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On 2006-03-28 08:00:22, scotsboyuk wrote:
Scam.
Nah... really?!?!
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Posted: 2006-03-28 12:03:25
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On 2006-03-28 11:59:57, ASM wrote:
I know this is off topic but axxxr are you from anywhere near Upton Park? West Ham are also my local team
Yeh im not far from Upton Park.
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Posted: 2006-03-28 12:05:35
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On 2006-03-28 11:42:14, axxxr wrote:
I'm not one to be easily fooled by such scams but this one is rather clever,Yeh suppose i can always call them...and no im not a chelsea fan either,never even been to any of their games ever!....Im not really a football person,although i do support my local team West Ham!
That would definately suggest it's a scam. Why would CFC, whom you have never supported or been to any of their games, be putting you in their draw for a million quid? And that yahoo email address gives it away. It's definately a scam, I bet they're at best looking to sell your details to other spammers or scammers, or the second email you'd get off them would be asking for bank details to pay the money in, or wanting an 'admin fee' to process the money!
There's no such thing as a free lunch. These scammers are diversifiying and getting cuter, I wouldn't even reply to them.
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Posted: 2006-03-28 12:11:18
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On 2006-03-28 12:11:18, Sammy_boy wrote:
That would definately suggest it's a scam. Why would CFC, whom you have never supported or been to any of their games, be putting you in their draw for a million quid? And that yahoo email address gives it away. It's definately a scam, I bet they're at best looking to sell your details to other spammers or scammers, or the second email you'd get off them would be asking for bank details to pay the money in, or wanting an 'admin fee' to process the money!
There's no such thing as a free lunch. These scammers are diversifiying and getting cuter, I wouldn't even reply to them.
Well thats why im confused,because in the e-mail says i quote:
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20 lucky winners who were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from only Microsoft users from over 30,000.00 companies
and 5,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
Although i agee the yahoo address seems very dodgy,i would expect that to be a CFC address...I think it might be worth me calling Chelsea and reporting this.
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Posted: 2006-03-28 12:18:54
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as I always say with these things, just pick a line from the text and
stick it in google
as you can see its a mix and match text, just pick your own date and target company/association/football club and hey presto! you have a scam e-mail!
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Posted: 2006-03-28 12:27:53
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Yeh i never thought of that before,well i suppose that answers my question then,but i still feel i should report this to Chelsea,they may already be aware of this though but will still let them know.
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Posted: 2006-03-28 12:44:22
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And of course don't reply to the given email address, it'll confirm that the email reached you and you'll probably get a lot more spam.
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Posted: 2006-03-28 17:31:16
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Oh come on, it is clearly a load of bullsh*t!!!
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Posted: 2006-03-28 20:39:57
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After reading all your posts i totally agree it is a scam, by visiting the chelsea website the first thing you will notice is their e-mail address ends in `chelseafc.com`
They are 101 years old they celebrated their centenary last year.
If this was legit why wouldnt they be advertising this on their website????
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Posted: 2006-03-28 21:44:07
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Nevertheless, if you should decide to risk it, then tell them (the frauds) to deduct the 'money processing fee' from your £1,000,000.00 and send the remaining to your bank. In that way, you lose nothing.
They may argue that they are not authorized to do so but you reply back saying you are giving them authorization over phone / email, since apparently, you are now entitled to that sum, as you already "won" it.
I had a similar experience two years back. The clown ended up telling me he's only 18, and had no affiliation with the actual name and organization mentioned in the original email.
At the same time, it's best not to reply as someone already mentioned here, you could be subject to further spams.
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Posted: 2006-03-29 11:26:15
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