is this a scam?

PrimalTherapy

Not sure where to post it. Friend got email reading:

Dear Member,
You are among the 50 lucky winners selected last night for Face Book $10 million Dollar Lottery Promo. Please contact your Face Book Funds Manager:
Name: Roselin Russel
Tel: 011447024065511
Email: roselinrussell@sify.com
Please contact him as soon as possible, failure to do so might result to funds returned as unclaimed funds.

Thank You
Face Book Team

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slavetothegrind

yes.

Paulw

If it looks too good to be true, then 99% of the time, it IS too good to be true.

A definite scam there.

Pythia

What made you think it was real?

Pacing Mule

Email address is ify

ttm

google sify.com and see what comes up

better still google....

You are among the 50 lucky winners selected last night for Face Book $10 million Dollar Lottery Promo.

you might just spot the words scam in the result

winston82

Seems legit to me. How can you Lose?

Nody

winston82 wrote: »

Seems legit to me. How can you Lose?

When they announce they need a small processing fee to make the payment to you since you where one of the lucky winners and/or ask for your bank account inc. all details to make the payment to you.

ttm

Nody wrote: »

When they announce they need a small processing fee to make the payment to you since you where one of the lucky winners and/or ask for your bank account inc. all details to make the payment to you.

+ even if you just play them along your email address will be added to a spam email list reserved for suckers that have valid email address and bother to reply, so replying means a massive increase in the amount of spam you get.

PrimalTherapy

Pythia wrote: »

What made you think it was real?

where did i say i thought it was real?

Pythia

PrimalTherapy wrote: »

where did i say i thought it was real?

Cos you asked if it was a scam meaning you thought there was a chance it was not a scam (i.e. that it was real).

Kristopherus

PrimalTherapy wrote: »

where did i say i thought it was real?

You wont get too much help here with that kind of a reply.

PrimalTherapy

Pythia wrote: »

Cos you asked if it was a scam meaning you thought there was a chance it was not a scam (i.e. that it was real).

you do not know what i thought

MagicMarker

PrimalTherapy wrote: »

you do not know what i thought

We all know.

Gillo

in fairness did you really have to ask.

billybigunz

PrimalTherapy wrote: »

you do not know what i thought

Do you ask people if the sun is going to come back every night?

Magenta

Gillo wrote: »

in fairness did you really have to ask.

Maybe it's his first time on the Internet

Gillo

True, in fairness I got chatting to this girl in a chat site and swapped email addy's, next thing she need 300 euro to get documents so she can claim her parents farm in Nigeria, yeah you can guess the rest. Hadn't suspected anything at the start.

I've told her that my friend runs a modeling agency and could sign her up with a nice big advance but she'd need to send me some pics to show my friend, trying to see how far I can string it out but at this stage getting a steady supply of softcore porn from her!!!!

Smokin_Aces

Here is a youtube link of a scammer getting caught out by one of my friends from facebook.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RVyKLmXiVE

tommy21

Smokin_Aces wrote: »

Here is a youtube link of a scammer getting caught out by one of my friends from facebook.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RVyKLmXiVE

Hmm interesting how impatient they get so quickly. If you want to see real anti-scammers at work, check out 419eater.com. One could argue spending so much time on scamming the scammers is foolhardy, but to that person I say check out the hall of shame!

Cabaal

I'm scared this question had to be asked

gizmo

The website and company is called Facebook, not Face Book. :rolleyes:

Magenta

Cabaal wrote: »

I'm scared this question had to be asked

It's like the people who ring up Joe Duffy saying they sent €10,000 to Nigeria and are now wailing because they never received the car that was apparently for sale.
I mean in this day and age people still fall for this stuff?

partyatmygaff

Magenta wrote: »

It's like the people who ring up Joe Duffy saying they sent €10,000 to Nigeria and are now wailing because they never received the car that was apparently for sale.
I mean in this day and age people still fall for this stuff?

People that complain to Joe Duffy = People who fall for scams like this

the_syco

PrimalTherapy wrote: »

Dear Member,
You are among the 50 lucky winners selected last night for Face Book $10 million Dollar Lottery Promo. Please contact your Face Book Funds Manager:
Name: Roselin Russel
Tel: 011447024065511
Email: roselinrussell@sify.com
Please contact him as soon as possible, failure to do so might result to funds returned as unclaimed funds.

Thank You
Face Book Team

Hello. Like you I also taught that this email was fake, but oh my god, it is true. I am now €10 millions Dollars richer and sail my sail boat twice a day to America where I now have a big business. If you have any questions, please email me your name, email address, bank account details, and also you pin number to verify that you are not some scammer.

if you haven't copped it yet, you really are gullible

dudara

Moved to Security

dudara

KoolKid

I think we can see where this is going.
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