Yet another scamming e-mail...

[ricosuave]

Oh so totally fake, but refreshingly different from the usual Nigerian ones...

YOU ARE AMONG OUR SELECTED WINNERS.‎

From: Fordolympic2012 Promo (fordolympic363@hotmail.com)
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Sent: April 3, 2007 2:54:34 AM

LONDON2012
PROMOTIONAL DRAW FOR THE 2012
OLYMPIC GAMES IN LONDON

FORD MOTORS OLYMPIC PROMO
28 STANFIELD ROAD
CROYDON, LONDON

Attn: Dear winner,

Sequel to the online promotional draws held on 30th of March 2007 to declare the winners of the PROMOTIONAL DRAW FOR THE 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES TO BE HOSTED IN LONDON, ENGLAND. We are very sorry for the little delay in announcing the result of our winners.
We wish to formally announce to you here that you are among the winners. This promotion is organized by FORD MOTOR COMPANY in conjunction with the Local Organizing Committee of the LONDON2012 OLYMPIC. You are attached to ticket Number 356-00098-3211-222, with serial number 818-09 drew the lucky Numbers 67-99-77-79-63, and consequently won the promotion.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £ 400,000.00GBP (four hundred thousand pounds sterling) credited to file REF NO: L2012/23457677/2007. This is from total prize money of £ 6,800,000.00GBP shared among the seventeen international and local winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 17,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe and Middle East and Asia. This is part of our International Promotions Program for the 2012 Olympic Games to be hosted in London, England.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Your prize is now available for claim. However due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by some people.
To begin your claim. Please do contact your claim officer with your full details as given above either your Reference number, batch number, serial number and your full names, through his contact information below;

Mr. Karl Johnson
Claims Officer
Ford Olympic Promo
TEL: +44 703-194-8842
Fax; +44 709-287-7797
EMAIL: fordolympicclaimsoffice@yahoo.co.uk
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember that all prize money must be claimed not later than 7 working days after this day of notice. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with the claims officer. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims officer as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Sincerely,
MRS.Gina Allenburg.
CO-ORDINATOR

[corporatejay]

if you aren't going to take advantage of this can I?

[MagicallyAdept]

Wow you are so lucky, almost as lucky as me!

I have this friend in Nigeria who needed my help. Before he contacted me i had no idea who he was. He must have heard about my trustwortiness and ability to help others in need. Anyway he emailed me and was in desperate need for a friend who could help. It turns out i was just infact that very person. The poor guy had his whole family killed and needed to claim insurance but the silly insurance firm made an error with his paper work. He needed £7,500.00 to clear administrative costs. It sounded like a lot to help someone i dont know but the payout would be worth it i was informed by my new found African friend. He would give me HALF of his £10,000,000.00 inheritance! Wow i thought this is a dream come true. So i went down to my bank and wired good ol' David Ungwatwat his money. A friend in need is a friend indeed i say. I hope he is doing ok as i haven't heard from him for a while...

Maybe i should call him again...

Magic.

[Superflyer]

I love how it is run by Ford but the email address is to a yahoo box. NOthing whong there .

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Superflyer

I love how it is run by Ford but the email address is to a yahoo box. NOthing whong there .

Of course it is. Geeze man, for is a car company, not an interweb company.

What do you expect, to get an email from Prizes@Ford.com?
Yeah, like Ford would wast time having their own web domain.

[BlackEleven]

You can tell its a scam from the first setence:


Sequel to the online promotional draws held on 30th of March 2007 to declare the winners of the PROMOTIONAL DRAW FOR THE 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES TO BE HOSTED IN LONDON, ENGLAND.

Great English. I am sure Ford would write better sentences than that.

[4X4]

Your prize is now available for claim. However due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by some people.



There are people in this world that commit unscrupulous acts?

[Flashpoint]

Be careful if you read this exchange between a scambuster and a scammer through to the end while you're at work. I couldn't control my laughter very well...

http://419eater.com/html/bigman.htm