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Warning scam alert!!!!!

  • 02-03-2010 8:21pm
    #1
    d1975
    Closed Accounts Posts: 327 ✭✭


    I gotten this mail in my facebook mail

    (William Miller March 1 at 8:59am Report ... See More
    Congratulations!!!
    Your Profile Name has won the great sum of amount £250,000.00 (Great British Pounds)
    You are advice to contact with email below:

    Claims Manager
    William Miller
    deaflotteryclaim@yahoo.com)

    Out of curiosity I e-mailed him to get more info anyway he send below

    Hello, This is not spam, you can check website: w w w. powerball ,com
    I am the director of deaf and hard of hearing commission(DHHC) in
    conjunction with Powerball INC.DHHC is a charity organization that
    helps deaf and hard of hearing. DHHC is in collaboration with the
    governing body of FACEBOOK by selecting all the people that are active
    online.Among the millions that subscribed to facebook,we select TEN
    people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System
    without the winner applying,and your profile name has won you the sum
    of £250,000.00 (Great British Pounds). we congratulate you for being
    one of the people selected. To claim your winnings and get your funds,
    We need your,

    Full name........
    Full Home Address......
    Your Age.....
    Married/Single.....
    Pager Number.......
    E-mail........
    What do you do for living.........
    Do you Own a house or Rent Appt........


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  • #2
    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    Seriously, go take your "welcome to the internet" test and come back to us.


  • #3
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    I guess you haven't read the "Getting Started" guide that came with your internet package.


  • #4
    jd007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭jd007


    Yes I'm rich!!


  • #5
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    cool story bro


  • #6
    Closed ac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭Closed ac


    d1975 wrote: »
    I gotten this mail in my facebook mail

    (William Miller March 1 at 8:59am Report ... See More
    Congratulations!!!
    Your Profile Name has won the great sum of amount £250,000.00 (Great British Pounds)
    You are advice to contact with email below:

    Claims Manager
    William Miller
    deaflotteryclaim@yahoo.com)

    Out of curiosity I e-mailed him to get more info anyway he send below

    Hello, This is not spam, you can check website: w w w. powerball ,com
    I am the director of deaf and hard of hearing commission(DHHC) in
    conjunction with Powerball INC.DHHC is a charity organization that
    helps deaf and hard of hearing. DHHC is in collaboration with the
    governing body of FACEBOOK by selecting all the people that are active
    online.Among the millions that subscribed to facebook,we select TEN
    people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System
    without the winner applying,and your profile name has won you the sum
    of £250,000.00 (Great British Pounds). we congratulate you for being
    one of the people selected. To claim your winnings and get your funds,
    We need your,

    Full name........
    Full Home Address......
    Your Age.....
    Married/Single.....
    Pager Number.......
    E-mail........
    What do you do for living.........
    Do you Own a house or Rent Appt........

    Phew! Lucky you warned me, I would have fell for that!


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  • #7
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    One that easily could fool someone, thanks for the warning.


  • #8
    zero86r
    Closed Accounts Posts: 161 ✭✭zero86r


    The governing body of facebook? Jaysus


  • #9
    Kasabian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭Kasabian


    Harsh folks , not everyone is tied to their PC. Give the OP a break. I would love to have been there when you lot came out of the womb , it must have been great discussing the birth with the doctor and giving him some advanced knowledge of yere gestation.


  • #10
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,727 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    Ahh jayziz don't worry, that's my uncle, Kolo Mantulu that sent you that. He owns Western Union, I can assure you it's real :D


  • #11
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,595 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Scam? What scam? Seems legit to me.

    It's those dead African princes you want to watch out for.

    <_<

    >_>


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  • #12
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    lonad wrote: »
    it must have been great discussing the birth with the doctor and giving him some advanced knowledge of yere gestation.

    The doctor was an imbocile.


  • #13
    rgt320q
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 573 ✭✭✭rgt320q


    Beware!


  • #14
    Aidric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,591 ✭✭✭✭Aidric


    Thankfully someone started a thread about this.


  • #15
    Kasabian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭Kasabian


    Biggins wrote: »
    One that easily could fool someone, thanks for the warning.


    The lowest form of wit for the witless.


  • #16
    MaybeLogic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭MaybeLogic


    I would have fell for it only for the spaces between the 'www'.
    I mean, come on, 'w w w'? Obvious scam.


