Bill gates foundation is giving money?

Today, I get an email telling me I won 250,000.00 euros of the bill gates Foundation. I know it's done for the villains. Anyone know about this?

Scam, scam, SCAM!

Catch, it's one - Yes, you guessed it - scam. There are no such thing as the Bill Gates Foundation do not meet or click on the links, otherwise you will receive almost certainly much more of these emails (now they know they found a sensitive person) and you can potentially be infected by malware if you click on the link.

For more information, see the links below:

What is the Microsoft lottery scam?

http://www.Microsoft.com/en-GB/security/resources/microsoftlottery-WhatIs.aspx

Note that this link actually includes: they use well-known brands of society and personalities such as Microsoft and Bill Gates to lend the credibility and authenticity of their emails.

Avoid scams that use the Microsoft name fraudulently

http://www.Microsoft.com/en-GB/security/online-privacy/msName.aspx

Scams by e-mail or web: how to protect yourself

http://www.Microsoft.com/en-GB/security/online-privacy/phishing-scams.aspx

Don't forget to remove all of these emails in the future, but you can (with Hotmail/Outlook.com), also report incoming e-mails as phishing scams, which may be useful.

Good luck

-Jetpack_B

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