

That's it. It sounds a bit crappy though. Is it for real?

Answer 1

I do not think so, and, be very aware, that there are information-your personal business information-seeker looking to take advantage of people. Find a friend to help you clarify that message.

Answer 2

Its spam

Answer 3

Spam, Spam, Spam! 2 + 2 = 4. Think! Who gives money for no reason?

Answer 4

Its a scammer, 419 scammer, just mark the email as spam

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Answer 5

Yes it is crappy and it's fake, a scam, it's spam!    

Answer 6

Be very careful this is definitely a Scam !!  

Answer 7

No its spam.

They are trying to get your informatino to open accounts in your name and so forth, basically  they will be using it for fraud.

When you sign up to a website or give your e-mail to a website, a few of them sell them off to the highest bidder, and that's how you get all this e-mails. So I would be careful of what you answer.

Answer 8

It is a spam.

They are using my country which is malaysia as the reason to say that you won..

Did you buy any DELL Computer before?? I am sure if DELL wants to give the money to you, they will call you..

Answer 9

Wish it was real. But no, it is fake.

Spam in other words...

Too bad.

I doubt any professional where they WOULD do that would have all those caps. It makes it look too, amateur-ish...

Answer 10

It is spam.

Answer 11

> all participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 30,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.

That's pretty much a dead giveaway that its spam. As if a company could get hold of 50,000,000 email addresses. get real.

Answer 12

Its a scam , Delete these kind of mails and dont open any attachments they send!

Answer 13

Do you really need to ask?