  • #17
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,595 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Aidric wrote: »
    Thankfully someone started a thread about this.

    Maybe we could even create a website dedicated to the hobby of 'baiting' these 'scammers'.

    We can call it Billy and the Cloneasaurus.


  • #18
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,727 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    muppet26 wrote: »
    Oh sorry you dont like the post? Why are you a moderator making comments like that, should cop on or be reported.
    Srs bsns rqrs srs cmmnts, ths ws 1!




    Welcome to After Hours, enjoy your short stay.


  • #19
    Kasabian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭Kasabian


    Minstrel27 wrote: »
    The doctor was an imbocile.


    I hope you told him that and spelt it out for effect ;)


  • #20
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,238 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    lonad wrote: »
    The lowest form of wit for the witless.
    Such an original retort.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #21
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    lonad wrote: »
    The lowest form of wit for the witless.

    I freely admit I'm a muppet. :D
    Have never said otherwise. Think I've actually said that I'm stupid myself sometimes.
    I think its more of a fixed condition the more I get older :o


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  • #22
    Kasabian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭Kasabian


    ScienceNerd wrote: »
    Such an original retort.

    Retort , who you calling a retort................

    Hows that for originality


    P.S. I was only being sarcastic


  • #23
    Kasabian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭Kasabian


    Biggins wrote: »
    I freely admit I'm a muppet. :D
    Have never said otherwise. Think I've actually said that I'm stupid myself sometimes.
    I think its more of a fixed condition the more I get older :o


    I love muppets it's witless fcuks I don't get. I too suffer from multiple conditions this weeks one is passive aggressive multiple personality syndrome . We will figure it out as we go along. :)


  • #24
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Maybe we could even create a website dedicated to the hobby of 'baiting' these 'scammers'.

    We can call it Billy and the Cloneasaurus.
    http://www.419eater.com/


  • #25
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    lonad wrote: »
    I love muppets it's witless fcuks I don't get. I too suffer from multiple conditions this weeks one is passive aggressive multiple personality syndrome . We will figure it out as we go along. :)
    Welcome to my crazy world. :pac:


  • #26
    msg11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭msg11


    Folks, I am a billionare, I got an e-mail the other day from a long lost uncle from Jamica. A Scientist, and the guy I never met, left me the sum of 11,223,445,000

    Just waiting on my check any day now, had to pay €20 euro for postage well worth the investment.


  • #27
    darragh16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 882 ✭✭✭darragh16


    www.money4gold.ie

    Money doesnt grow on trees, and you wont find it in your couch. This is definitely not a scam!


  • #28
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    lonad wrote: »
    Harsh folks , not everyone is tied to their PC. Give the OP a break. I would love to have been there when you lot came out of the womb , it must have been great discussing the birth with the doctor and giving him some advanced knowledge of yere gestation.

    Well when I came out of the womb, the doctor complemented me on my gigantic penis then I killed him and sexed up all the nurses. My name is Trent.


  • #29
    Kasabian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭Kasabian


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    Well when I came out of the womb, the doctor complemented me on my gigantic penis then I killed him and sexed up all the nurses. My name is Trent.

    You are an achiever , I bow to your name for it is mighty.


  • #30
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    lonad wrote: »
    You are an achiever , I bow to your name for it is mighty.
    That explains his board name. He needed a AlmightyCushion just to rest it on! :pac:


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  • #31
    msg11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭msg11


    darragh16 wrote: »
    www.money4gold.ie

    Money doesnt grow on trees, and you wont find it in your couch. This is definitely not a scam!

    And if times are extremly tuff.

    Cats for Gold


  • #32
    falan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,574 ✭✭✭falan


    The scary thing is that people actually do fall for these scams. I know somebody who got scammed out of 800eur online. I tried to warn him as it was soooooo obvious it was a scam. He took absolutely no notice of what i said and got burnt.

    Some people:rolleyes:


  • #33
    Kasabian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭Kasabian


    Biggins wrote: »
    That explains his board name. He needed a AlmightyCushion just to rest it on! :pac:


    Ssssh , I think it might be the umbilical cord since he killed the doctor there was noone to cut it off ,he has been making the sex with a length of mammy's insides. Again this is but a theory . Trent will know.


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