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winning emails?

Hi all i as just wondering how do you know if an email is a winning one ? as even though i carefully say no to all future correspondence i seem to still get a lot of junk? Just wondering if there was a quick way to scan them? xx:)
2013; walking with dinosaurs family ticket, film premiere tickets, vip tickets to heart fm party :j

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  • dogcat_2
    dogcat_2 Posts: 21,401 Forumite
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    Basically....They usually..(although not always) start with the words Congratulations...or you are a winner.
    Fingers crossed you get some soon.
  • jenza8
    jenza8 Posts: 1,574 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 23 September 2010 at 11:23PM
    There was a really good thread on here a while ago about how to filter your emails to recognise and highlight winning emails. It's not a completely fail safe method but it's worked for me on many occasions. I'll try to find it.

    EDIT:
    Here it is.

    Scroll down to see instructions for how to set up filters.

    I love opening my emails to see a starred message!
    Most recent wins: IPad, Jamie Magazine yearbook, Links of London friendship bracelet, Baumatic ice cream machine! :j
  • Great Thankyou so much guys, I think i need all the help i can get lol xx
    2013; walking with dinosaurs family ticket, film premiere tickets, vip tickets to heart fm party :j
  • manufc
    manufc Posts: 330 Forumite
    lphillips25, I find that the ones in capitals are usually scams, e.g 'CONGRATULATIONS, (your email address) YOU HAVE WON $75000000!
    Yeah, they tend to be scams, also look out for bad grammar. good luck for the future! x
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