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Is this real????

Just received an email from - [EMAIL="Rewards-Club@pineapplehyacinth.com"]Rewards-Club@pineapplehyacinth.com[/EMAIL]

It says I have won a 32" tv but this is what the email says -

Congratulations!

Your email address .... has just been chosen to be a possible LCD TV Winner- - out of 230,000 newsletter recipients!


If chosen, click here


Your potential Sharp AQUOS LCD TV features:

- 32" HDTV LCD-TV
- HD ready 1080P
- Slim frame and super thin design
- 10,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio
- Format 16:9


Your participation is free and only takes 1 minute! Click here



Your LCD TV Winner Team



Do you think this is real or just spam? :confused: Im at my work so dont want to click anything incase its a virus :confused:

Any help would be great.

Thanks

xLx
0/2013
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  • robpw2
    robpw2 Posts: 14,044 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    i got one of these from get me a win i spammed it


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  • Minxy_Bella
    Minxy_Bella Posts: 1,948 Forumite
    OP - if I were you, I'd take my email address out of your post. You never know what unscrupulous people are reading.

    xx
  • kai666
    kai666 Posts: 1,431 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    if thats your real email address, you may won't to remove it, or your spam levels might start rising massively
  • lfc4eva
    lfc4eva Posts: 1,638 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I get the same email quite often and just bin it......soz. Agree with the other posters that you should delete your email addy from your post (if its your real one)

    Karen
  • philgee
    philgee Posts: 1,281 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker PPI Party Pooper
    Agreed, take your email out of the original post!

    The email looks like spam to me. As far as I can see, it's from an American telemarketing company.
  • lilias
    lilias Posts: 7,902 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    It doesn't say that you've won, just that you are a potential winner - just like we all are every time we go in for a competition.
  • I got this the other day hubby said its junk
    :beer:
  • I usually avoid emails saying...."possible" winner as it means there is effort involved - but if i have entered a competition its normally straight forward and either have won or not won. I would spam it myself.
    Ask.. Believe.. Receive..

    Every Accomplishment Starts With The Decision To Try
  • xxlaurissaxx
    xxlaurissaxx Posts: 2,253 Forumite
    Thanks guys. Thanks for noticing my email address, I didnt see it there, as i was in a hurry as im secretly on this at my work and had to rush to put it on without anyone seeing. I have removed it now.

    Think I will just delete the email, I was a bit weary of it but now im sure it will be junk.

    Thanks again. xx
    0/2013
    :beer:
  • crin
    crin Posts: 3,540 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I get these all the time and also have gotten a few supposed to be from Microsoft saying I had won a million pounds - they're rubbish
    If at first you don't succeed try, try, try again.

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