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Todd

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Aug 22, 2007, 1:32 pm

Now the idiot scammers sending e-mail scams have gone over the edge. The latest one I got claimed to be from Heineken Beer!
Here's the full text:
HEINEKEN BOTTLING COMPANY
#55 SCHOOL GATE PLACE,STAMFORD BRIDGE,
LONDON, SW1V 3DW. UNITED KINGDOM
www.Heineken.com
Dear Winner,
This is to inform you of the Award of 1,000,000.00Euros (One Million Euros) from Heineken Beer Company Promotions.
This promotional award is to raise the profile of Heineken beer consumers male/female aged 18 to 85 in rural and urban centers to support the spirit of Footballing.
The online promotions build email lists were generated from the World Wide Web. This promotion takes place annually to challenge and to take market share from the popular Dutch import beer. The tactics included live events, local campaigns and general buzz to establish the brand one neighborhood at a time in major urban / rural centers to support the spirit of Footballing.
Your Email Ref Number falls within our European booklet representative's office in Madrid, Spain. In view of this, your award of 1,000,000.00Euros (One Million Euros) will be released to you by our payment office in Madrid, Spain.Our Spainish Promotional Officer will commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. Find the contact details below:

Mr Theodore Roosevelt Jamson
Heineken Beer Promotional claims Officer.
Email: tedrj@yahoo.es
Tel: 0034663335944
To avoid delays, You shuld contact the promotional claims officer stating your FULL NAME,AGE,SEX,ADDRESS,COUNTRY, STATE,FAX,PHONE NUMBER,MARITAL STATUS,OCCUPATION,COMPANY'S NAME (IF ANY), and AMOUNT WON.

Mr.Hamilton Spectator
( President).
These scams are getting pretty strange. Even stranger is that people fall for this nonsense.

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DoubleDown

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Aug 22, 2007, 1:35 pm

Un be ___ lieveable, but if they were giving away Heineken, I'd bite....
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Aug 22, 2007, 2:53 pm

thanks for the heads up todd and of course they know seeing it in euros will confuse some americans
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Aug 22, 2007, 6:19 pm

OH NO!
Does this mean I'll have to boycott my favorite beer of all time?
I doubt Heineken is in on this. But this is definitely a reach...lol
It's hard to imagine a guy in a Holland cafe sipping on a latte with an internet connection doing this....
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Aug 22, 2007, 6:46 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Todd on Aug 22, 2007
Now the idiot scammers sending e-mail scams have gone over the edge. The latest one I got claimed to be from Heineken Beer!
Here's the full text:
HEINEKEN BOTTLING COMPANY
#55 SCHOOL GATE PLACE,STAMFORD BRIDGE,
LONDON, SW1V 3DW. UNITED KINGDOM
www.Heineken.com
Dear Winner,
This is to inform you of the Award of 1,000,000.00Euros (One Million Euros) from Heineken Beer Company Promotions.
This promotional award is to raise the profile of Heineken beer consumers male/female aged 18 to 85 in rural and urban centers to support the spirit of Footballing.
The online promotions build email lists were generated from the World Wide Web. This promotion takes place annually to challenge and to take market share from the popular Dutch import beer. The tactics included live events, local campaigns and general buzz to establish the brand one neighborhood at a time in major urban / rural centers to support the spirit of Footballing.
Your Email Ref Number falls within our European booklet representative's office in Madrid, Spain. In view of this, your award of 1,000,000.00Euros (One Million Euros) will be released to you by our payment office in Madrid, Spain.Our Spainish Promotional Officer will commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. Find the contact details below:

Mr Theodore Roosevelt Jamson
Heineken Beer Promotional claims Officer.
Email: tedrj@yahoo.es
Tel: 0034663335944
To avoid delays, You shuld contact the promotional claims officer stating your FULL NAME,AGE,SEX,ADDRESS,COUNTRY, STATE,FAX,PHONE NUMBER,MARITAL STATUS,OCCUPATION,COMPANY'S NAME (IF ANY), and AMOUNT WON.

Mr.Hamilton Spectator
( President).
These scams are getting pretty strange. Even stranger is that people fall for this nonsense.

To avoid delays, You shuld contact the promotional claims officer stating your FULL NAME,AGE,SEX,ADDRESS,COUNTRY, STATE,FAX,PHONE NUMBER,MARITAL STATUS,OCCUPATION,COMPANY'S NAME (IF ANY), and AMOUNT WON.

They forgot to ask for your Social Security #, bank account#'s, your mother's maiden name, VISA/MASTERCARD numbers w/expirations and code on the back.
Like Heineken needs any promotion to sell their delicious beer.
"Beer good"

FJB
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Aug 22, 2007, 11:28 pm

Last time I was in UK where this letter has an address, They spelled Centers / Centre. I dont think it changed since it has been that way for a long long time.
This promotional award is to raise the profile of Heineken beer consumers male/female aged 18 to 85 in rural and urban centers to support the spirit of Footballing.
From what I have read , alot of scammers make mistakes such as this.

Good Luck,
Blackie.
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Aug 23, 2007, 12:37 am

My local Blockbuster has a notice on the door a circulating coupon for two free movies, tub of popcorn and two free sodas is a fake.

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justxploring

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Aug 23, 2007, 1:13 am

When I checked the news on the FL Lottery site yesterday, there was a letter warning people about a new scam.
I agree that the Heineken scam is very strange. I mean, who would believe an email address of a claims officer at a large corporation would be at Yahoo?
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Aug 23, 2007, 2:09 am

Quote: Originally posted by justxploring on Aug 23, 2007
When I checked the news on the FL Lottery site yesterday, there was a letter warning people about a new scam.
I agree that the Heineken scam is very strange. I mean, who would believe an email address of a claims officer at a large corporation would be at Yahoo?

The people who run these scams obviously can't use an email address that goes to the organization they claim is promoting the "lottery"so they almost always use a Yahoo address. Apparently just about everyone who falls for these scams believes the Yahoo (or Hotmail, or whatever) address is legit.
Since this is alledgedly related to football (at least they were smart enough to not call it soccer), I like the name they used for the president of Heineken, "Hamilton Spectator." Perhaps it's some subtle humor for the people who don't fall for it.
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Aug 23, 2007, 9:13 am

Hamilton Spectator? LOL ! That doesn't even sound like a real name !

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Aug 24, 2007, 10:08 am

Quote: Originally posted by Badger on Aug 23, 2007
Hamilton Spectator? LOL ! That doesn't even sound like a real name !

Spainish Promotional Officer, haha

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