Competition Scams - Please Post Them Here

catwoman_who_saves

alisong4567 wrote: »

Just found this in my junk:-

"Dear Member and Winner,

Congratulations! You are among the few 50 Lucky Winners selected
for FaceBook 2010 £1 Million British Pound Lottery Promo drawn last night.


Thank You
FaceBook Lottery Team."

Shall be deleted!

I got this and I don't even have an account on facebook! :rotfl:

maddocks2379

manufc wrote: »

Mode of Prize Remittance.

(1)Cash Pick-Up (You coming Down to United Kingdom Personally to Pick Your Prize).

lol this got me, coming down to UK?

brightonman123

my mat got approached by the timeshare folks in mallorca.. he gave them such a hard time, asking q's re the property, costs etc they gave him a few bottles of wine just to leave them alone!

aussiegeckogirl

Received this email today, you think they would know my name seeing as Ive won so much money!
Dear e-MAIL Winner,

Your email address won £750,000.00 GBP in this month Coca-Cola Lottery Online
Free Draw.To file for your claim, contact our agent Dr. Erick Green with the
details below(Full Names, Contact Address, Country, Age, Sex, Occupation
&Telephone numbers) to this Email: [EMAIL="coca-colauk&#64;w.cn"]coca-colauk@w.cn[/EMAIL]<mailto:coca-colauk@w.cn>
Phone Number: +44 702 403 2814

MODE OF PAYMENT !!!
Option (1) Via Courier Delivery
Option (2) Via Bank Wire Transfer
Note: This is an automatic message do not click on your reply button send all
details to the following Email:
[EMAIL="coca-colauk&#64;w.cn"]coca-colauk@w.cn[/EMAIL]<mailto:coca-colauk@w.cn>

Yours Sincerely,

Tom1948

Seems that this competiion comes into the scams' category.
The competition ended on 17th September and no winner has been announced to my knowledge. Lots of people seem to be asking the same question.
I have asked them three times for the name of the winner and have been ignored. I have even sent them a stamped addressed envelope for the result, as they asked for on their website, and even that has been ignored. It is not too long ago that their £1 million winner and their security printer ended up in the Crown Court for fraud. I wonder what the Dail Mail has to hide. Hopefully that there has only been some sort of hiccup somewhere.
Makes you wonder about these competitions. Family and friends only seem to win .

ZED9

Do you mean by Dail Mail, the Daily Mail?

I am very interested in the subject of this topic.

What can you actually do to these companies that run these fake comps. (My perception is about half of them are.) Whats the punishment for it, who do you report them to?

I read something about the Advertising Standards Authority having a voluntary code or something once... but when I read the word voluntary I lost interest...

beckifitzg

I had a "wem" from MyOffers for a Mini today. I deleted it and can't remember what it said exactly but it was a load of tosh!

selinabobs

beckifitzg wrote: »

I had a "wem" from MyOffers for a Mini today. I deleted it and can't remember what it said exactly but it was a load of tosh!

I had the exact same one, it reads ' Our system randomly selected your email address from almost 25,000 users to take home a fabulous Mini Cooper (model of your choice'


I knew it was rubbish but its so cruel the way its worded

Our system randomly selected your email address from almost 25,000 users to take home a fabulous Mini Cooper (model of your choice)
Our system randomly selected your email address from almost 25,000 users to take home a fabulous Mini Cooper (model of your choice)

ZED9

I've always presumed the entire myoffers operation is a scam, no?

martinsnest

Just had this email from someone called tracy Cantin


You are a Winner of a BMW X6 X Drive Car and a £750,000.00GBP.
ContactMr Greg Smith with your Fullname:Country:Address:
Telephonenosex :via [EMAIL="bmw_claimsdept&#64;yahoo.com"]bmw_claimsdept@yahoo.com[/EMAIL] Phone:+447024093280




Anyone had the same and also what would they get out of doing this???


I emailed BMW direct and this was there reply
Thank you for your email dated November 18, 2010. I am sorry that you have received a fraudulent email posing as part of BMW Group UK.
I would like to thank you for taking the time to contact us regarding this. We are aware that there are a number of similar emails in circulation, however, our investigations have been unable to track the source of the fraudulent claims, many of which originate in Nigeria. They are not located at the stated UK postal address and cannot be traced through the Internet Protocol (IP) address.
I can assure you that this activity is not endorsed by BMW Group UK and we have no relationship with the email originator. Naturally, we take this matter very seriously and if in the future we are able to identify the culprits, we will take the appropriate action.
I would recommend in the meantime, that you do not contact them, nor provide them with any of your personal information. I am sorry that you have had cause to contact us under these circumstances and for any inconvenience that this has caused.

Yours sincerely