Beware of Identity Theft: Fake Audi Promo Program

A few days back, my friend received this document in her e-mail:

Other than the obvious fake look, here are some other general points proving, it is fake:

• The mail has been sent via libero.it and not from any official website of Audi. It is an Italian website which is also a free e-mail provider. The mail asks you to responds at audiclaims@vf.vc. When I visited the site vf.vc, it says:

OooooPs.

We Just closed the registration at VF.VC

Because there is a lot of Spammers are using our service we decided to close it

For Abuse Reports : please contact us at anti-spam@vf.vc

• The +44 87 phone number is not a land line - it`s a cell phone or a redirect service.

As I've suggested in my previous blogs as well, that in case you receive such a mail,

• The best thing to do is first google about it like 'audi fake promo award'.
• Obviously, the above points should also be observed.
• Do not reply, as your response will be used for identity theft.
• Do mark it as spam so that you don't receive any further mails from the spammers.
• One more thing I'd strongly suggest is that don't add your e-mail id to random websites as once it gets public, you become the target of spammers.

The purpose of this Phishing mail is identity theft but there are also a few which would try to gain money from you as in the case of, Fake Hyundai Job Call Letter and Fake Microsoft Job Offer Letter.

Also, take a look at a similar mail, Fake 'Abba Queens Hotel' Job Offer Mail and People claiming to make you millionaire.

And, if you're on Twitter, you might want to read this, Don't Fall For Phishing On Twitter.