francesfromwellington wrote:
This is an e-mail I received..is it a scam as well..I have entered I-phone giveaways..on FB...
iApple Claims Department Iphone5
Dear Winner,
This is to bring to your notice that you have been approved by I-Apple USA to receive the pay out sum of $300,000.00 (Three Hundred Thousand United State Dollars)+ 1piece of the NEW! Iphone 5 for this Year Launch of Apple Iphone5 smart Phone.
Your e-mail address was attached to draw number: 223300577345 133 with Serial number 5219/02 drew; and a bonus number of (15) which subsequently won you in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $300,000.00 (Three Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) in cash credited to file I-5/9023118308/03.
Contact Claims co-ordinator via email(iphone5.appleclaimsdept@verizon.net) with Full name: Contact Address: MOBILE: Occupation: sex: and Age: along with Private contact email:
Bonnie Schnabel
Claims Co-ordinator.
Iphone5 USA Promotional Team Information desk
Seriously? "This is to bring to your notice". What kind of English is that - not American English, I can guarantee you. And since these people are claiming to be Apple Corporate Office/USA Promotional Team Information, then they are claiming to be American English speakers.... How about co-ordinator? NOT. Coordinator is not a hyphenated word - not in any English spoken anywhere.... And then there is the "I-Apple" and "Iphone5". Apple NEVER uses a capital "I" when referring to any i-Apple anything, and have you EVER seen an iPhone5 spelled as Iphone5? Use your eyes, use your brain, use your attention. This entire message screams scam!
YOU entering iPhone giveaways is a different thing than you being solicited by someone. Never respond to a solicitation by anyone claiming to be Apple, Microsoft, the Pope, or anyone or anything else....you don't win free stuff by magic - you don't have a million dollars in unclaimed money waiting for you - you did not win a fee vacation in Florida. If you get a solicitation telling you you have won something - get rid of it immediately. No good will come of any response on your part....
GB
Sorry - just realized that the second post I replied to (here) was 3 months old. Just got kind of worked up about people falling for this unbelievable chicanery, and felt it was my public duty to at least point out the easy ways to spot it....
So, for my lateness....😊. For the message....😮