Posted by I received the most bizarre spam email. It claims to be from the company that makes Guinness:
Guinness Online Lottery.
Diageo Ireland
P.O. Box 1759,
Killorglin, Co. Kerry
Ireland
www.guinness.comTHE GUINNESS COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just
concluded draws held by Guinness Company. Your E-mail was
among the 5 Lucky winners who won £2,500,000.00 GBP
(Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand, British Pound Sterling’s)
each in the Guinness Company online Lottery. This draw is being
organized to enhance awareness and publicity of the Guinness
Extra-Stout product.Your E-mail was attached to E-Code number: (GOL53258954-248)
and E-ticket number:EM8217DD. The online draws was conducted
by a random selection of E-mail addresses from an exclusive list of
62,447,639 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies
picked by an advanced automated random computer search from
the internet. No Tickets were sold but all e-mail addresses were
assigned to different E-ticket numbers for representation and
privacy.To begin the claim processing of your prize you are to contact your
payment representative and provide her with the following
informations as stated below, so we can proceed with the verification,
clearance and remittance of your won funds to you.1. Full Names:
2. Contact Address:
3. Phone number(s):
4. Occupation:
5. Date of birth:
6. Nationality:
7. Country:
8. E-Code number:
9. E-ticket number:Payment Representative
———————————————————–
Name : Dr. Gordons Brown
Email: guinness-04@hotmail.com
Tel : +447045766594
———————————————————–Accept my hearty congratulations once again!
Yours Truly,
Rev. Wilton Bour
General Manager (Notification Department)
Yep. I’m sure Guinness has a reverend working for them–no doubt, he’s really good at collecting “informations.”
Have spammers no decency?
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