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Bah! Spammer and scammers..

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You have WOB.

What have I wobbed?

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We happily announce to you the draw (#953) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 14th February, 2007.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 5647560054 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: (bonus no.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.

I've never entered any lottery...How nice of someone to have entered on my behalf.What have I wobbed?

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You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£1,000,000 shared amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly until the end of the year.
(31/12/2007)

So what have I wobbed exactly?

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Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. (5647560054) In view of this, your ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

Oh how nice..But why can't he contact me direct and where can I contact him?

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For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

Why can't I tell anyone? Hey this isn't anything iffy is it?Why can't I just have a cheque?And where do I contact this chap?

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please you are advised to contact the agent with your winning numbers, this is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

At this point I get a Yahoo email address link..Which I'm not going to put here.

after which I get a name which seems very official.

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Yours faithfully,
Mr. Carl Martins.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
NATIONAL LOTTERY.

The only other info I get is at the top of the email

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UKONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!!
UKONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X).

Ref: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304

So what does anyone else make of this? :)

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You'll be wobbed if you follow it up.

It's a spam, phishing type thing to be sent to your deleted items pronto.

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Woooohoooooo Incog you have Won !!!
The drinks are on you tonight !

;)

Blooooming spammers / phishers.

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Well they are getting quite desperate now..I've had three more missives since.Each one more desperate sounding than the last.

Ah no! one of them is from the AFRO Euro Lottery NOT the UK lottery.Another says it's from the Camelot group...and I appear to have wobbed even more money.By damn I'm getting really wealthy by the sounds of it...

Well if I actually replied to alll the email addys given me..alternativly from a yahoo or a hotmail inbox I'm sure I'll see who's really getting wobbed..

Looks like the 'I'm a poor gent unable to get at my funds in a swiiss bank' have transmogrified into Lottery winning emails.

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But it's GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!! so it must be true, right?

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Todays offering.

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This Email is to inform you that you emerged a winner of ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£552,000,00

the total keeps going up...and up.and the subject headings get more and more desperate.

:)

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You "emerged" a winner? Sounds like a scene out of Alien...

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I'd be really tempted to string them along somehow - but I've never had a '419' email (so far) ;)

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Originally Posted by Chimaera (Post 34247689)

I'd be really tempted to string them along somehow - but I've never had a '419' email (so far) ;)

Doesn't seem fair really that I'm getting so many of them...Shall I send one to you? I'm the caring sharing kind of person you know. ;)

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:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Seems Microsoft want to reward me now...

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Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden London
NW10 United Kingdom

Ref: BTD/968/06
Batch: 409978E

Dear Lucky Winner,

The prestigious Micrsoft and Aol has set out and
sucessfully organised a Sweepstakes. 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
Your email address as indicated was drawn and drew
the lucky numbers 14-21-25-39-40-47(20) which
subsequently won you ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£3,400,000.00 (Three Million Four
Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) as one of the
10 jackpot winners in this draw. The draws registered
as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London
United Kingdom on the 12th of March 2007

Please be informed by this winning notification,to
file your claims,you are to make contact with your
designated agent who shall by duty guide you through
the process to facilitate the release of your prize.To
file for your claim Please Contact your fiduciary
agent

Mr Roy Henshaw
Microsoft Promotion Award Team
Head Winning Claims Dept.
Email**********************

NB:Any claim not made before Seven (7) working days
from date of notification indicate that the winner has
voluntarily forfeited his/her winnings.

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This is fantastic...Coka Cola want to give me money as well...What it is to be rich and popular...:)

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The only 1 getting wobbed would be anyone daft enough to reply.