I am Pratheek from India. I recieved a sms to my telephone number saying that i have won 500000 GBPounds. I replied to it and got the following
O2 logo
TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
Claims Department - O2 Promotions
260 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire SL1 4DX - United Kingdom
Tel: 447035959527 Fax: 447092842701
Attention: Winner,
We received your e-mail regarding the winning notification sent to you earlier by our Awards Department. Please note, the 2008 Award of the O2 Telecoms is no doubt, rather a momentous achievement in the chequered history of this Organization. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web through computer draw system. Phone numbers were extracted from over 170, 287 Companies and 454, 980, 476 Web-sites. This promotion is part of financial empowerment program of O2 telecoms in it's struggle to alleviate poverty in the Global-world.
After due confirmation of your mobile number: which subsequently won you five hundred thousand Great British Pounds (£500, 000.00 GBP) only, organized by o2 Telecommunications company, your prize claim has been approved and processing of payment will commence by our remitting department upon identification of whom payment is made to.
You are therefore advised to identify yourself by sending a valid copy of your *identification either driver's license, international passport, working ID via Fax: 447092842701 or E-mail attachment: [email protected] for quick approval of your prize payment by the remitting department.
Payment can be made by our paying bank - either via certified cashier's cheque or swift telegraphic transfer; you are further advised to inform us with *details, the method of payment you want to receive your won prize-money as payment by certified cashier's cheque requires your *full current residing address for accurate delivery, while payment by swift telegraphic transfer requires your *full banking details for successful bank transfer.
congratulations once again being one of the lucky winners and be informed that you have 10 working days for your claim.
Thank you,
Dr. Mathew Ralph,
{Claims Department}
WARNING!
Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully remitted to you by any means you wish to claim it, to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claiming.
You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations or O2 telecoms. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, Kindly delete it from your mail box and give no further correspondence to such person or body.
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I did not know that it was a scam. so i went through some internet sites and found out some other people also got duped by the same people.
These guys should be arrested
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