Great news

**Gandolph13** · 08-23-12 at 05:27 PM

Text message received at 5:30 AM (while sleeping)

Quote:

Winning no:126**
Your mobile number won 820,000.00 GBP in the ongoing Free Lotto bonanza.
For claims email: ...........@hotmail.co.uk

Guess I better get my bank details, birth certificate and license number (for ID purposes of course) together to claim my new found wealth.

Hmmm, now where did I put that winning ticket?
Wait, I didn't enter that!

What sort of greedy idiots fall for this stuff?

What should I buy first??

**acdc137** · 08-23-12 at 05:52 PM

Sometimes I get text saying I won 50k from bestbuys. The sad part is that I believe it sometimes.

**Shawn_7** · 08-23-12 at 06:00 PM

I am a millionaire too

Quote:

From: "OCBC Bank Information Center"<admin@staging.***.com>
Reply-To: <rbc984@***.com>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 04:52:05 -0700
Subject: Lost Heir

I am an auditor with the OCBC Bank Singapore. Do you know that Government Treasury swallow over $100 million every year from an unclaimed estates belonging to beneficiaries who are uninformed of their claim for this reason I make contact with you privately to reconcile an estate( $26.2M) believe to have strong link to you as the beneficiary due to my investigation.

Timeline for the clearance of your estate to you is 14 days as soon as I furnish you with the claim information.

Please reply as soon as possible to my private e-mail (

Code: Select All

rbcmoon1970@***.com

).

Yours truly,

Rebecca Moon

Code: Select All

rbcmoon1970@***.com

Who do I know in Singapore?

**GrimmCro** · 08-23-12 at 06:10 PM

The sad thing is, there are people who gladly bite into these sort of things. How can you feel sorry for stupidity of that level? You can't!

**klown07** · 08-23-12 at 06:18 PM

We are always getting, well my wife, is always getting text messages that she won a $1000 gift card from Walmart or Target.

**plasty** · 08-23-12 at 06:46 PM

I need STUFF.
Send money.

HarbingerofHatred · 08-23-12 at 07:02 PM

Had a friend that fell into an e-mail scam like that. Had her going for awhile, until I knocked some sense into her. She's reasonably intelligent too, just couldn't find a job and wanted so bad to believe that a late relative she's never known about died in an Iraq bombing, and happened to be a millionaire. > .>

**tomandsusan** · 08-23-12 at 07:11 PM

Well G, I was kinda keeping it a secret cause it isn't 100% yet BUT I got a letter from Publishers Clearing House saying " YOU COULD BE A WINNER". I wasn't going to tell Susan yet. Didn't want to get her excited!

**cazmajor** · 08-23-12 at 08:56 PM

These kind of things are not generally aimed at idiots. They are aimed at vulnerable people.

While hilarious at how apparently barefaced these attempts at defrauding us are, they are absolutely abhorrent when you take into account who they are really aimed at and that they result in the ruining of these vulnerable peoples lives through defrauding them.

Markdmk · 08-23-12 at 09:06 PM

I have already got several letters (real ones made from paper not an e-mail, send by post office) that came from Spain claiming that my long lost relative (same last name as mine) I have never heard about before had died and left about 11 millions euros for me. In each letter this fortune was in different form like: gold bullion, cash etc. I am still waiting when it comes in uncut diamonds, so much easier to carry with you and hide from tax guys.

Ghenos · 08-23-12 at 09:23 PM

I read awhile back that some lady suckered into these claim and fly to Africa. She died.

I don't remember where I read it though. It was during one of the slow day during work, lol

Adeno · 08-23-12 at 10:02 PM

When I was a kid I remember having a subscription to National Geographic and some other magazines. There used to be some of those "You have been entered into the top 200..." kind of things so I always filled those out. A few months later (and after getting into the top 200 almost every month) I realized that it was just a marketing stunt to get me to subscribe and buy more issues and special offers, otherwise it would've just meant that National Geographic only had 200 subscribers or I was the luckiest kid in the world when it comes to that magazine lol

wormri · 08-23-12 at 10:33 PM

I say text them back:
"You won a descent amount of fisticuffs!
to receive your prize please head to the nearest bar and call everyone names!
Thanks for participating in the Idiot Lottery!"

