false promises of money

[libby1]

GB – UK
274, Banbury Road,
Oxford, OX2 7DZ
UNITED KINGDOM

Dear Beneficiary,

I am Dr. Terry Williams the Secretary of Oxfam-GB, organisation in United Kingdom. I acknowledge your e-mail and wish to inform you that it isn’t a mistake for you to have been entitled to a cash grant of [ 2,500,000.00 GBP = 4,998,058.16 USD ].
This Grant was promoted and sponsored by Oxfam-Gb, United Kingdom in conjunction with the European Council.
These funds are not meant or given out to promote terrorism or any illicit acts, but geared towards eradicating poverty in Africa, Asia , America, Europe andthe world at Large by the year 2010. We therefore encourage you to utilise the funds diligently in setting up projects that would enhance the social-economic development of your country.
To facilitate the disbursement of this noble donation to you, Kindly fill the claims requirement form attached to this e-mail and also indicate to us your desired mode of payment from the options below.

VERIFICATION / FUNDS RELEASE FORM

1.Name in full——————————————
2.Address———————————————-
3.Nationality——————————————–
4.Age————————- ————————-
5.Sex————————- ————————-
6.Occupation—————— ————————–
7.Phone/Fax——————————————–
8.Present Country—————————————-
9.Alternate Email Address———————————
10.Your Qualification Number——————————

MODE OF PAYMENT

A.] Wire transfer to your checking account .
B.] Courier delivery of your certified Grant Cheque.

This will enable us verify, approve and Insure your Grant Entitlements for claims within the next 24 hours. On completion of this Insurance process, your Grant Cheque will be deposited with the affiliate Payout bank of the Oxfam GB Organisation here in the United Kingdom or the Authorised Courier delivery firm that will be authorised to conclude the delivery of your Grant Entitlements to you, this will certainly depend on your desired mode of payment.
You are by all means advised to keep your Grant information confidential until the funds are disbursed to you to prevent unwarranted attention by the International Press and the generality of the public. Furthermore, as a security measure your complete identification has been forwarded to the European Council to ensure that you utilise the funds accordingly for the Economic Growth of your region and in line with the Poverty Alleviation Scheme of this year’s 61st anniversary Cash Grant/Donation programme.
Further information on requisites associated with the disbursement proceedings of your Grant Entitlements will be disclosed to you as soon as you provide the required information stated above.

I await your response to this e-mail at your earliest convenience, as i congratulate you once again.

Thank you and have a nice day.

Dr. Terry Williams
National Secretary Oxfam-GB (UK)
Tel: +44 704 578 1442

Look at what i recieved today………

[laineymc]

Wow congratulations on that wonderful cash grant Libby 😆

You can see how vulnerable people may be taken in by these emails.

[MaryE]

Just report the spam & you won’t get it again. It is annoying.

Gmail is great for stopping spam alright.

Taylor5, I love Luke. he is so funny to listen to. Don’t watch BB everynight but i also enjoy listening to him.

[Happymammy]

I get tonnes of these aswell. I recently purchased a virus package called antivirus 2009 and the payment went through billinware.net Absolute scam! I am not silly when it comes to internet scams but I have to say that one caught me. I sent an few emails and to my surprise they keep replying but im still waiting for my refund! 🙄

[mammycool]

Hi Girls,

Sounds like you are all getting loads of spam! There a couple of things that you should be aware of:

1) If you don’t know who it is from – delete it – there could be a virus attached
2) Your service provider should be able to block any spam
3) If it is a legitimate company – they have have a box at the bottom asking you to reply if you do not want to receive any more emails – alternatively, if you just email them and tell them not to send you any more, they are legally oblidged to remove you from their mailing list – the same goes for unsolicited phone calls from market research companies – tell them not to contact you again and they must not.
4) Get a good anti-virus software – there are some freebies out there. The should check for spam and also spyware(some websites use spyware – they can copy any details that you enter into other websites and send it back to them – watch out for your visa no.)

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