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From: Terry D on 4 May 2007 17:01
Has anyone received a letter titled 'Unclaimed Prize Register', PO Box 107,
Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 9YP, offering various freebies, including a
cheque for �20,000, a plasma TV, a Sony digital camcorder etc etc.

Out of interest, I sent a claim by letter as the phone option was �1.50 per
minute with a maximum time of 6 minutes, thus �9. I have now received a
claim code for a digital camera, requesting a payment of �6.50, stating 'do
not send payment at this time'. I realise that this is some sort of scam,
but how does it work. Any digital camera must be worth �6.50.

Terry D.


From: Raymond Daley on 4 May 2007 17:55
lets see what sets off alarm bells here shall we?

"Terry D" <terry.dutson-NOSPAM(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:RaN_h.9474$615.3522(a)newsfe7-win.ntli.net...
> 'Unclaimed Prize Register', PO Box 107, - WARNING! P.O Boxes. Conmen loves
> these, anyone can get one. Beware!
> phone option was �1.50 per minute with a maximum time of 6 minutes, thus
> �9. - WARNING! Premium rate #'s, to call Beware!
> requesting a payment of �6.50, WARNING! If it's a prize why are you paying
> dor it!

Did we see at least 3 scams there, did we children?
Todays lesson was brought to you by the word SCAM, the letter S and the
number 3.


From: Paul Bines on 4 May 2007 18:05
> Any digital camera must be worth �6.50.
It's probably one of those 100k pixel matchbox size things - of little
practical use to anyone. As someone else said in this topic, if it's a
prize you've won, why do you have to pay anything for it. Everyone sending
my letter probably gets offered the same thing, and you can best the
organisers have paid considerably less than �6.50 for the cameras.
Au Res.,
Paul


From: Derek on 4 May 2007 18:42

"Paul Bines" <p.a.binesspam(a)trapbtwhurdleinternet.com> wrote in message
news:-LGdnVaCRYbWM6bbnZ2dnUVZ8tSdnZ2d(a)bt.com...
>> Any digital camera must be worth �6.50.
> It's probably one of those 100k pixel matchbox size things - of little
> practical use to anyone. As someone else said in this topic, if it's a
> prize you've won, why do you have to pay anything for it. Everyone
> sending my letter probably gets offered the same thing, and you can best
> the organisers have paid considerably less than �6.50 for the cameras.
> Au Res.,
> Paul
pound shop!
Derek


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