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Has anyone else had this offer? Is it genuine?

Cheers.

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From: "BMW AWARENESS 2009" <[URL="mhtml:{14095E1D-2362-425E-8655-F11C8DEF7230}mid://00000068/!x-usc:mailto:admin&#64;rockhardtwink.com"]admin@rockhardtwink.com[/URL]>
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 12:26 AM
Subject: Dear Email User......You Won


>
>
>
> THE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY.
> 22 Garden Close, Stamford,
> Lincs, PE9 2YP, London
> United Kingdom.
>
> The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Awareness
> Promotion Department of the BMW Automobile Company, wishes to congratulate
> you as one of the TEN (10) STAR PRIZE WINNER in this years' BMW Automobile
> International Awareness Promotion (IAP) held on Wednesday 1st April, 2009,
> in London, United Kingdom. This makes you the proud owner of a brand new
> BMW X6 35iM, M Sport Saloon car and a cash prize of £750,000.00 GBP (Seven
> Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great British pounds).The selection process was
> carried out through random selection in our Computerized Email Selection
> System (C.E.S.S.) from a atabase of over a million email addresses from
> the world wide web. To begin the processing of your prize you are to
> contact the BMW Claims Agent through the contact details as stated below:
>
> Mr. David Brown
> BMW Claims Agent
> E-mail: [URL="mhtml:{14095E1D-2362-425E-8655-F11C8DEF7230}mid://00000068/!x-usc:mailto:bmwclaimsdept01&#64;hotmail.com"]bmwclaimsdept01@hotmail.com[/URL]

Comments

  • jenniewb
    jenniewb Posts: 12,842 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Well a few questions for you- just to check if your not being spammed:

    1. what did you enter? you cannot win what you did not enter for. What? you didn't enter anything? well that sorta says it all really. SPAM.

    2. Do you know of the company that are spamming- sorry, emailing you? are you friends with them? and if so, why do they need your personal information? perhaps they think they have a better use of it then you do- be careful, who do you think is best to decide who spends your money/uses your details? them or you?

    3. How long have you been using the internet...


    Sorry OP, not meaning to be harsh or sarcastic, (more of a joke really :) ) but in all seriousness, it looks like its phising to me.
  • bullshot
    bullshot Posts: 4,028 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Would BMW use a Hotmail address? I don't think so !!
  • LilacLillie
    LilacLillie Posts: 2,930 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Wednesday 1st April???????
    LL
    We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars........................


  • worried_jim
    worried_jim Posts: 11,631 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    this originates in Nigeria- do not respond- ever !
  • An X6 and 750k?

    "If it's too good to be true, is usually is."
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,609 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    closing thread as scam
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