Another Scam??

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Just thought i'd paste this email i got today. It sounds more convincing than those nigerian ones but its still gotta be a scam. What do you guys think? Consider it was sent to a hotmail account and mentions Microsoft giveing them the email address to "encourage the utilization of the net", like it dosent get used for enough rubbish!




"To whom it may concern;

you email address have won you this said amount in our first sweeps draw for the
year.

This draw was done electronically with several email addresses provided
to this office by microsoft to encourage the utilization of the internet. Your
email address was attached to Reference Number LSUK/2031/8161/04 and was Picked
as One
Of the Five Winning email Addresses. This have Qualified You to Claim the
total Cash Prize Of £135,292.00 (One hundred and thirty five thousand, two
hundred and ninety two pounds sterling)
Your Winnings Will be issued to You as soon as Our Claims
Department Verifies and confirms Your Winning which is after You Must have
filled your Payment Processing
form that Will be Given to You In Due Course. We Do Not need Your Bank
Information for You to Claim Your Winnings. You are Advised to Contact Our
Claims department via these details:

Email; [email protected]
Phone; +44 704 011 6737

Quote Your Reference Number as LSUK/2031/8161/04 when
You are Filing Your Claims. Congratulations From All Our Members Of Staff.


from MRS SILVIA M. DULLE <[email protected]>

 

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LOL come on twizz!

 

Hmm, what's that smell??

 

Seems legit to me...

lol

 

its funny but if you try to go to the web site mentioned in the email reply address all i got was a black screen and a redirecting note saying No forwarding set for national-sweepstakes.com.... Good site!! Good job i looked at this in work i think lol

 

I got one of these before Christmas. I almost divorced the wife when I read that I'd won over £500,000! However, common sense prevailed and it proved to be a scam. I forwarded it to the National Lottery bods, they have a fraud link on their website for you to send stuff to and a list of names these firms use. If it looks too good to be true it probably is

 

Congratulations on your win twiz ;)

 

Aside from the dodgy grammar, the likelihood of microsoft arranging to supply e-mail addresses from ISPs and the broken website... its also got an 0704 number. Odds are that if you try to call you're re-directed to an offshore premium rate number that will make you cry when you see your phone bill. Scammers will get money out of you one way or another!!

 

070401 is rate pn2 - 50p/min

Harry.

 

how original!

 

What's with the Capitalisation Of Every Single Word In The Bulk Of The Email?

"We Do Not need Your Bank Information for You to Claim Your Winnings", but just sign <here> in blood...muahahahha




Fsi

 

I followed one of these up once and after a couple of emails they asked me for a 'processing fee' in order to progress any further - can't remember how much it was but was quite a bit.

 

That's the usual method of the scam.

It's amazing how many people pay the 'processing fees'!

Harry.