Most of us are aware of the scams/phishing attempts that are going around but you would be surprised how many is not and how many get caught out,it happens daily and people make a living from it,As per usual common sense is the best way and of course there is other ways to check out these things or simply just delete the email and block.
An email just arrive today with the following attached to it…I have not seen anything like this myself before purporting to be Skype so just a heads up on the topic. So that’s it till Monday.
SKYPE Communications
2 Waterhouse Sq (140 Holborn), London,
Greater London, EC1N 2ST,
United Kingdom
Dear Skype User,
Skype is currently on an AWARD PROMO to better the lives of a lot USERS.
Choose a single number between the range of “#396# to #3599#” send to
us via email, along side with your Skype registered User ID, mobile or
phone number and you stand a chance of winning a wonderful prize.
Thank you for using SKYPE.
© 2015 Skype and/or Microsoft.
The Skype name, associated trade marks and logos and the “S” logo
are trade marks of Skype or related entities.
Use of this website constitutes acceptance of the Terms of Use and
Privacy and Cookie policy.
Its pretty easy to check the validity by checking the senders address and who they ask to reply to,just look at the following whom sent this to us.
Skype have some guidelines HERE to check out for