The Mail as authority for scammers

PaulOnBooks · **Joined:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:10 am **Posts:** 416

A variation on the 419 email now doing the rounds:

Quote:

Dear e-mail user,

This is a personal email directed to you.

We the Bayford family wish you a Happy Holiday. I and my wife (Adrian And Gillian Bayford) won a Euro-Millions Jackpot Lottery of 148-Million Pounds Sterling from the Euro-Millions August result that was released. We have decided to donate the sum of 420,000 Great British Pounds Sterling to you as part of our own charity work to improve the life of 4 lucky individuals all over the world. We know this is also a Christmas Gift to you and your entire family.

All you have to do is to contact Dr. Wyatt Benjamin so that he can send you details on how you can receive your award.

You can verify this via the two link below.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2187999/
national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/goodcausesandwinners/winnersgallery.ftl
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2232061/EuroMillions-couple-Adrian-Gillian-Bayford-won-145m-buy-luxury-Georgian-home-set-100-acres.html

For verification process we advise you send us the below details:

1. Full Name:
2. Age:
3. Location:
4. Nationality:
5. Contact Number :
6. Occupation :

Note that the above details should be forwarded to Dr. Wyatt Benjamin for verification at drwyat.benjamin@lssq.net. He will be your claims agent and guild you through until you've successfully receive your award.

Thanks,
Adrian And Gillian Bayford
Euro-Millions Winners

The first four to send me their bank account details can share in my good fortune.

Abernathy · **Posted:** Wed Apr 24, 2013 2:45 pm

Not sure I even understand that. "We've won pots of dosh and we've decided to give you, a random stranger, 400,000 quid of it."

How much of a fucking dimwit would you need to be to bite on that?

Arnold · **Posted:** Wed Apr 24, 2013 3:44 pm

Building scams round real events reported on news websites isn't uncommon.One based on Thatcher's death is probably round the corner.

PaulOnBooks · **Joined:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:10 am **Posts:** 416

Arnold wrote:

Building scams round real events reported on news websites isn't uncommon.One based on Thatcher's death is probably round the corner.

Relics, perhaps. One of her fingers would fetch a good price.

karlt · **Joined:** Tue Nov 20, 2012 1:58 pm **Posts:** 87

Not as much as her mummified heart. You'd probably need a microscope, but still...

Daley Mayle · **Posted:** Fri Apr 26, 2013 3:38 pm

I have bought off ebay a splinter from the stake that was driven through her heart. I've got a authentication certificate and everything.

Daley Mayle · **Posted:** Fri Apr 26, 2013 3:40 pm

Abernathy wrote:

Not sure I even understand that. "We've won pots of dosh and we've decided to give you, a random stranger, 400,000 quid of it."

How much of a fucking dimwit would you need to be to bite on that?

Send out a million spams and I bet you'd get a few responses especially with the confirmation of the story being shown in The Mail.

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