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A win, or a Scam?

worriedmum46
worriedmum46 Posts: 347 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 100 Posts
in I won! I won! I won!
Just got an email saying

Subject: Congratulations,You were shortlisted for cash Prize in the Heineken Company Promotion.Contact Your Claim Manager Mr George Campbell for Details.Tel:(+44) 0704-579-3962,Email:[EMAIL="heinekenpromo11@yahoo.co.uk"]heinekenpromo11@yahoo.co.uk[/EMAIL]

Did anyone else get this today? Checked my thanks and cant find a Heineken Cash Prize comp - so a bit concerned I am being duped!!
January 2012 Debenhams Goodie Bag and Conor Maynard Tickets (= happy teenage daughter!).

Thanks to all who post, and GL to all who try!!

Comments

  • OnceUponADream
    OnceUponADream Posts: 16,047 Forumite
    Scam I'm afraid
    The shinbone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.
    :TBig thanks to all competition posters:T
  • Tony_Yarwood
    Tony_Yarwood Posts: 166 Forumite
    Can't say for sure - but sounds very iffy to me. :(
    :beer: Thanks to all competition posters :beer:
  • worriedmum46
    worriedmum46 Posts: 347 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts
    Did not seem right to me. Will treat it as a scam, thanks for your help xx
    January 2012 Debenhams Goodie Bag and Conor Maynard Tickets (= happy teenage daughter!).

    Thanks to all who post, and GL to all who try!!
  • StokieBecks
    StokieBecks Posts: 4,997 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Xmas Saver!
    Any email that says you are shortlisted should always be treated with caution.

    Hope you get a nice win soon
    £2 Savers Club for 2022 #12
  • Elsbells21
    Elsbells21 Posts: 1,702 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Heineken would never use a yahoo account. Very much a scam... fingers crossed for the future :)
  • Stu@rt
    Stu@rt Posts: 378 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper
    I agree with Elsbells21 above. The fact that it has listed a Yahoo email account instead of their own Domain Name should ring alarm bells.
  • worriedmum46
    worriedmum46 Posts: 347 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts
    My lovely friend has looked into it for me, she quite tecky and I not - the email originates from Russia, if anyone else gets it please steer well clear, some sort of a scam.
    January 2012 Debenhams Goodie Bag and Conor Maynard Tickets (= happy teenage daughter!).

    Thanks to all who post, and GL to all who try!!
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