My lottery win

[syko]

Copied from an email I received:

GRAND BONANZA INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs, PE9 2YP, London
United Kingdom.

PRIZE AWARD
This is to inform you of the results of the draws of our VOLKSWAGEN Grand Bonanza International
Program(GBIP) held on the 15th of July 2007 in the United Kingdom. We are pleased to notify you
on your emergence as a Winner in this Program and you have been awarded with a cash prize of
£500.000 (Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds).The selection process was carried out
through random computer balloting from an online database of World Wide Web sites of over 250,000
email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.This Program is approved by the
British Gaming Board and als o Licensed by The International Association of Gaming Regulators
(IAGR). This Promotional Program is the 3rd in its series which we intend to hold annually in
comformity with our corporate policy and sense of civic responsibilities.

Your Draw Code Number is 10 12 13 17 31 37 44 and your Reference Number is VNS-NL/02CTG/3103/14UK
To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our European booklet representative
agency as allocated to your Draw Code number.You are to make contact with the accredited Prize
Transfer agency as stated below:Contact Name:Mr Mark Reed E-mail:
[e-mail]
Tel:[phone] (all calls only during the UK working hours)
Fax:[phone].
You are to contact the Claims Agency immediatelty with your Draw Code and Reference Numbers. To
facilitate the smooth release of your Award, you are also advised to send to the Claims Agency
the under li sted informations as soon as possible:

(IMPORTANT NOTICE )

• Winners are advised to keep their winning details/information from the public, to avoid

fraudulent
claim pending the transfer/claim by Winner. *All Staffs of the VOLKSWAGEN Group are not to
partake in this Promotional Program.
Regards
Darren Brendel(Mr.).
Head of Public Relations Dept.

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL, CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY
AGENT!!!. BELOW.......
Name:Mr Mark Reed E-mail: [e-mail]
Tel:[phone] (all calls only during the UK working hours)
Fax:[phone].


Anyone care to claim my winnings for me? I'm far too busy winning other lotteries

[streaky]

Forward it to one of the senders of the Nigerian Letter scam - Streaky

[ChrisJG]

awesome syko, congratulations! What are the chances, eh?!

[Troesma]

"...in comformity with our corporate policy and sense of civic responsibilities"

That one is a killer

[E36GUY]

Time to bombard the seller with nuisance calls?

[SLCZ3]

Hey thats very low class, i won a BMW 6 series, trouble was i coud not find the time to claim it.

[wackydo]

Don't call these numbers, they are 070... numbers and they make money out of anyone phoning them.

[deevlash]

[phonejacker]I am calling from your Bank, I need your bank account and sort code so I can begin transfer of the monies [/phonejacker]

[streaky]

deevlash][phonejacker said:

I am calling from your Bank, I need your bank account and sort code so I can begin transfer of the monies [/phonejacker]

Do not jest! The Fraud Department of a CC issuer (whose card I had) phoned me and asked for my secret identification, and couldn't understand why I wouldn't give it to them and couldn't think of a way to authenticate themselves to me. I ended up with the caller's supervisor's manager's manager to agree a mutual identification. I knew there was a very high probability that they were genuine, because I hadn't used the card for a long time, then made an internet and two store purchases with it in a very short space of time. They warn about 'phishing' scams, but then use exactly the same techniques themselves! - Streaky