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I won 2,000,000 pounds...

 
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Hey, I won this, please any body from UK collect this money and send me

Thanks.
 
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I am in India but ready to go on your behalf and give you that money.You just need to bear my flight expenses.agreed?
 
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Why do you want to put salt in your eyes
 
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Two million pounds of what? Sounds like a lot of stuff no matter what it is! Where are you going to keep it?
 
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Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
Two million pounds of what? Sounds like a lot of stuff no matter what it is! Where are you going to keep it?


If he had really won then he would not have asked 'somebody' in UK to collect the money.He would have gone himself there.

 
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It is a fraud. I receive this kind of e-mails all the time.

So far, I have been notified that I won the drawing in many countries. I usually report them as "spam"s.
 
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Careful mate! It has scam written all over it! I have received this email twice in two different email addresses(Beat that ) I stay in Nigeria i get this type of email regularly! Just ignore them! Take care!
 
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Friend! Did I ever say that you are the best person on this forum. Would you like me to take you to the most exclusive bar in London, you will love the ladies.
 
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Are you talking about Kingly club?
 
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Hi all !

I received it too, but they were not as generous (still french bashing ?), half a million pounds only.

I believe they rely on both huge and fast commitment to commit their fraud, for of course it is one. I had to answer to some 6 emails until at least they revealed the crook and asked for (much) money to "activate" the account transfer : "you will be required to activate it,with a deposit of �1,805.00(GBP) or $ 3,323.07 USD, which will be creditted to you actual winnings of �500,000.00 (GBP)".

The unusual thing is that they hired a whole phone staff, for they phoned me twice at home so as to make me "activate the transfer" and I could hear there were many people speking at the same time, so much hardware was used on this one. I believe the login URL they gave for activation "http://www45.brinkster.com/javasecure/default.asp" was closed on very same day by their ISP as soon as he discovered fraud attempt (fake UBS credits were used, you can guess their ISP didn't want at all a trial against them). You will remark in URL "javasecure" together with "default.asp", which made me laugh much , "default.jsp" would have been much more convincing.

Best regards.
 
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Did anyone ever tried replying to these spam mails?

Next time i get that email - i will make sure that instead of deleting, i reply to the same. I will also ask if providing all my credit card details, bank account nos, user ids and passwords, address, passport details etc will be sufficient to 'carry out the transaction'

I really want to check if these spammers think they can get people to provide their personal details with these emails!
 
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Hi Amit !

Did anyone ever tried replying to these spam mails?
...............
I really want to check if these spammers think they can get people to provide their personal details with these emails!

I did, but only provided safe personnal details (age, home phone, ...) which could have been easily found otherwise, especially nothing really hot such as bank account or credit card number. As soon as they asked something potentially dangerous (after some 6 emails) I petered out.

Best regards.
 
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I also replied giving them Eric's personal details.
 
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Originally posted by Amit Agrawal:
Did anyone ever tried replying to these spam mails?




These guys did. This makes hilarious reading.
 
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Reply and give this link.
[ September 13, 2005: Message edited by: Marc Peabody ]
 
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Dear,


Please call me on this number for more details on how to move this fund +00447 031942310.

Your contact has been gotten after a search for a person whom we can jointly invest Trust in and also solicit a honourable partnership with.


I represent a client and my client has interest to do business relative to investments in your country in areas related to agriculture or any business of your choice, to initiate a proper and structured relationship:



Please let me know what your response will be to an offer to receive investment funds in cash if:



1. The said fund amounts to Twenty Million, Five hundred Thousand Dollars (US).



2. The said fund is in cash and will be transferred to you in same state.



3.The fund is intended to be invested through your agency in the purchase of facilities and assets, for the said purposes within your country.



4. This transaction will result in you being paid a commission of 10% off the investment capital.



5.The fund owners desire absolute confidentiality and professionalism in the handling of this matter.



Please respond urgently.



Sincerely.



Dr Joe Willilams

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email - joewilliams@mynet.com
 
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I've got a $1 check from Free lotto
 
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.so if you want to win then make sure you are ignored by some people ,you are a subject of laughter,finally they fight with you before you win.
[ September 14, 2005: Message edited by: Arjunkumar Shastry ]
 
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Hi David !

I also replied giving them Eric's personal details.

Is this residual french bashing, or am I personnaly hatred on this forum ?

Best regards.
 
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Originally posted by Eric Lemaitre:
Hi David !

[qb]I also replied giving them Eric's personal details.

Is this residual french bashing, or am I personnaly hatred on this forum ?

Best regards.[/QB]



Be Assured, it gotta nothing to do with Nationality

It seems that David is just trying to take advantage of the fact that you don't mind sharing personal data with strange fraudulent spammers... :roll:
 
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Originally posted by Arjunkumar Shastry:
.so if you want to win then make sure you are ignored by some people ,you are a subject of laughter,finally they fight with you before you win.

[ September 14, 2005: Message edited by: Arjunkumar Shastry ]



Oh boy I need to change my quote befor I become ranch joker
 
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Now it is fine
 
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what about this one?

Dear Friends,
Please do not take this for a junk letter. Bill Gates is sharing his fortune. If you ignore this you will repent later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.

When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and will track it (if you are a Microsoft Windows user) for a two week time period.

For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you $245.00, for every person that you sent it to that forwards it on, Microsoft will pay you $243.00 and for every third person that receives it, you will be paid $241.00. Within two week! s, Microsoft will contact you for your address and then send you a cheque.

Regards.
Charles S. Bailey
General Manager Field Operations
1-800-842-2332 Ext. 1085 or 904-245-1085 or RNX 292-1085
Charles_Bailey@csx.com

I thought this was a scam myself, but two weeks after receiving this e-mail and forwarding it on, Microsoft contacted me for my address and within days, I received a cheque for US$24,800.00. You need to respond before the beta testing is over. If anyone can afford this Bill Gates is the man.

It's all marketing expense to him. Please forward this to as many people as possible.
You are bound to get at least US$10,000.00.
We're not going to help them out with their e-mail beta test without getting a little something for our time. My brother's girlfriend got in on this a few months ago. When I went to visit him for the Baylor/UT game.



She showed me her check. It was for the sum of $4,324.44 and was stamped "Paid In Full".

Like I said before, I know the law, and this is for real

Intel and AOL are now discussing a merger which would make them the largest Internet company and in an effort make sure that AOL remains the most widely used program, Intel and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.



When you forward this e-mail to friends, I! ntel can and will track it (if you are a Microsoft Windows user) for a two week time period.



For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you $203.15.
For every person that you sent it to that forwards it on, Microsoft will pay you $156.29
And for every third person that receives it, you will be paid $17.65.
Within two weeks, Intel will contact you for your address and then send you a check.
I thought this was a scam myself, but a friend of my good friend's Aunt Patricia, who works at Intel, actually got a check of $4,54323 by forwarding this e-mail.

Try it; what have you got to lose???
 
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Originally posted by Sameer Jamal:

I thought this was a scam myself, but a friend of my good friend's Aunt Patricia, who works at Intel, actually got a check of $4,54323 by forwarding this e-mail.

Try it; what have you got to lose???





Hmmmm
 
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She is not my Aunt, but of the person who forwarded this mail to me,
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