Have I won or is this a con?

Angel_Eyes

I've just received an e-mail from info-department001@adelphia.net saying

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON YOU 500,000 GBP To begin the claim processing of your
prize you are to contact the claims agent with the details below:
1.FULL NAMES,2.ADDRESS 3.SEX 4.AGE 5.MARITAL STATUS 6.OCCUPATION
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS 8.TELEPHONE NUMBER, COUNTRY.

FUDICIARY AGENT:Mr. Niklas Flippo (Rev.)
Email: vodafonefudiciaryconsultant2006@yahoo.com.cn

Best Regards,
MR. Franz Beckenbauer(Lottery Co-Ordinator)

Wanted to know what you good people thought?:eek:
Thank you

Strepsy

Don't send them anything Angel Eyes!

hrafndot

One clue is the word FUDICIARY - bit of a malapropism on fiduciary - dont touch it!!!

Pink_butterfly_3

Sounds like a 419 style scam. Bargepole job!

Angel_Eyes

Thanks for the advice everyone, I thought it must be too good to be true:rolleyes:

ncd

Angel_Eyes wrote:

Best Regards,
MR. Franz Beckenbauer(Lottery Co-Ordinator)

Wanted to know what you good people thought?:eek:
Thank you

Franz Beckenbauer...

http://www.ifhof.com/hof/beckenbauer.asp

Rather good footballer and involved in the organising of last year's World Cup

RoCas

Ignore it, Angel Eyes, it's a scam. See here: http://www.joewein.net/419/419-vodafone-online-promo.htm

steveeeee

Angel_Eyes wrote:

I've just received an e-mail from info-department001@adelphia.net saying

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON YOU 500,000 GBP To begin the claim processing of your
prize you are to contact the claims agent with the details below:
1.FULL NAMES,2.ADDRESS 3.SEX 4.AGE 5.MARITAL STATUS 6.OCCUPATION
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS 8.TELEPHONE NUMBER, COUNTRY.

FUDICIARY AGENT:Mr. Niklas Flippo (Rev.)
Email: vodafonefudiciaryconsultant2006@yahoo.com.cn

Best Regards,
MR. Franz Beckenbauer(Lottery Co-Ordinator)

Wanted to know what you good people thought?:eek:
Thank you

All kinds of giveaways in this one:

Vodafone UK would never use a Chinese Yahoo (yahoo.com.cn) email address to receive email.
The typo on fiduciary/fudiciary.
The (Rev) after the agent's name. 419 email senders seem to tend to have a religious bent, claiming to be priests, reverends, etc.
Are Vodafone involved in a lottery anywhere, let alone one which gives prizes in GBP?
And using Franz Beckenbauer as their "lottery co-ordinator" is a stroke of genius.

MinervaUK_2

As many have already worked out this is a scam email. Working for Vodafone we've certainly got no record on our campaigns and current promotions section. If ever in doubt either contact the company they claim to be representing, or paste the email text into Google to bring up plenty of search results (chances are it will have already been recorded on a lottery scam site)