I won! I won! Another scam.....

[jonnythan]

LoL,
Why wouldn't they at least spend the $10 to register a site along the lines of www.becksbeer.com and get free e-mail addresses to go with them? Then they could at least have an address that doesn't end in yahoo.co.uk (obviously a scam).

The world is full of idiots. What makes me sadder is that people obviously fall for this stuff, otherwise, why would people keep doing it?

Because then there would be a hard link to the people running the scam, I guess.

[zed]

OMG!!!!

I can't believe they used a Yahoo email addy for that scam. Boy, scammers are really not smart these days

See if you can find the stupidness of this one I got in my email today.

British National Lottery
The Marina Offices, St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX England.
Ref: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304
Ticket Number: 564 75600545-188
Serial Number: 5388/02
Lucky Numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7 APRIL 2007



Dear Sir/Madam,




WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw of the British Lottery
International programs held on the 31th of April 2007 in London. Your
e-mail address
attached to ticket number: 564 75600545-188 with Serial number 5388/02
drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7, which subsequently won you
the
lottery in the 2nd category. You are therefore, been approved to claim
a total sum of ?250,000.00(Two hundred and fifty thousand GBP)in cash
credited to file RPC/9080118308/04.This is from
a total cash prize of ?71 Million Pounds, shared amongst the first
Fifty (50) lucky winners in this category. Please note that your lucky
winning number falls within our European booklet representative office
in Europe as indicated in our play coupon.

In view of this, your ?250,000.00(Two hundred and fifty thousand GBP)
would be released to you by our affiliate bank in London.
Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with her
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
companies.

This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are
advised
to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is
processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem
fit to claim your prize. This is a part of our precautionary measure
to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please fill out this verification form

Please fill in the appropriate information in the space below:
WINNER'S
CLAIM FORM
WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA

First Name.:
Middle Name.:
Last Name.:
Gender.:
Month Of Birth.:
Day: Year:
Marital Status.:
Nationality.: *
Religion.:
Occupation.:
Address 1.: *
Address 2.:
City.: *
State/Province.: *
Zip Code.: *
Mobile phone No.: *
House Phone No.: *
Fax No.:
This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid
particulars of me. :
This form is valid for only those who have won the BRITISH NATIONAL
ONLINE LOTTERY. Fill in the required fields in the space provided
below.
No field should be left blank, because your particulars are needed for
record purposes.
Send the duly filled out form to your fiduciary/claims agent who will
then commence your claims process to the details below.

MRS. SUZAN GARY
Email: agentsuzan_claims@yahoo.co.uk

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence. Furthermore should there be any change of address do
inform our
agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members
of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Tracy Campbell .
Online coordinator for BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY
International Sweepstakes Program. (Open 7 days 8am-11pm.)

N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification.

Congratulations, Claim Your Award!!.




--

31th of April 2007? I thought that only comes around every 4th year!

[blues2cruise]

OK...this one wants me to get a mortgage. Now who in their right mind would think that a bank or a legitimate mortgage company would have an email address like this? Sheesh.
I haven't clicked on the link and I don't recommend anyone doing so. I posted it just so you could see the stupid name.

Nicholas1O@ 1styeastinfection.info

[dr_bar]

OK...this one wants me to get a mortgage. Now who in their right mind would think that a bank or a legitimate mortgage company would have an email address like this? Sheesh.
I haven't clicked on the link and I don't recommend anyone doing so. I posted it just so you could see the stupid name.

Nicholas1O@ 1styeastinfection.info

There's what it looks like with a small space added after the @ now it's not a live link....

[blues2cruise]

OK...this one wants me to get a mortgage. Now who in their right mind would think that a bank or a legitimate mortgage company would have an email address like this? Sheesh.
I haven't clicked on the link and I don't recommend anyone doing so. I posted it just so you could see the stupid name.

Nicholas1O@ 1styeastinfection.info

There's what it looks like with a small space added after the @ now it's not a live link....

Thanks for that. I fixed it now.

[zed]

What's going on here blues?
Does every scam artist in the world have your e-mail address?

[blues2cruise]

What's going on here blues?
Does every scam artist in the world have your e-mail address?

I don't know. I seldom get any in my telus account, but in my yahoo mail they seem to come in frequently these days. They go directly to a spam folder, so I don't even have to bother with them. I never open them....I just look at the header and then delete.

[blues2cruise]

OK, for some reason the scams are coming into the regular inbox now instead of the spam box......I then mark them as spam so if they come again they will go into the spam box.

This latest one today though....wowee.....if someone wasn't savvy, they could really be misled.

Take a look at the header.

Microsoft Corporation Team. <microsoftawards@ kdc-foundations.org

[blues2cruise]

I have decided to provide you with the details to get rich.

Here is the info.....I think I'll pass on this one and let someone more needy scoop this one.


Dear Beloved,

Here writes Madam Rita Osborne wife of late Sir Williams
Osborne,suffering from cancerous ailment without a child. My late
husband deposited the sum of 10 million derived from his vast estates
and investment in capital market with his bank here in UK. Recently,
my doctor told me that I have limited days to live due to the
cancerous problems I am suffering from.

With this hard reality that has befallen my family, and me I have
decided to donate this fund to you and want you to help me use this
gift which comes from my husbands effort to fund
the upkeep of widows,orphans, and needy financially.

I have decided to donate this fund to you, I do hope you would be able
to utilize this money for the said purpose just as I’m going to
instruct herein. I want you to utilize the funds by creating a charity
foundation called ‘WILLIAM OSBORNE FOUNDATION’ to assist widows and
help accident victims worldwide. this deposit is known by me, our
family lawyer and now you.

Contact our family lawyer with this specified email address

Barrister Timothy Martins (ESQ) Email:
timothy_legalnotary@hotmail.co.uk

Tell him that I have WILLED £10,000,000 to you by quoting my personal
reference number Law/chamber/solicitors/rt/osb/WILL/9834520012 and I
have also notified him that I am WILLING that amount to you for a
specific and good work.

Remain blessed.

Your Sister,
Madam. Rita Osborne


What the heck kind of a real lawyer would use a hotmail account anyway?

[Nibblet99]

Wasn't William Osbourne the bad guy in Spiderman?