GUINNESS CUSTOMERS PROMOTION *SCAM?*
March 6, 2008
Thanks Rondney of the Philipines. Do NOT send your personal information to these people:
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 04:06:55 -0800
From: “MRS BUCKY OWEN” Add Mobile Alert
Subject: NOTIFICATION.
GUINNESS CUSTOMERS PROMOTION
dv-2008 program
St. Christo Road (ecowas)
Guinness PLC, West Africa.
FINAL NOTIFICATION.
We happily inform you about our (Guinness National Lottery Program)held
on the 3rd of febuary 2008, which you enterd as a dependent client and
finally took the 1st position in our second (2nd) category winners, that falls
within the west africa region. Your email was attached to the ticket
number(44-40-23-777-01) which made you a winner of (us$2.5million U.S.D) and your name being
recorded in our guinness world book of record as the 1st lucky winner of the
year 2008. You have been approved the sum of US$2.500,000.00 which will be
sent accross to you immediately.
All emails are selected randomly through a computer ballot which
subsequently won you the sweeptake of guinness internet web lottery.
This is part of our security mearsures put in place to avoid double
claiming or a situation where unwanted person(s) would be taking negative
advantage of this promotions, thereby impersonating in order to claim another
persons winning prize.
Here is our fiduciary agent responsible for your the processing /
release of winnings for all Second Category winners where your winning falls
into:
AGENT: MR DAVID RUGGY………….
EMAIL: info_claimsdepartmentonline@yahoo.it
GUINNESS CLAIMS SECURITY AGENT.
You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate
the processing of your GUINNESS CLAIMS OF CERTIFICATE.
Fullnames / Residential address / Phone number / Occupation / Sex / Age
/Present country / Marrital status.
ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Yours sincerely MRS BUCKY OWEN……….
GUINNESS CUSTOMERS PROMOTION.
WARNING!!!! WARNING!!!!
KEEP THIS INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL AND BE CAREFULL OF SCAM MAILS.
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Below is the message i received from Dr Grant,please advise whether it is a scam
Dear.Lucky recipient,
You have been previledged and honored as one of our lucky recipient to the guinness lotto,please find the attached file and apply for your claim PRIZE.
yours’ sincerely,
Dr Grant Smith
Well just got these two emails this morning, take it it’s fraud or whatever, but it just spoiled my day cause that’s alot of money!! haha
—Original Message—–
From: Guinness® & Co [mailto:claims_unit@me.com]
Sent: 02 October 2008 04:58 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Congratulations!!!.
To Whom It May Concern.
We have officially completed X Fest held on the 1st of October 2008 & your email ticket was selected as a winner;
Winning Number: 47-23-16-28-22
Amount Won: One Million, Six Hundred Thousand Pounds.
Congratulations!!! from all our staffs.
Regards,
Mr John David
Email: info@guinnessclaim.com
Tel: +447031882540.
and then:
—–Original Message—–
From: Mega Promo [mailto:crossweaver1@libero.it]
Sent: 02 October 2008 10:54 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Congratulations Your Email Id Has Won!!!
Congratulations! Your email Id has won 2million Euros Contact Person: Mr. Robert Hans Email: megapromo2008@aol.com Phone: +316-151-714-49 Fax:+31 84 743 5573. For more details.
Got this one this morning
Guinness® & CoPark RoyalLondon, NW10 7RRUnited Kingdom.http://www.guinness.com. Letter of Congratulations!!! Attn: Sir/Madam, The GUINNESS® brand is a global phenomenon; One man. 246 years. 150 countries. The history of GUINNESS® beer is a compelling story of invention, passion and belief. Crafted since 1759, GUINNESS® has a rich history: friendly, enterprising and well-travelled under the visionary founder, Arthur Guinness. Guinness has officially completed the X Fest Bonanza held on the 4th of October 2008. The winning ticket was selected from a Data Base of Internet Email Users, from which your Address came out as the winning coupon. Guinness Winning Number: 47-23-16-28-22Reference Number: GUI/UK2008/1759DUB09Batch Number: 2008/08GUI/AGJAmount: £1.6million (One Million, Six Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling). To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent below with the winning details above; Lottery Claims Officer:Name: William HarryEmail: webmaster@guinnessclaim.com Tel: +447031897503Fax: +448704900329. Congratulations once again from all our staffs on your prize winning, we hope you will partake in our forth coming Mega Jackpot. Yours Sincerely, Mrs. Martha De Peralta(Lottery Coordinator).
Got a message like the above ones with slight differences :
Guinness has officially completed the X Fest Bonanza held on the 1st of October 2008. The winning ticket was selected from a Data Base of Internet Email Users, from which your Address came out as the winning coupon.
Amount: Ј1.6million (One Million, Six Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling). , etc…
Don’t know how to take it. Whether it’s a joke? If not, what then is their profit? I may appear to be a rural fool, but if they need my personal information, why not ask me streight out?
Hey I just won this! Evan, you can’t steal my 1.6million quid, I need it to by my new helicopter. You even had the same winning numbers!
I somehow don’t believe it…..am I being stupid? All I really want to know is what sort of Wally gets his jollies from this, and why do they all seem to originate in Africa?
I’m in Africa and it unfortunately says something about the type of people that do this…………not PC I know, at least you would think the stupid bleeders would learn to spell.
I sent a mail back, telling them to stick it as I am rich enough!
I got the same scam , different dates. Though it would be nice, it’s unlikely that a stranger wants to give an individual a huge sum of money without their prior knowledge.
The Letter:
Guinness® & Co
Park Royal
London, NW10 7RR
United Kingdom.
http://www.guinness.com.
Letter of Congratulations!!!
Attn: Sir/Madam,
The GUINNESS® brand is a global phenomenon; One man. 246 years. 150 countries. The history of GUINNESS® beer is a compelling story of invention, passion and belief. Crafted since 1759, GUINNESS® has a rich history: friendly, enterprising and well-travelled under the visionary founder, Arthur Guinness.
Guinness has officially completed the X Fest Bonanza held on the 8th of November 2008. The winning ticket was selected from a Data Base of Internet Email Users, from which your Address came out as the winning coupon.
Guinness Winning Number: 47-23-16-28-22
Reference Number: GUI/UK2008/1759DUB09
Batch Number: 2008/08GUI/AGJ
Amount: Ј1.6million (One Million, Six Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling).
To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent below with the winning details above;
Lottery Claims Officer:
Name: William Harry
Email: webmaster@guinnessclaim.com
Tel: +447031897503
Fax: +448704900329.
Congratulations once again from all our staffs on your prize winning, we hope you will partake in our forth coming Mega Jackpot.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Martha De Peralta
(Lottery Coordinator).