Help. I've won a Honda convertable (apparently)..

the_devil_made_me_do_it

I received an email this morning from a Honda dealership in Australia. Looks genuine, and I'v checked the website out and that looks genuine too. Anyway, the email says I'm the grand prize winner of a Honda S2000 convertable. I have to either email my response or telephone to confirm my winning.
I do remember filling out a competition to win a car a while ago now, following a link from the money saving expert competitions board.. maybe that's how I've won??
Anyone have any ideas to soothe my concern lol.

divadee

email them and see? it wont cost you anything like calling them would, and suss out whether you think they are genuine.


BY the way congrats you lucky so and so !!!

jockettuk

lets hope if you have won it you wont have to pay import costs..

the_devil_made_me_do_it

divadee wrote:

email them and see? it wont cost you anything like callind them would, and suss out wether you think they are genuine.


BY the way congrats you lucky so and so !!!

lol I hope it's congrats, my partner and I were only looking for a new car yesterday.

ddavis

they will have a cash alternative, would be much more beneficial than paying the import taxes etc. I won a Mk5 Golf in a raffle and was asked if i wanted them to buy it off me. Of course you will get less but in your case I think you will probably still be better off..

Congrats, winning my car was the best feeling of my life.. I hope you feel the same!

whitty999

:A Well done i hope its genuine,Congratulations enjoy

the_devil_made_me_do_it

Thank you all, I hope it's genuine too. Suppose you can never tell until I contact them and get a reply. I have already emailed today, asking if they could send me more confirmation. I will try and telephone later tonite when they will be open.

Good idea about asking for a cash alternative, never thought about that. Thanks. How do you receive cash alternatives??

Batgirl

be careful i remeber watching a programme about a con where you won a car form abroad had to pay the import charges and then you never got the car. Not meaning to put a downer on things just want you to be careful.

Hope its genuine and if so huge congrats

keep us upto date on your progress with them

the_devil_made_me_do_it

Oh. I'll keep everyone updated. As I've said I'm not wholly convinced, but I gotta check it out all the same. Would be really funny if it were genuine tho'

the_devil_made_me_do_it

Just a quick update. I sent the company an email asking them to send me some further confirmation of my winning and thed prize. I did get a reply email, with a scanned image of the newspaper that the winner was announced in. Whether this is proof enough I don't know. But I've emailed back asking for a cash alternative as I don't want to be landed with any import costs. See what they come back with. I guess if it's totally false, and they are just hoping to get cash out of me for nothing in return, then that email may put them off.

knuckledragger

Just don't email them your bank account details so that they can make a money transfer straight into it! You know where I'm going on this... West Africa...