Hi to everybody...today we were very very rich for about half a minute....Dell had selected us as a winner of their email lottery and my hubby's got selected to win one million pounds...the pot was five but the division is between five lucky winners...all he had to do was give a whole load of details...including his annual income and had to answer within 21 days....
Hubby's say bollocks this is a scam and rings up Dell who confirms that it is indeed nothing to do with them and they had received other calls about just such an email...
Why on earth do some people enjoy wasting other people's time?? I can't see, even if we answered the questions, which weren't exactly security details...didn't ask for card numbers or bank account records, supplied a code for a dell computer, pin number for dell and another code for activating lottery and that was it, oh, yes and name, age and address...what on earth could they learn from that?
Oh, well, back to being in our usual state of financial affairs...not broke, but definitely not millionaires now...HLOL...that'll be the day when somebody really gets something for absolutely nothing...
Have a good evening...lots on TV tonight...Bones, Cold Case, Boston Legal and taping Heroes, and Hollow Man 2 with Christian Slater on Five US plus 1 hr...at 12.30...it's just as a spare film to watch as very little on at the weekend as usual...
Nothing exciting happening...no answer from the software company yet...great big hugs to one and all for now...
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SeasideMan
Pro - 22.05.2008 @ 20:00:37
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jenray
Pro - http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- 22.05.2008 @ 20:05:00
I never believe those stupid emails...nobody gives away a million pounds on an email lottery...I think probably it's a direct marketing scam...to find out how much you might be able to spend and start sending you all sorts of spams for sales in every direction...really boring to get them...great big hugs...
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SloshedAndVexed
Pro - 22.05.2008 @ 20:39:14
And nobody wins competitions or lotteries that they've never entered , some people are just mischeviously cruel , though I suspect that requests for more sensitive information would have ensued if you'd tried to claim your 'prize' , hugs to you , - Martin .
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mycorneroftheworld
- 22.05.2008 @ 21:04:48
Don't worry! If you read my blog, you will know that I am about to receive loads of money, and I will share it with all my blog friends!
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jenray
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- http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- 22.05.2008 @ 23:22:01
LOL...you too....aren't we the lucky ones...great big hugs..XXX
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philghodg
- 22.05.2008 @ 22:54:46
Am watching Event Horizon as we Blog!
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jenray
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- http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- 22.05.2008 @ 23:29:18
Oh, I thought that was good...Laurence Fishbourne...and was it Sam Neill as well?...how can you watch and blog??? HLOL...that's impossible for me...comps in one room, tv in another...would hate to do that...
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philghodg
- 22.05.2008 @ 23:49:27
Blogged during the adverts
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Was Sam Neill and some others I recognise but can't put a name to (should have paid attention to the credits I suppose) -
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safriz
- http://www.conspiror.blog.co.uk
- 23.05.2008 @ 00:21:19
oh drat
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safriz
- http://www.conspiror.blog.co.uk
- 23.05.2008 @ 00:22:12
btw i got a 12 year old email address,and win such prizes almost everyday
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jenray
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- http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- 23.05.2008 @ 10:41:54
just such a waste of time and space...!!
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jenray
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- http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- 23.05.2008 @ 10:41:13
HLOL...that's putting it mildly...great big hugs..
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Chyna_Doll
- 23.05.2008 @ 09:12:59
I think most are cons and like Seaside Man said, it's rare for real ones! Good job you did find out.
And sounds like you got a busy night of watching TV!
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PurpleDragon
- 27.05.2008 @ 13:29:27
I have heard that if you reply to these emails, it gives them the opportunity to get into your hard drive somehow. Not sure if that is just scaremongering though.
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jenray
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- http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- 27.05.2008 @ 15:44:22
maybe, but probably more to find out your spending capacity...great big hugs...
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Hi Jen. You were right to check up first. This sort of thing that sounds too good to be true almost always is too good to be true. Competitions that give away that much money are INCREDIBLY RARE. Apart from National Lotteries, "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire" is the only one I know of.
As to who would find your name, address and salary interesting: both criminals and direct marketing companies, and there isn't much difference between them, sometimes!
That sort of "fishing" is on the up and up and being careful as you were is very strongly to be advised.
Cheers, Tom.