I received an email stating I won $500,000.00 from the gmail team, is this a scam?

Question

I received an email from what appeared as the gmail team, email address was [email protected],  stating that my email address was chosen to win $500,000.00 and an Apple laptop for the 2014 lottery promotion , is this a scam? They want my email address, name phone number address age and sex.

Answer 1

It is, without a doubt, a hoax - a phishing attempt.

http://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/article/2014/4/2/your-gmail-address-has-just-won-you-500000-usd-and-apple-laptop-lottery-scam/

http://www.hoaxorfact.com/Scams/google-gmail-corporation-lottery-e-mails.html

Answer 2

My boyfriend received the same one! It has to be a scam. Not to mention the user email address is not even remotely related to gmail or apple and the email was sent at 2:30 am. You'd think they'd ask for credit card, bank account or ss# demographics, but the fact that they are just asking for an address is kinda creepy.