Untypically, this one came from South Africa instead of Nigeria. This effort spells crudeness in the extreme, yet – astonishingly and sadly – there will be people who fall for this.
Terrible grammar, unbelievable premise, spelling mistakes, and improbable representations (Susan Boyle as “Microsoft Awards Secretary”, Oprah Winfrey as a “price winner”).
If there were every any question in your mind, no – you haven’t won a contest that you didn’t enter, and these people are only looking to lighten your wallet.
The Old Wolf has spoken.
wow…this has to be the most ingenious one yet! they crack me up 😀
I once read an explanation why these scams are so obviously stupid: this way they weed out the people that can’t be fooled. Whoever doesn not see that this is a scam is stupid enough to not only answer these e-mails but to be tricked later on.
Best regards from southern Texas,
Pit
P.S.: that reminds me of a true story about such a scam years ago in Germany. A retired civil servant got such an e-mail, printed it out and went to his town hall – social help department – and applied for a loan of 300,000 Euros to invest in that scam. And … he did get the money!!!
So ist es genau.
On the other hand, the intelligence level of those who perpetrate such fraud is usually very low. I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of them think they have done a masterful and clever job…
Is that Jacob Zuma being a recent award winner? Well that makes sense…