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Old 07-21-2009, 11:23 PM   #1
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CONGRATULATION!!! YOU ARE A WINNER.
The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Awareness Promotion Department of the
BMW Automobile Company, wishes to congratulate you on your success as the STAR PRIZE WINNER in this years'
BMW Automobile International Awareness Promotion (IAP) held today in London, England.
This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 5 Series, M Sport Saloon car and a cash prize of
Ј900,000.00GBP (Nine Hundred Thousand Great British pounds). The car comes with a special BMW Insurance
Cover for one whole year, that is, till the next promotion in 2010. It also comes with a one year warranty and
FREE repairs at any BMW AUTOMOBILE depot or service station worldwide.

THE INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS
PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF
THE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY.
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs, PE9 2YP, London
United Kingdom.
this is crazy

if BMW wanted to give me a M5 they would have done it when I test drove one back in March
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Old 07-21-2009, 11:32 PM   #2
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BMW 5 Series M Sport isn't an M5...

Aaaaaaaaaaanyways. Is that the font they used?
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Old 07-22-2009, 12:42 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by HeilSvenska View Post
BMW 5 Series M Sport isn't an M5...

Aaaaaaaaaaanyways. Is that the font they used?

oh yeah, and you would think they would be smarter than using a yahoo.com address for the email, the bottom of the message has a quest5ionnaire asking you for all your info, I almost feel like putting all the info for my local FBI field office and see if they get dealt with with extreme prejudice
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Old 07-22-2009, 03:01 AM   #4
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That's nothing... I am being offered "free" Health Care from some Kenyan dude that shows his address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

I am beginning to think your deal has more chance of having you come out ahead
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Old 07-22-2009, 05:54 AM   #5
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I think I am going to string them along, I was thinking of picking up some of my cat's litter right after she uses it and send it to them...
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Old 07-22-2009, 08:35 AM   #6
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At least 1600 Pennsylvania Ave is a real address. It seems London has now expanded to include all of Lincolnshire.
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Old 08-11-2009, 06:34 PM   #7
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great success!

after a couple weeks of email tag

Office of awards giveninns city of London united kingdom

we regret to inform that your prize is on hold due to a mispelung or a wrong informations given to us, it is for expeditations that we encourage you to provide the right information, the correspondence we sent you was returned to or offices with a cease and desist from the department of defense of your country named Andrews of airforce base, unless you can rectify this problem we will be forces to award your prizes of a BMW m3 car to next runner up
muhahahaha I gave the address of andrews airforce base, and wrote my name a "Chip N. Dale" IGC (Intelligence Gathering Command) <--they fly the U2 and skyhawk, the bastards actualy sent something over
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Old 08-12-2009, 12:36 AM   #8
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Thanks 10000, this is a real treat to see this correspondence Really fantastic... Maybe next time stringing them to an address of some kind of CIA / FBI fraud department... but I don't think it could've been better than the DOD sending a Cease and Desist LOL
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Old 08-12-2009, 03:05 AM   #9
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It might be more believable to create a fake charity and ask for information so you can send back a receipt for tax refund.
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Old 08-12-2009, 08:31 PM   #10
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I am the next runner up !!!!
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