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

[blues2cruise]

I received this in my email.

Dear Winner,

This is to inform you of the award of Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro from Beck's Beer Company New Year Promotions. This promotional award is to raise the profile of Beck's beer consumers males / females aged 18 and above in rural and urban centers.

The online promotions build email lists were generated from the World Wide Web. This promotion takes place annually to challenge and to take market share from the popular Dutch import beer. The tactics included live events, local campaigns and general buzz to establish the brand one neighborhood at a time in major urban / rural centers.

Your Email Ref Number: BBP/AWD2006/452 falls within our European booklet representative's office in United Kingdom . In view of this, your award of Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro will be released to you by our payment office in United Kingdom, Our United Kingdom Project Manager will commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. Find the contact details below;

Mr. Carleen Bilger
Beck's Beer Christmas Promotional Officer.
Email: becksbpoffice_uk@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +447011150197, +447024067636

Kevin Wright
Online Lead

A friend of mine received two very official looking messages that were both scams. One was from her brand of bank and the other was supposedly from the Taxation and Finance department of Canada.

There are always scams of some kind, but lately they seem to be coming on strong.
Beware of things that sound too good to be true.

[Sev]

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?

[RoadRocket]

A bloke I work with nearly got caught by a similar scam about a year ago. Luckily he told his 12 year old daughter about it just before he sent of the 'service charge' and she explained the scam to him. I cannot believe how stupid some people are. People get blinded by greed. There's an old saying 'you cannot con an honest man' and that's very true.

[blues2cruise]

Yes, it's hard to believe that a person would truly think they had won millions from an email out of the blue.

[Mintbread]

I seem to win every time I am on the forum, thanks to the multitude of shitful "YOU ARE THE # BLAH, BLAH, BLAH VISITOR" ads.

I am beginning to think I am not that lucky...

[camthepyro]

Lol, I thought the yahoo address was pretty funny as well, as if becks beer is not only so desperate for publicity that they give away tons of money for no reason, but that because all the money they are giving away, they can't afford to buy a domain with email addresses, lol.

[blues2cruise]

Hey camy...good point.

[blues2cruise]

Here is yet another. I haven't had one quite like this before.

From: Sara Faraj- ALRUSHAID Thomas
sarafaraj21@yahoo.com
For: Love, Trust and Commitment.


My beloved
I am Mrs. Sara Faraj- ALRUSHAID-Thomas, I am 56 years old from Kuwait,
I am suffering from a long time cancer of the Lungs which also
affected my hearing ability and my brain, from all indication my
conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that,
according to my doctors they have advised me that I may not live too
long, this is because the cancer has gotten to a very bad stage.
I was brought up from a motherless babies home, was married to my late
husband for twenty years without a child. My husband died in a fatal
motor accident. Since his death I decided not to re-marry, I sold all
my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum of $9.5million
dollars and Two Trunk Box (Family valuables) with a Security
Company.

Presently, this money is still with them I have already written them
long before my illness got to this stage that I will give a letter of
authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can not
come over because of my illness and these was rather part of our
initial agreement as contained in the deed of lodge issued to me the
day I deposited the funds with them.
Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been under
going treatment for cancer of the lungs. I have since lost my ability
to talk and my doctors have told me that I have months or year to
live, but all depend on my ability to respond to the new treatment
that will be prescribed.
It is my last wish to see that this money is invested to any
organization of your choice and distributed each year among the
charity organization, the poor and the motherless babies home where I
come from .I want a God fearing person, to also use this money to fund
foundation for children suffering from cancer, orphanages and widows.
I took this decision, before I rest in peace because my time will soon
be up.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the
Security Company. I will also issue you a letter of authority that
will prove you as the sole beneficiary to my fund I will also write
the security company that you are the only one I can trust to handle
and use all the funds for the intended purpose. Please assure me that
you will act accordingly as I stated herein.

I await your speedy reply.

Kind regards,

Mrs. Sara Faraj- ALRUSHAID Thomas
sarafaraj21@yahoo.com or sarafarajthomas@myway.com

[Christina]

OMG!!!!

I can't believe they used a Yahoo email addy for that scam. Boy, scammers are really not smart these days...........i think all the good scammers became spammers and the new scammers are still on the learning curve...........??? I'm so paranoid about these types of emails that i don't even bother opening them - in fact if i don't know your email address when i see it - i don't open! A little rule my mother didn't teach me

[blues2cruise]

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!!.




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