Australian shops in spam subject

Recently my hotmail account junk e-mail filter has been catching some rather �Australian-targeted� spam.

Often with a sender of �Thanks for participating!�,��Much Thanks!�, the subject lines claim to have a voucher pending for me from an Australian store like Myer, Wollworths or JB-Hi Fi (though I�ve also seen an iPhone one too).� The company is MyGiftRewards, and they ask me to click on a very suspicious link to confirm my email address and claim my $500 voucher.

As my favourite Microsoft security guy says �If you don�t think it would happen in real life, why would you believe it in an email?�� Unless you have specifically entered a promotion/competition, do you think Woolworths would knock on your door and give you a $500 gift voucher? I don�t think so.

Leave these in the junk mail where they belong .. and don�t go clicking on anything!

P.S. Want to know one of the most obvious signs that these are fake?� None of them come from email addresses owned by the Australian companies, or even @mygiftrewards.com/.com.au