I received a Hogwarts letter in the post?!!? SCAM?

white_falcon

Hey lads,

I know you'll think im actually taking the **** but this morning, I received a letter in the post in a green envelope with all fancy writing on it, saying I have been invited to Hogwarts

I don't know how someone got my address so its kinda weird...anyone have any ideas?

Heres a pic of it - I barely believed it myself

Niamho!

With your name and all on it?? ....god thats kinda freaky.

Don't know of anyone this has happened to. Could it be a mate/Mates Havin a laugh!?

dubsgirl

Can't see it too well, what does it actually say?

Also don't understand why you have the question mark after scam??
Do you think there's a chance you really have been invited to the school of wizardry;)

Probably some genius in a marketing dept??

biko

I can't make out the writing

The Bollox

well have you ever made strange stuff happen, like have you been able to talk to snakes or make stuff dissapear or find Carl Spain's comedy funny?

Duggy747

Evil.............................EVIL!!!!! Burn it, send it back to hell!!!

Someone pulling the piss with ya, obviously. It looks like it was printed out and then they got a lighter to the sides of the page to give it that "ancient"-ish feel.

ShowUsYourXbox

Either made by yourself, or marketing. Either way, it's pretty gay.

white_falcon

ShowUsYourXbox wrote:

Either made by yourself, or marketing. Either way, it's pretty gay.

:eek: lol

The Mad Hatter

Congratulations!

(I wanna be you...)

Also, it's probably just some friends having a laugh.

white_falcon

ShowUsYourXbox wrote:

Either made by yourself, or marketing. Either way, it's pretty gay.

u just changed ur post from "did u get that school of homo's letter"...

white_falcon

heres another pic

the stamp on the letter shows it came from portlaoise....

Stephen

Looks like one of those girly/gay fonts built-in to Microsoft Word too...

kingcurls

haha harry potter just snail mail SPAMMED you, still very strange, sign up for any kinky role play things lately?

challengemaster

please, get a decent camera. you're making my eyes bleed with this shít.

Jimoslimos

Sorry OP, this sh1t ain't going to rub with the mammy when you're trying to explain you flunked your Leaving Cert and received no CAO offers

white_falcon

challengemaster wrote:

please, get a decent camera. you're making my eyes bleed with this shít.

how about no. its not my camera - housemates webcam...

white_falcon

well thanks for all the ****ass replies . I didnt make it myself - I'm clearly not as lame as some kids on this forum and was just wondering if anyone had heard anything about any kind of scam like this.

Thanks for everyone getting back to rip the p1ss outta my post ****heads...good ald boards

The Bollox

0.o

the ban hammer is coming

biko

Shoulda posted in HP, not AH.
Anyway what makes you think it's a scam? What do they want? I still can't read it proper.

kingcurls

i can feel the temperature rising.............HARRY LOOK WHAT YOU HAVE CREATED!!!

Mr E

Reproduce the text here, white_falcon. The photos are illegible.
Are they actually asking for money?

Duggy747

Jimoslimos wrote:

Sorry OP, this sh1t ain't going to rub with the mammy when you're trying to explain you flunked your Leaving Cert and received no CAO offers

ROFL!!

Hell, if I flunked my LC and got no offers I'd be desperate enough to make something like this work!!

white_falcon

biko wrote:

Shoulda posted in HP, not AH.
Anyway what makes you think it's a scam? What do they want? I still can't read it proper.

I dunno, why else would someone send it? I dont know about in Portlaoise so I don't know why a friend would go to the effort of trying to post if from there...I didnt buy the new Harry Potter book online either, so its not linked to an online purchase of the book

Dublinstiofán

Are you a wizard by any chance? :rolleyes:

Does it give you directions to Hogwarts? Middle of the Ballymun Roundabout is it?

nice1franko

SCAM

real hogwarts letters just come down the chimney

white_falcon

Duggy747 wrote:

ROFL!!

Hell, if I flunked my LC and got no offers I'd be desperate enough to make something like this work!!

lol lads, I have a freakin degree, I'v done my freakin leaving cert unlike a few people in here obviously. So NO, I'm not making it up for "show my mammy"

Duggy747

"Bring lots of cash and come alone!" I imagine the letter says.

Maybe the government finally got around to build a school of wizardry, I mean they do excel in making money disappear.

challengemaster

white_falcon wrote:

I dunno, why else would someone send it? I dont know about in Portlaoise so I don't know why a friend would go to the effort of trying to post if from there...I didnt buy the new Harry Potter book online either, so its not linked to an online purchase of the book

maybe they want you to go to a train station and *attempt* to phase through a wall?

The Bollox

do many of your friends know you like Harry Potter?

biko

It might be advertisement for something?
Btw, advertisement is not scam.

nice1franko

what does the letter say?

white_falcon

Doesnt ask for money - just says to enroll I have to send back a letter by owl before the end of the middle of the month.

