SCAM?????

piglet73

piglet73

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I just received this email. I think it's a joke but....

Your email address has won you the sum of one Million British Pounds in the
Microsoft United Kingdom 2009 Sweep Stakes promotion.Send your Names:,Contact
Address:,and Telephone numbers: to your claims agent Andy johnson for
redemption of prize thank you
Contact Email:[email protected]

Anyone get the same?
 
That is a scam. My favorite one was the time I won one million Bhat and they expected me to fly to Thailand and collect it and be "set for life". One million Bhat is about $30,000. That would be a short life... You get used to these after a while, and get so you can can recognize them easily.
 
Scam, scam, scam! I get all sorts of these everyday. They look nothing like a real prize notification, and they're riddled with errors. Plus, how can you win something you didn't enter! :laughing:
 
johnnyz said:
1 000 000 Thai baht = 29 403 U.S. dollars
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I better have a short life if that is supposed to last! Of course if I was dumb enough to fly to Thailand to collect it, I probably would have a VERY short life.
They are renting houses now, too
http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/07/23/met_541778.shtml

According to a warning issued Wednesday by the FBI's Columbia field office, a person identified as Nigerian is taking homes listed for sale on other public search sites and is posting them on Craigslist, stating that they are for rent and asking for up-front money.

"After the posting is listed, unsuspecting individuals contact the poster, who is Nigerian, for more information on the 'rental,' " the release states. "The Nigerian scammer will state that they had to leave the country very quickly to do missionary or contract work in Africa and were unable to rent their house before leaving, therefore they have to take care of this remotely.
The FBI warning states the Nigerian person then sends the prospective renter an application and asks for the first and last month's rent to be sent through Western Union. The renter is then told that if they qualify, the keys to the home will be sent to them.

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