json_metadata | "{"app":"musing/1.1","appTags":["email","gmail","award","claim","winnings"],"appCategory":"email","appTitle":"Has anyone ever received an email directing u to claim winnings in large amounts from the Gmail award?","appBody":"<p>I have received loads of such messages and i don't bother opening them. I just hit the delete button on my PC. </p><p>As a Nigerian, i know not to fall for such scams. You know you did not play any lottery, apply for any competition and you definitely didn't inherit anything from your grandparents, so why bother.</p><p>Sometimes those messages have malicious links attached to them and when you click the link, a malicious payload gets downloaded automatically to your device. Some gullible people may even fall for phishing scams through those links.</p><p>Its best to ignore and try to blacklist as much spam email addresses as you can, so you don't receive such.</p>","appDepth":2,"appParentPermlink":"p3c4hymyw","appParentAuthor":"kaypace","musingAppId":"aU2p3C3a8N","musingAppVersion":"1.1","musingPostType":"answer"}" |
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