Snail mail spam / scam! Retro...

whiskeyman

My Dad got a letter informing he'd won some kind of Spanish Lottery the other day.
A form was attached asking for bank details etc...
The document itself was a laughable Word attempt at making something look good - scattered with out of place photos / WordArt and other clipart... and an out of place logo of Allianz Insurance thrown in to make it all look official.
I'll scan it in later this evening for ye to have a gander.

Don't remember receiving one of these before myself, or hearing about them. Anyone else get one, or know who got one?

Maybe I should have posted this in the 'All Things Retro' forum?

Nice to see someone went to that little bit more effort than a cut and paste bulk email...

Sherifu

Cunning like a fox. Pirated word no doubt!

xzanti

I got a text message on my phone last night saying I had won an Ipod and to text a number to claim it.. I didn't text back.. Did anyone else get that??

The Bollox

that's about 6 or 7 years old, right? *calculates in head* yyyeah that's about right for An Post

chopperbyrne

xzanti wrote: »

I got a text message on my phone last night saying I had won an Ipod and to text a number to claim it.. I didn't text back.. Did anyone else get that??

You should ask comreg if the number is legit.

Did it inform you of any extra costs there would be had you replied?

elmolesto

whiskeyman wrote: »

My Dad got a letter informing he'd won some kind of Spanish Lottery the other day.
A form was attached asking for bank details etc...
The document itself was a laughable Word attempt at making something look good - scattered with out of place photos / WordArt and other clipart... and an out of place logo of Allianz Insurance thrown in to make it all look official.
I'll scan it in later this evening for ye to have a gander.

Don't remember receiving one of these before myself, or hearing about them. Anyone else get one, or know who got one?

Maybe I should have posted this in the 'All Things Retro' forum?

Nice to see someone went to that little bit more effort than a cut and paste bulk email...

I know about that scam, I heard the spanish authorities arrested a gang of 30 Nigerians a while ago.

MOH

Yeah, I got one a few weeks ago, full of typos and nonsense

xzanti

chopperbyrne wrote: »

You should ask comreg if the number is legit.

Did it inform you of any extra costs there would be had you replied?

Here is the text:

An IPOD has bin awared 2U! Text IPOD to 57080 to collect + 100 fone credit.info?0818286606.sp0p.era.ur subingi 36/mnth 2wkly 1kdraw-Optout?txt dlete57080

In that format, looks like b0llox to me... The sender is marked asa 'FREE MSG'

Radharc na Sleibhte

xzanti wrote: »

Here is the text:

An IPOD has bin awared 2U! Text IPOD to 57080 to collect + 100 fone credit.info?0818286606.sp0p.era.ur subingi 36/mnth 2wkly 1kdraw-Optout?txt dlete57080

In that format, looks like b0llox to me... The sender is marked asa 'FREE MSG'

€36 a month?????? :eek::eek:

Seems like great value.