Competition Scams - Please Post Them Here

Grunhilda

YOU HAVE WON A HUMMER AND £500,000.00‏

From:HUMMER PROMOTION 2008 (notice@hummerwop-helpline.com)You may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as unsafeSent:28 February 2008 04:03:33Reply-to:HUMMER PROMOTION 2008 (hwop.combs@gmail.com)To:




YOU HAVE WON A HUMMER AND £500,000.00
The Board for the 2008 Hummer Worldwide Online promotion (HUMMER-WOP-2008) heartly congratulate you as your email address has just been randomly selected online 6 mins' ago as the STAR-PRIZE Winner in the Hummer Worldwide Online Promotion of 2008.
YOUR PIN CODE IS Pti
To claim your prizes, you are hereby instructed to send your PIN CODE, YOUR FULL NAMES, HOUSE ADDRESS, COUNTRY, PHONE/FAX NUMBERS, AGE e.t.c. to the HUMMER CLAIMS ADVISER whose contact information is listed below:
Mr. SHAWN COMBS
Email 1: hummerclaimsadviser@hummerwop-helpline . com
Email 2: hwop.combs@gmail . com
Phone: +44 704 574 9850
PRIZES:
i, ummer H2 SUV: Vortec 6.0L V-8 16 valve OHV SMPI 325hp AT 5,200RPM,
4-spd automatic w/overdrive, Full-time four-wheel drive.

ii, Cash prize of £500,000.00
Congratulation once again and goodluck as you claim your prizes.

Signed,
Mosely Curtis
The Director,
Hummer-W.O.P. 2008

hrafndot

rrickyuk wrote: »

Thank you.:A

I have just emailed them. Fingers crossed.

Did you manage to find a different email to the "bouncing" scam email address?

rrickyuk

hrafndot wrote: »

Did you manage to find a different email to the "bouncing" scam email address?

No, I used the one you gave me - it is delayed at the mo.

littlemissteapot_2

RECEIVED 3 OF THESE IN MY JUNK EMAIL BOX TODAY!! SCAM!!!!!!!


DAVID SMITH & ASSOCIATES
Phone: +44 701 113 3308
+44 704 572 6455
Fax: +44 700 592 1653
E-mail: mail@davidsmith007.4evernet.co.uk

Address:33 Bedford Row
London WC1R 4JH, England
PARTNER MANAGING
DAVID SMITH & ASSOCIATES
LONDON - UK.

Attention:

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr.Jürge
Krügger. I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was returned
undelivered. I wish to notify you that late Engr. Jürge Krügger made you a
beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of Thirty Million, One Hundred
Thousand Dollars (USD$30,100.000.00) to you in the Codicil and last
testament to his WILL.This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but
it is real and true. Being a widely traveled man, he must have been in
contact with you in the past or simply you were nominated to him by one of
his numerous friends abroad who wished you good. Engr. Jürge Krügger until
his death was a member of the Helicopter Society and the Institute of
Electronic & Electrical Engineers.According to him this money is to
support your humanitarian activities and to help the poor and the needy in
our society. Please if I reach you as I am hopeful,
endeavor to get back to me as soon as possible to enable me conclude my
job. I hope to hear from you in no distant time. Note: You are advise to
contact me with my personal email address: Email:
mail@davidsmith007.4evernet.co.uk Phone: +44 701 113 3308 / +44 704 572
6455

I await your prompt response.

Yours in Service,
BARRISTER DAVID SMITH.
PRINCIPAL PARTNERS: Barrister Aidan Walsh Esq, Markus Wolfgang, Mr. John
Marvey Esq, Mr. Jerry Smith Esq



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maureen1_2

another lucky winner for a seasons holiday.................but fortunately have a good friend who directed me to the MSe site and I can see that others were offered a prize of a free years membership!

Will not be booking any holidays any time soon.

x_Bunny_x

I keep getting natwest emails, i know they are not comp things, but i think all the email companies are letting more spam though. There wasa ruling about they had to stop it. But, recently i've had lots, where as last year, i got not at all. so i wonder whats happened *puzzled*. best thing is, if you havent entered a comp to win a `x` then you can't have won one!

worried.julie

Hi all

I'm new here, just found this board through google.

I'm hoping somebody can offer some advice. My elderly Father-in-law has been giving money to people in order to "win" competitions. I don't know many details, but i'm sure it's a scam. These people write to him, he gets several letters asking for money everyday. He told us yesterday he's given somebody £500. These people say they are from canada and come to his house as well as contacting him by post.

I am very concerned about the situation, especially given that FIL is normally VERY prudent with his money, to put it politley!

also, one of the "prizes" was "stolen" by a lady with a very similar name to FIL. She now regularly receives mail at FIL's home.

We live about 100 miles away from FIL, so at the moment don't know any more details. He also gets visited by dodgy tradesmen about once a week, but asks for help to deal with these. I'm really concerned about how these conmen are getting FIL's money. FIL doesn't want to hear it from us that he is being conned. I don't know what to do.

Please can anybody offer any help, advice or even just a bit more info about these conmen.

Thank you!

BREX

Hi Julie

Welcome to the forum..you will get loads of advice from the great people here.

First you need to try and stop your FIL from sending any money.

Next does he have a helpful neighbour nearby that could keep an eye if anyone comes round regarding money etc.

Also try Age Concern (there should be a group local to him) ...explain your concerns and ask if they could see him regarding this matter.

Also if money is being taken from him...please inform the police..these people who pray on the vunerable are ruthless and will not stop unless action is taken...

All the best
Brex

worried.julie

Thanks for that. i'll give age concern a try. I think the hardest part is going to be getting FIL to admit he's being conned. I'll keep you posted with my progress, and in the meantime, I'd love to hear from anybody who has anything to say on the subject!

mpython

Julie,

Welcome to the forum. I'm very sorry to hear about the situation with your FIL. From what you've described it sounds like plain fraud to me.

This kind of fraud is not unusual (search on Watchdog, MSE or google for scams, the 'competition wins' is just one variant) but if there are people turning up on your FIL doorstep, allegedly from Canada, then I'm sure the Police will be interested once you've explained it to them and shown them the multiple daily letters etc. Good luck, let us know how it turns out.