Mom2Shaun
10-14-2007, 08:47 PM
This has gotta be a scam, right? Although my husband does travel in Asia a lot, and that's where this supposedly originated. I know it's broken English, but many perfectly legitimate, huge Asian companies write just like this. (This is because the boss paid to have his kid study in the U.S. and the kid comes back and says he/she can write English. LOL!) In fact, I actually do some copywriting for one of the bigger companies of Taiwan, so you can't rule this a scam based on the poor English.
I did a search for this here, but couldn't find it, but I know it must be some kind of trick. (I only wish it were true!) Has anyone seen anything like this before? (It's not like the Nigerian letter . . . yet.)
CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!
Dear. Sir/ Madam,
The prestigious Microsoft and Aol has set out and successfully
organised
a Sweepstakes marking the year 2007 anniversary. Rolled out over
£300,000,000.00 for our this year Anniversary Draws. Participants for
the
draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts
which we enjoy their patronage.
The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching
personalised email addresses to ticket numbers. Microsoft and AOL are
now
the largest Internet companies & in effort to make sure that Internet
Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are
running an e-mail beta test.
Your email address have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of(
£1.9M) One million,nine hundred thousand Pounds in cash credited to
File
KPC/9030108308/03.This is from a total cash prize of Three Hundred
Million British Pounds (£300,000,000.00) shared among the first 450
lucky
winners in this category world-wide. Please note that your lucky
winning
number falls within our lottery booklet representative office in
London
as indicated in the play coupon. The draws registered as Draw number
one
was conducted in Brockley, London United Kingdom on the 28th of
August,2007.
Please be informed by this winning notification to file your claims
immediately.You are advised to make contact to your referred agent who
shall by duty guide you through the process to facilitate the release
of
your winning prize.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to
you
in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this program by some unscrupulous elements.
To file for your claim, please contact our Claiming Agent immediately.
I did a search for this here, but couldn't find it, but I know it must be some kind of trick. (I only wish it were true!) Has anyone seen anything like this before? (It's not like the Nigerian letter . . . yet.)
CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!
Dear. Sir/ Madam,
The prestigious Microsoft and Aol has set out and successfully
organised
a Sweepstakes marking the year 2007 anniversary. Rolled out over
£300,000,000.00 for our this year Anniversary Draws. Participants for
the
draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts
which we enjoy their patronage.
The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching
personalised email addresses to ticket numbers. Microsoft and AOL are
now
the largest Internet companies & in effort to make sure that Internet
Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are
running an e-mail beta test.
Your email address have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of(
£1.9M) One million,nine hundred thousand Pounds in cash credited to
File
KPC/9030108308/03.This is from a total cash prize of Three Hundred
Million British Pounds (£300,000,000.00) shared among the first 450
lucky
winners in this category world-wide. Please note that your lucky
winning
number falls within our lottery booklet representative office in
London
as indicated in the play coupon. The draws registered as Draw number
one
was conducted in Brockley, London United Kingdom on the 28th of
August,2007.
Please be informed by this winning notification to file your claims
immediately.You are advised to make contact to your referred agent who
shall by duty guide you through the process to facilitate the release
of
your winning prize.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to
you
in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this program by some unscrupulous elements.
To file for your claim, please contact our Claiming Agent immediately.