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If you're going to do something, you might as well do it right - the first time. Below is an email I received earlier today and is a prime example of not following this rule:
Pro-tips for spammers:
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FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER
INTERNATIONAL GRANTS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
REF:YAHOO6/315116127/27
BATCH:15/623/UK.
CONGRATULATIONS !!!
YAHOO! WINNING NOTIFICATION.. XMAS LOTTERY NOTIFICATION
The prestigious YAHOO! has set out and successfully organized a Sweepstakes marking the End of year 2009 anniversary we rolled out over
£1,000,000.00 (One Million Great British Pounds) for our end of year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and
drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage. Please note that this Promotional Programmes tagged "Thanks for contributing to our financial Success" was sponsored and organized by the Yahoo Corporation in view of the Financial benefits YAHOO have recieved from its numerous customers either through adverts, hosting and personal emails.
The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalized email addresses to ticket numbers. If you ignore this, you will regret it later. Yahoo! and Microsoft are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Yahoo and Microsoft are running an e-mail beta test. Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 883734657492-5319 with serial numbers YAHO7263-267 and drew the lucky numbers 14-22-28-37-40-44 which subsequently won you £1,000,000.00 (One Million Great British Pounds) as one of the 10 jackpot winners in this draw.
You have therefore won the entire winning sum of £1,000,000.00 (One Million Great British Pounds). The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in 44 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AL UNITED KINGDOM on the 29th of Nov. 2009. These Draws are commemorative and as such special.
Please be informed by this winning notification, to file your claims, you are to make contact with your designated agent who shall by duty guide you
through the process to facilitate the release of your prize. To file for your claim Please Contact your fiduciary agent
Mr.Kelvin Smith
Yahoo! Promotion Award Team
Email: [email protected]
Phone: + 44-7024096562
You are advised to contact your fiduciary agent with the following details to avoid unnecessary delays and complications:
1. Your Full Names
2. Address & Country
3. Ref: Numbers
4. Batch Number
5. Phone/fax
6. Age / Marital Status
7. Occupation.
8. How do you Feel as a Winner.
Thank you for being part of our commemorative end of Year Anniversary Draws. Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the interative Lotteries Board Commission and on behalf of Yahoo! i say Merry Xmas and a Prosperous 2010
Sincerely,
Yahoo! Promotion Award Team.
INTERNATIONAL GRANTS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
REF:YAHOO6/315116127/27
BATCH:15/623/UK.
CONGRATULATIONS !!!
YAHOO! WINNING NOTIFICATION.. XMAS LOTTERY NOTIFICATION
The prestigious YAHOO! has set out and successfully organized a Sweepstakes marking the End of year 2009 anniversary we rolled out over
£1,000,000.00 (One Million Great British Pounds) for our end of year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and
drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage. Please note that this Promotional Programmes tagged "Thanks for contributing to our financial Success" was sponsored and organized by the Yahoo Corporation in view of the Financial benefits YAHOO have recieved from its numerous customers either through adverts, hosting and personal emails.
The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalized email addresses to ticket numbers. If you ignore this, you will regret it later. Yahoo! and Microsoft are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Yahoo and Microsoft are running an e-mail beta test. Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 883734657492-5319 with serial numbers YAHO7263-267 and drew the lucky numbers 14-22-28-37-40-44 which subsequently won you £1,000,000.00 (One Million Great British Pounds) as one of the 10 jackpot winners in this draw.
You have therefore won the entire winning sum of £1,000,000.00 (One Million Great British Pounds). The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in 44 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AL UNITED KINGDOM on the 29th of Nov. 2009. These Draws are commemorative and as such special.
Please be informed by this winning notification, to file your claims, you are to make contact with your designated agent who shall by duty guide you
through the process to facilitate the release of your prize. To file for your claim Please Contact your fiduciary agent
Mr.Kelvin Smith
Yahoo! Promotion Award Team
Email: [email protected]
Phone: + 44-7024096562
You are advised to contact your fiduciary agent with the following details to avoid unnecessary delays and complications:
1. Your Full Names
2. Address & Country
3. Ref: Numbers
4. Batch Number
5. Phone/fax
6. Age / Marital Status
7. Occupation.
8. How do you Feel as a Winner.
Thank you for being part of our commemorative end of Year Anniversary Draws. Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the interative Lotteries Board Commission and on behalf of Yahoo! i say Merry Xmas and a Prosperous 2010
Sincerely,
Yahoo! Promotion Award Team.
Pro-tips for spammers:
- Make sure you use proper English.
- Don't randomly capitalize words in the middle of a sentence.
- Don't send out the email weeks after you already drew the winner
- Spell words correctly
- A YAHOO! contest team member who doesn't have a [at]yahoo address?
- Internet Explorer is a terrible program, do not praise it
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TriggaMike
16 December 2009 - 04:06 PM
But internet explorer users are so much easier to track and spam!
also
also
5thWall
16 December 2009 - 04:12 PMQuote
If you ignore this, you will regret it later.
Don't threaten your mark. This is a scam, not a stick up.
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Yahoo! and Microsoft are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Yahoo and Microsoft are running an e-mail beta test.
When pretending to be part of a company don't sound like an external source.
At least try to tie the different reasons for your scam together. What does an Internet Explorer promotion, an e-mail beta, and the lottery have to do with each other?
Smurphy
17 December 2009 - 08:28 AM
I got a good one of these not to long ago. Apparently I had family in Africa (as far as I know the past four generations have lived in the U.S., and before that Ireland) And they died and left me $100,000. And you think the English was bad in this one, oh man. You figure sometimes that the people who fall for this might just deserve it.
SwiftStriker00
29 December 2009 - 08:42 AM
Common guys havent you ever heard "Trust, without it you will get no free candy?"
It amazes me that they still bother spamming emails like this out. 99% of them get caught by spam guards and of that 1%, 99% of them sit and laugh at it like we are. I know its easy, click the computer button and spam away, wait and magically get money from 1 dumb hick somewhere, but seriously.
Personally I am always a fan of the numerous Nigerian Princes who take me in consideration to hold their wealth for them
It amazes me that they still bother spamming emails like this out. 99% of them get caught by spam guards and of that 1%, 99% of them sit and laugh at it like we are. I know its easy, click the computer button and spam away, wait and magically get money from 1 dumb hick somewhere, but seriously.
Personally I am always a fan of the numerous Nigerian Princes who take me in consideration to hold their wealth for them
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