![]() | Submitted by QuintonD on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 16:55 |
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Today via my Google Mail account I received another one of these lovely e-mail scams. After reading through it for kicks and doing some checking, I actually found out that a few people have been caught out by this one already. So without causing a flame war ... surely getting scammed by something like this, begs the question: "Why the hell do you have a computer?" So here is the e-mail: FROM THE DESK OF MRS. CAROLYN SCHMITT
101 WIGMORE STREET, W1QU LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM HEADING :{AWARD RESULT 2009} From Global Education Foundation in Association with Readers Digest®, Ticket Number: 44-09-42-09-94-4Q Your email address name attached to a ticket number: 44-09-42-09-94-4Q with the serial number: 66-Q99 drew the lucky number: 09-54-90-76-00 which consequently won the draw in the 2nd category. Your email address was among the (10) email addresses chosen to receive grand prize of US$750,000.00 each in this section. Therefore you must contact your Claim Agent. MR. MICHAEL WOOD He will need to confirm everything we have on file to ensure that, there will be no set backs upon the release of these funds to you. I want you to know that verification and confirmation of all of your payment documents have been sent to our affiliate company, The International Lottery Board of Commissions from our processing office. Also, be rest assured that your winnings will be released to you as {ATM Card or Bank Transfer} which can be used in any Atm machine worldwide. This will be issued from our payee bank in China. Your won prize cannot be deducted, simply because this is a Your prize number falls within Asia region clearance office in Contact with your information below: Copyright® All right reserved I must admit, this one is quite decently put together and there are no major spelling and grammar mistakes (not that I am an expert), but still why if I have one US Dollars, and I am in the U.K. ... do I have to contact China to get my money. And why is it not my details in the e-mail but rather some other Google Mail account ... *shrug* Oh well ... guess I lost my chance for $750 000.00 ... and I didn't even know that I had entered. |

