Competition Scams - Please Post Them Here

essexgal

Phil51 wrote: »

Anybody else got one or any comments

Do you remember signing up to this newsletter? - as it sounds scammy to me.

I think the key words here are 'possible winner' - otherwise known as 'not a cat's chance in hell':D

btw - I'd edit out your email address or you'll end up with even more spam / scam email:rotfl:

essexgal

Phil51

I did sign up to this site but I am amazed that they are associating themselves with this type of company.

essexgal

Def sounds like a scam - read this thread, post number 4....;)

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=822135

sorry.....


essexgal

liv

Just got a phonecall from the euro lottery syndicate company - started off going on about a car or a million and then said how I'd been lucky enough to have been drawn in to the euro syndicate. I started laughing and said I wasn't interested and the poor lad who worked in the call centre was polite and said thanks for my time.
FYI the number who rang was 01273 341100 so don't get excited if that number calls!

an1179

I have received this it is not on my usual comps email address. I have googled tspromotions and they appear to arrange holidays?

Sorry just read a bit more - yes I think it is a scam





You are a
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Possible Winner[/FONT]Congratulations XXXXXXX
You are a possible winner in from our win a free holiday competition that you entered on the internet @ www.tspromotions.com
We have been trying to contact you on the details below and have so far have been unsuccessful. We need to speak to you urgently to confirm the details that you entered on the website. Please reply to this email quoting reference number XXXXXX with contact number(s) and convienient time we can contact you (our office ours are Monday to Friday 09.30-18.00 and Saturdays 10.00-13.00.).

We currently have your contact details as...
Home Tel.PLEASE ADVISEDay Tel.Mobile Tel.PLEASE ADVISE
Kind RegardsChrisWebwww.tspromotions.comEmailchris@tspromotions.com

lydias

Nigerian letters in French for teh win! ( Only about 4 people in France including EDF and France Telecom have my email addy too, so one of those must have sold it, tch)

DE MME ANTOINETE VAUDEQUIN
19 Seagrave Road, Fulham,
London SW6 1RP,
United Kingdom.
vdq.toni@gmail.com

Bonjour,
Je suis Madame Antoinette Vaudequin une citoyenne am!ricaine, mais
j’habite à Londres.
Je suis n!gociant dans la vente et l’achat d'or,je travaille toute
l’ann!e sur ce type
d’investissement et concernant des business decorporation.

Malheureusement, j'ai perdu mon mari et mes enfants lors de l’accident
d'avion le 24 novembre
2001 de vol num!ro 97-seat Jumbolino Avero RJ-100 en provenance de
Berlin en Allemagne vers Zurich, de la compagnie Switzerland Airlines.

The s'est bris! dans les pauvres survivent à des conditions en tant que
lui a approch! l'a!roport
de Zurich. Le 4 septembre, 2006. J’ai effectu! un contrôle m!dical, et
mon docteur
personnel m’a confirm! que j'ai un cancer du poumon, qui d!truit ma vie
petit à petit. j'ai
rapidement appel! un Pasteur pour qu’il me conseille dans une d!cision
positive et qu’il
m’aide à choisir une solution et il m'a conseill! de choisir une
personne la moins-privil!gi!e dans
la soci!t! puisque je n'ai plus aucun enfant qui h!ritera de moi.

Ainsi, j'ai d!cid! de donner les fonds, que j'ai d!pos!s au sein d’une
soci!t! de valeurs
mobilières, à une organisation non gouvernementale, non religieuse, non
commerciale
qui am!liorera le destin d’une personne qui utilisera cet argent.

Le montant est de 3.5 millions USD (trios millions, cinq cents dollars
am!ricains). La
proc!dure que j'ai pour instruire cette dotation est la suivante : Je
veux que l'organisation, ou la personne, qui emploiera cette donation
dirige l’emploie de ces fonds pour le bien-être des veuves, veufs,
orphelins, indigents, les enfants pi!tin!s et physiquement abus!s.

Ainsi j'!cris toujours cette lettre à n'importe quelle organisation ou
à une personne au hasard
qui utilisera cet argent selon la manière que j'ai d!crite. Dès que je
recevrai votre r!ponse je vous fournirai l'information de contact de
mon mandataire à qui j'ai confi!e tout concernant la
r!clamation de ces fonds de la soci!t! de valeurs mobilières où les
fonds ont !t! d!pos!s.

Il vous aidera à d!bloquer tous les documents exig!s à s'assurer que
vous disposerez de ces
Fonds, !galement une lettre d'autorit! sera r!dig!e à votre nom, sign!e
de ma main, vous
faisant le b!n!ficiaire de ces fonds avec l’ensemble des documents
relatifs à ce dossier.

Veuillez m'assurer que vous agirez juste comme j'ai !nonc! ci-dessus.

Esp!rant avoir de vos nouvelles bientôt et que Dieu b!nissent vous et
les membres de votre
famille.

Les Meilleurs souvenirs,

Madame Antoinette Vaudequin.

purplevamp

I received the following email today. I THINK it's a scam but no-one has posted it or similar on here. £400,000 is a lot of money for it not to be a scam.

Anyone seen or heard of this?



THE HEINEKEN MID- YEAR PROMOTION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws of Heineken Annual Promo.
The online Heineken Annual Promo draws was conducted by a random
selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail
addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced
automated random computer (TOPAZ) search from the internet. However, no
tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different
ticket numbers for representation and privacy.After this automated
computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of (12)twelve
winners in the fourth category for the second prize with the
following data:

Ref Number: ASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch Number: HGL-14/28/0046
Ticket Number: 025-11464992-750

You as well as the other winners are therefore to receive a cash prize
of 400,000.00 (FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING ) each from the
total payout.Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address
and will be transferred to you upon meeting the requirements, statutory
obligations, verifications,validations and satisfactory report. Please
note that your lucky winning number falls within our regional booklet
office in your country as indicated in your play coupon.
To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised
to contact our licensed and accredited Processing manager with your Ref
Number,Batch
Number and Ticket Number
London Claims Payment Unit

Contact Person: Mr.McMahon
Email:
[EMAIL="heinekenmcmahon@live.com"]heinekenmcmahon@live.com[/EMAIL]


NOTE:

*All winnings must be claimed within 20 days from today. After this
date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake

Grunhilda

I received the Heineken one as well.

Lear

I too received the Heineken email.

kateab

Anyone had a call from a number that turns out to be 091148??! I missed a call from them yesterday evening as I was changing a nappy, and I thought it was a bit weird so I googled it and found this

http://www.scamtypes.com/anyone-had-a-call-from-091148.html

So it sounds like a scam - specially as this guy was told his "email address" had been selected from a list of UK landlines! :rolleyes:

kateab