No reply address...like theres no point for them sending it....

ixoy

OP, it's Hogwarts alright and it's enrolling tomorrow so you better get moving quickly. The train to it leaves from Heuston, platform 6 2/3. The entrance is the pillar there between platforms 6 & 7 - you'll need to charge at it at high speed to break the concealment spell (for the muggles) and reach the Hogwarts train. Remember, the spell is powerful so if you don't succeed the first time, try repeatedly charging at that pillar until you get that train!

kingcurls

here i have an owl you can borrow shes fast and true never let me down cordellia is her name and by gum shes a fine one!

crosstownk

nice1franko wrote:

SCAM

real hogwarts letters just come down the chimney

QFT - either that or get delivered by an owl.:D

OctavarIan

white_falcon wrote:

lol lads, I have a freakin degree, I'v done my freakin leaving cert unlike a few people in here obviously.

Chill man

white_falcon wrote:

Doesnt ask for money - just says to enroll I have to send back a letter by owl before the end of the middle of the month.

Send it back for the laugh and see what happens!

Also McGonagall couldn't be the headmaster, she's too old

white_falcon

ixoy wrote:

OP, it's Hogwarts alright and it's enrolling tomorrow so you better get moving quickly. The train to it leaves from Heuston, platform 6 2/3. The entrance is the pillar there between platforms 6 & 7 - you'll need to charge at it at high speed to break the concealment spell (for the muggles) and reach the Hogwarts train. Remember, the spell is powerful so if you don't succeed the first time, try repeatedly charging at that pillar until you get that train!

lol hate be a moderator in the lesbian, gay and bisexual forum....:eek:

magick

for the love of Willy Wonka and the Rape factory , will you at least type out what it says instead of subjecting us to the Blurr O Cam your using to show us that crappy letter?






pleassssssssssssssssse?

Sabre0001

white_falcon wrote:

well thanks for all the ****ass replies . I didnt make it myself - I'm clearly not as lame as some kids on this forum and was just wondering if anyone had heard anything about any kind of scam like this.

Thanks for everyone getting back to rip the p1ss outta my post ****heads...good ald boards

Tell me, what did you really expect when posting this in the first place? Of course you're going to get the p.ss ripped out of you - a) this is the internet...b) it's pretty easy going considering some of the p.sstaking that happens....c) did you read your original post......d) most people who come on here have a sense of humour.

Anyway, enjoy enrolling - and if it didn't come by owl in the first place...then it's not real

nice1franko

well, what are you waiting for man? it's the 9th already

white_falcon

magick wrote:

for the love of Willy Wonka and the Rape factory , will you at least type out what it says instead of subjecting us to the Blurr O Cam your using to show us that crappy letter?






pleassssssssssssssssse?

I'm in work at the moment - a housemate opened it for me and took the pics. I'll type it out later when im finished work...ull all have to wait until then


basically it says exactly what it says in the HP books - u have been accepted to the Hogwarts school of blah blaj blah, u need the following : broom, robes, crap and stuff

Slow Motion

You got a letter from Hogworts and wonder why people are ripping the pi$$ ! Maybe pighead sent it !

the hunter

I dont know about in Portlaoise so I don't know why a friend would go to the effort of trying to post if from there..., [/QUOTE]
its stamped portlaoise because it came through the sorting office in portlaoise ????

white_falcon

ah that wud make sense

kingcurls

Man i have googled the sh*t out of it too and cant find anything about it, if its nation wide then it has only broken today too cant find a trace of acceptance letters being send any where, i think there is a sorting office in portlaoise think its routed from dublin, well some one made an effort, love to know what the crack is.

mcauley

Funniest thread in quite some time

white_falcon

lol....well this has certainly been strange, thanks for all the...."enlightening" answers guys lol:D

yom 1

white_falcon wrote:

I'm in work at the moment - a housemate opened it for me and took the pics.....

So what your really sayin is, you couldnt wait till you got home to see if you got accepted to Hogwarts or not, so you got a mate to open it for you!

Exit

So a housemate opened it for you and told you about it? That doesn't sound like your housemate is playing a prank on you?

white_falcon

yom 1 wrote:

So what your really sayin is, you couldnt wait till you got home to see if you got accepted to Hogwarts or not, so you got a mate to open it for you!

nope. what im really saying is I was talking to my housemate online and he said i got a fancy letter from portlaoise, in green writing.

I said to him open it, cuz i know nodody from portlaoise. I'm hardly a Harry Potter fan by the way..

Exit

Or are you sure you haven't been invited to a birthday party by a 10 year old?

http://www.kidspartyfun.com/pages/themes/harrypotter.html