I get these spams, supposively from the UK, all the time- my question is do
By shambuca
@shambuca (2524)
United States
March 5, 2007 11:32am CST
people from the UK get these from the USA???? LOL
MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY UNITED KINGDOM. LONDON.
BANK OF ENGLAND/MICROSOFT HOUSE, LONDON.
Director: MR. Andrew Gregry III
REF NO: M154S/WL04.
MICRO (LOTTERY) CHIP NO: 9465021
ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD PROMOTION. MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY UNITED KINGDOM.
Finally today, we announce the winners of the MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on 02th March 2007. Your company or your personal e-mail address, won in the second lottery category 002.
You are therefore been approved for lump sums pay out of £5,500,000.00 FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. Equivalent to ($10,064,000 USD) Ten Million, Sixty Four Thousand US Dollars. In cash Credited to file REF NO: M154S/WL04 and MICRO (LOTTERY) CHIP NO: 9465021, you are the second lucky winner of the total winners of 10. You all won £5.5, million Pounds each.
All the 10 participants were selected through our Microsoft computer ballot system (MCBS) drawn from each continent, as part of International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program, to promote the use of emails all over the World, and to promote the use of Microsoft Office. Your funds (certified Cashiers Cheque) have been insured with your REF NO: M154S/WL04. To claim your winning prize (£5.5, million pounds), you must first, contact the claims department by email for Processing and remittance of your prize money to you. The claims processor is:
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@margieanneart (26423)
• United States
5 Mar 07
I have received some of those from the UK, and live in the USA. I do not bother with them, as I know that they are some sort of scam of some sort. I just block and delete them. There is no reason that I would win them, as I do not play any of those games or lottery's on line. I think that is a way for them to get into your bank account. Be careful my friend.
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@rosie_123 (6113)
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5 Mar 07
LOL - well I would hurry up and claim it if I were you:-)) This offer won't last for ever! No - seriously - yes - we do - some purporting to come from the US, others from various Swiss banks in euros, and countless spam emails from Nigeria, and Liberia!! I had one only the other day that actually was meant to be from here in the UK - from our very own, and much respected Barclays Bank, but somehow they had forgotten that we deal in £ here, not $, which was a bit of a giveaway that it was a fake!!! I can honestly never beleive that anyone is gullible enough to be taken in by this type of ****, but sadly they say there is one born every minute, so I guess some people do get taken in, or it wouldn't be worth the spammers' time to keep on doing these things!
@shambuca (2524)
• United States
5 Mar 07
Funny i never get them from the USA just from UK and Nigeria- guess they figure we can't possibly know for sure whether its true or not if it's from another country.
My friend works for the government- i had told him I was gonna play stupid and respond to it and see what happens - he said not to because people have gotten hurt and worse for responding then changing their minds about going through with it, he said they are called 419's for the law that was passed about it. Needless to say I never tried contacting them.
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
7 Mar 07
LOL I dont get those or at least if I do they must go to my spam email. I never check my spam email. It is alway full though. I live in the United States also though.
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
6 Mar 07
I got many like that from the UK Lottery. My husband is English but he left 18 yrs ago and his family wouldn't play lottery using his name LOL so how the hell we won it?
then it asked for bank a/c number to send the winning money. I told them well send it by cheque, registered mail or something since I wouldn't just give away our bank a/c # like that. Then they never sent me anything anymore LOL downright spam!
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@Justareceptionist (869)
• United States
7 Mar 07
I noticed I started getting these once I posted my resume on craigslist.
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@retardedrugrat (4790)
• Canada
6 Mar 07
I live in Canada now, although I was born and brought up in the UK, and I get these spam emails all the time. It drives me crazy!
I've never once given any of the information they asked for, nor would I be stupid enough to. They could use that information for identity theft.
I also get ones supposedly from Banks telling me that my account may have been hacked and so has been suspended, makes me laugh cuz I've never had an account with any of those banks.
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