**Punkbaster** · 08-24-12 at 12:48 AM

Yeah.....I also won 3 or 4 plazma TV´s

08-23-12 at 06:00 PM	#3
Shawn_7 Elder Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Eventyrland Posts: 3,515	I am a millionaire too Quote: From: "OCBC Bank Information Center"<admin@staging.*.com> Reply-To: <rbc984@.com> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 04:52:05 -0700 Subject: Lost Heir I am an auditor with the OCBC Bank Singapore. Do you know that Government Treasury swallow over $100 million every year from an unclaimed estates belonging to beneficiaries who are uninformed of their claim for this reason I make contact with you privately to reconcile an estate( $26.2M) believe to have strong link to you as the beneficiary due to my investigation. Timeline for the clearance of your estate to you is 14 days as soon as I furnish you with the claim information. Please reply as soon as possible to my private e-mail ( Code: Select All rbcmoon1970@.com ). Yours truly, Rebecca Moon Code: Select All rbcmoon1970@.com Who do I know in Singapore? Last edited by Shawn_7; 08-23-12 at 06:03 PM.*

08-23-12 at 05:52 PM	#2
acdc137 Done Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 691	Sometimes I get text saying I won 50k from bestbuys. The sad part is that I believe it sometimes.

08-23-12 at 06:10 PM	#4
GrimmCro Your Point Is Invalid Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Zagreb, Croatia Posts: 1,333	The sad thing is, there are people who gladly bite into these sort of things. How can you feel sorry for stupidity of that level? You can't!

08-23-12 at 06:18 PM	#5
klown07 ¤ŽØMßî€Š¤ Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: tehINTERNET Posts: 2,467	We are always getting, well my wife, is always getting text messages that she won a $1000 gift card from Walmart or Target.

08-23-12 at 06:46 PM	#6
plasty Decrepit Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 12,442	I need STUFF. Send money.

08-23-12 at 07:02 PM	#7
HarbingerofHatred Newcomer Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Arkansas Posts: 98	Had a friend that fell into an e-mail scam like that. Had her going for awhile, until I knocked some sense into her. She's reasonably intelligent too, just couldn't find a job and wanted so bad to believe that a late relative she's never known about died in an Iraq bombing, and happened to be a millionaire. > .>

08-23-12 at 07:11 PM	#8
tomandsusan Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Never Never Land Posts: 5,750	Well G, I was kinda keeping it a secret cause it isn't 100% yet BUT I got a letter from Publishers Clearing House saying " YOU COULD BE A WINNER". I wasn't going to tell Susan yet. Didn't want to get her excited!

08-23-12 at 08:56 PM	#9
cazmajor Elite Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,646	These kind of things are not generally aimed at idiots. They are aimed at vulnerable people. While hilarious at how apparently barefaced these attempts at defrauding us are, they are absolutely abhorrent when you take into account who they are really aimed at and that they result in the ruining of these vulnerable peoples lives through defrauding them.

08-23-12 at 09:06 PM	#10
Markdmk Newcomer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 27	I have already got several letters (real ones made from paper not an e-mail, send by post office) that came from Spain claiming that my long lost relative (same last name as mine) I have never heard about before had died and left about 11 millions euros for me. In each letter this fortune was in different form like: gold bullion, cash etc. I am still waiting when it comes in uncut diamonds, so much easier to carry with you and hide from tax guys.

08-23-12 at 09:23 PM	#11
Ghenos Expert Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 914	I read awhile back that some lady suckered into these claim and fly to Africa. She died. I don't remember where I read it though. It was during one of the slow day during work, lol

08-23-12 at 10:02 PM	#12
Adeno Master Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,161	When I was a kid I remember having a subscription to National Geographic and some other magazines. There used to be some of those "You have been entered into the top 200..." kind of things so I always filled those out. A few months later (and after getting into the top 200 almost every month) I realized that it was just a marketing stunt to get me to subscribe and buy more issues and special offers, otherwise it would've just meant that National Geographic only had 200 subscribers or I was the luckiest kid in the world when it comes to that magazine lol

08-23-12 at 10:33 PM	#13
wormri Apprentice Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 280	I say text them back: "You won a descent amount of fisticuffs! to receive your prize please head to the nearest bar and call everyone names! Thanks for participating in the Idiot Lottery!"

08-24-12 at 12:48 AM	#14
Punkbaster Hate Puppies Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: ...well...that's a good question... Posts: 1,039	Yeah.....I also won 3 or 4 plazma TV´s