You have won shares in ITV1 Tycoon winning business ??

EEYORE2911

Please could someone help me out? this is my first time on here, so be gentle!! I received an email titled 'You have won shares in ITV1 Tycoon winning business' and it reads as follows:
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width=555><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>IMPORTANT INFORMATION: (there is a number here)
Congratulations! You recently entered the ITV1 Tycoon shares competition and I am delighted to say you have won a stake in Iain Morgan’s winning business.
I am awarding 2,000 prizes of shares, representing 25% of the business in total, and you are one of these prize winners. Later in the year, you should be able to sell and buy your shares. But to claim your prize, you must register for them as soon as possible – and no later than 10am on 23 August 2007.
Having shares in a company means that you have an opportunity to share, financially, in the fortunes (or misfortunes) of that company. You can sell the shares you win or if the Company does well, it may decide to pay dividends. You should however be aware that the value of shares can go down as well as up.
To claim your shares, please complete the following steps:

1. Click on this link: Claim shares now (www.share.com/tycoon). This must be done no later than 10am on 23 August 2007, otherwise you will lose your shares.
2. Enter the unique Customer Reference at the top of this email. Don’t lose it as you will need it to claim your shares. We can’t issue it again.
3. Follow the instructions on screen that will ask for further information about you.

It’s simple to claim your shares, but the process may take a few days to complete so please ensure that you respond to this email as soon as possible.
In order to help us manage your new shares efficiently, Tycoon has partnered with The Share Centre, a major retail stockbroker. They will look after your shares in Iain’s company and help you trade them. In the process of claiming your prize, you must open an account with The Share Centre. This will not cost you anything, but The Share Centre will need to ask for some personal details to confirm your identity and comply with anti-money laundering regulations.
If The Share Centre is unable to do this online, you will be required to submit documentary evidence of your identity, such as a bank statement and a utility bill. The Share Centre will need to receive this information before 4 September or you will lose your entitlement to shares. Please be assured that The Share Centre will look after your personal information very carefully. Further information can be found here privacy policy (http://www.share.com/webp/priv.htm).
Provided you have activated your account with The Share Centre by the 7 September, your shares will be issued shortly afterwards. You should then be able to trade the shares later this autumn.
But remember - if you haven’t started the registration process by 23 August, you will lose your prize and any entitlement to shares.
So congratulations again on being a competition winner. I and my fellow directors of Iain Morgan’s winning company look forward to welcoming you as a shareholder.
With best wishes
Peter Jones
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</TD></TR><TR><TD>This communication has been approved by The Share Centre Limited for the purposes of section 21 Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. The Share Centre is a member of the London Stock Exchange and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and is entered in the register www.fsa.gov.uk/register under reference (number here).

Any ideas???? I enter loads of comps so could have entered, but am v scared of being scammed in some way?
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SandP_2

Hi,

I've just received the same email and just like you wondered if it was a scam.

All however seems ok. If you check out www.tycoon.com and the winner's profile, the prize is specified in there and matches up with the email. The original post for this competition was posted in this thread some time ago.

So I think it should be congratulations (to you, me and 1,998 other people!)

SandP

EEYORE2911

Thanks, I will have a look! It is so easy to be paranoid nowadays!

enigmaL

Think it's from this comp or this one

Well done:D

EEYORE2911

Oooh how exciting! I could be a stockbroking millionaire! Or, more likely, big stockmarket crash.... at least the shares are free tho! )

hjb123

well done, I seem to remember this comp

mbailey

I won as well. Not sure what this is going to be worth.

1/2000 of 25% of the business.

EEYORE2911

Worth maybe 50 or 60p? If successful that is! :rotfl: Have any of the other winners registered with the shares company yet? i was in the middle of doing so and it wanted me to read an email before putting my bank details in... this was hours ago and still no email from them yet?

mbailey

EEYORE2911 wrote: »

Worth maybe 50 or 60p? If successful that is! :rotfl: Have any of the other winners registered with the shares company yet? i was in the middle of doing so and it wanted me to read an email before putting my bank details in... this was hours ago and still no email from them yet?

Yes I have registered (including bank details). Email received from Share centre few minutes later.

lph537

mbailey wrote: »

Yes I have registered (including bank details). Email received from Share centre few minutes later.

Same happened for me, now waiting for my postal pack or something.

You have to give quite a bit of personal information but I already do this for other shares I own (worthless by the way) so I think this is normal. I get letters saying 'Can you confirm this is correct FOR MONEY LAUNDERING PURPOSES?'

I've asked if they want to change the wording to 'IN ORD ER TO PREVENT MONEY LAUNDERING' but I suspect my bank is humourless *shock*:rotfl:

sarerb18

What fun congratulations to you all and lets hope they pay dividends :T
sarer