internet scams and spam

jarcher · Dec 10, 2004

Wife was on the phone the other day with some one offering to give her a credit card if she gave her account number to remove $300 out of the bank. .
Promising that as soon as they got a sighned something they would give the money back and mail her a credit card. . .
well she did. .thankfully they didn't remove anything (we have nothing to take)
she wanted to discuss it with me, first(but after she gave away tthe account #

Don't go looking for a credit card, they are bad enough alone. But with the scams and Christmas on the way. . it'll get worse

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keep an eye on what your doing, and don't "walk" into anything
the more spam you open the more ya get, the more times you give out your info
the more you beg for it

protect yourself

http://www.ou.edu/oupd/idtheft3b.htm

mew2 · Dec 10, 2004

um you mean scams like this one!!! 1.6 milion euros... what i could do with cash like that.

Treasure Chest Sweepstakes Lottery,
Nachtwachtlaan 20,
Amsterdam 1058 EA,
THE NETHERLANDS.

FROM: MR. TYMEN RYKAARD
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

RE / AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today 9th December

2004 of your selection as one of the five winners of the promotional

Treasure Chest Sweepstakes Lottery Netherlands held recently as part of

our EXPERIMENTAL BONANZA. You have therefore been approved for a lump

sum pay out of 1,600,000.00 Euros (One Million, Six Hundred Thousand

Euros only) in cash credited to file REF NO.TCL/2551256003/73.
We in the Treasure Chest Sweepstakes Lottery Netherlands is by this

program,
Launching our model computer balloting lottery draws, developed and

designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever-growing number of

participants in our various lottery programs. With funds accrued

exclusively from previous draws, payouts to all winners are guaranteed

and will be transferred in record time.

After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an initial database

of 300,000 emails all participants were selected through a computer

ballot system from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA

and South America as part our International Promotions Program, which

was conducted in view of launching ourselves into the Sweepstakes

Industry Worldwide and zoning all participants by their respective

continents from across the globe, we produced an extensive list from

which you have emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw prize.
To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings, the transfer of your

prize is to be handled by our Prize Transfer agents.

You are to contact our agents by email or fax within a week of

receiving this notice. Please find full contact details below:

SAAL SANDER,
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
CASHCHANGE B.V.
SITTARD,
THE NETHERLANDS
TEL:31-619 928 076
EMAIL: saalsander@latinmail.com

Also find all other relevant winning lottery information below:
Ref No: TCL/2551256003/73
Batch No:14/0017/IPD
Zonal Draw No: GMLA2-003
Grand Draw No: 12099

Also send your Name,Email Address,Contact Address and Country of

Residence when replying your Claims Agent. Remember, you must contact

your claim agent not later than a week of receiving this notification.

After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE:
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember

to Quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your

correspondences with your agent.
Furthermore you are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery

information and numbers from the public in line with our company

security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of

this program by unscrupulous individuals.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part

of our Promotions program.

Yours Sincerely,
TYMEN RYKAARD
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
TREASURE CHEST SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will

result to
Disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claim

agent.

_____________________________________________
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Freddy · Dec 10, 2004

jarcher said:

Wife was on the phone the other day with some one offering to give her a credit card if she gave her account number to remove $300 out of the bank. .
Promising that as soon as they got a sighned something they would give the money back and mail her a credit card. . .
well she did. .thankfully they didn't remove anything (we have nothing to take)
she wanted to discuss it with me, first(but after she gave away tthe account #

Don't go looking for a credit card, they are bad enough alone. But with the scams and Christmas on the way. . it'll get worse

http://utenti.lycos.it/bandit75/images/image001.gif

keep an eye on what your doing, and don't "walk" into anything
the more spam you open the more ya get, the more times you give out your info
the more you beg for it

protect yourself

http://www.ou.edu/oupd/idtheft3b.htm
Click to expand...

Giving your account number away is just as bad or worse, even if you don't have any money in it.

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