Is it a scam?......

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 18:03

Had an email from GoogleUK saying i have won £500 it looks very official but i dont want to give my bank details. Given me 24hrs to reply what do you think?

fosterscan


Joined: 27/02/2010
Posts: 541

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 18:10

Go for it you havent got much to loose if its a scam you can get it back from the bank after .

Pugwash


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 1797

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 18:11

Scam for sure if you have to give bank details.

greenman


Joined: 16/02/2008
Posts: 526

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 18:13

Can't believe what fosterscan is advising .... if you do as he says Deniz1 then be prepared to see your bank account systematically emptied, and don't look to the bank for compensation - it won't happen.

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 18:15

I have sent it to google mail they say it is not from them

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 18:15

RE msg 1: After a trillion warnings, year after year - what a silly post. Unbelievable. Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.

greenman


Joined: 16/02/2008
Posts: 526

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 18:16

Read this: http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/promoscam_GoogleCashGive-Aways.php

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 18:16

Deniz1 - I agree with greenman. Did you enter a competition to win the £500?



If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.



I'd avoid like the plage anything like this that requests bank details.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 18:25

Of course it's a scam - don't reply to it

aussiejock



Joined: 06/10/2010
Posts: 350

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 18:29

I can't believe you would ask advice on this forum to give your bank details to anyone, and for fosterscan to say go for it, is just unbelievable.







Robert

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 18:31

Message 8 - oops - sorry, should have read "plague".



Anyway, still avoid it

lovingcyprus


Joined: 02/03/2007
Posts: 1272

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 18:35

message 2 is just so unbelievable

kaiserphil


Joined: 14/12/2008
Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 18:50

I suspect fosterscan was taking the proverbial!

fosterscan


Joined: 27/02/2010
Posts: 541

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 18:57

i thought Deniz was have in a laugh so i went along with it sorry.... no one should ever give there bank details or personal information to any one. If you have won a prize let them send a cheque to you.

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 22:19

I was having a laugh these people who send out stuff like that must think we are all stupid. As message 6 says we have read about it often enough. Sorry he thought the post was silly i bow to his superiority.

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 22:56

The banks always say never ever give out your bank details. Don't do it!!!

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
16/12/2010 08:23

I wont but they would come unstuck with my bank account it has the princely sum of £17 in it! I am the original poor widow woman.

Swany



Joined: 01/12/2009
Posts: 255

Message Posted:
16/12/2010 09:13

Scams are not funny and should not be laughed at!



Although it seems like we are all wise enough not to fall for such foolishness there are many that do!



I think this was a great post to remind us all that there are nasty people out there that want our money and will get up to all sorts of tricks to con us. So stay vigilant and follow the wisdom in post 8.

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
16/12/2010 18:23

At least someone is on my side.

YFred


Joined: 06/05/2009
Posts: 1471

Message Posted:
16/12/2010 18:35

Not forgetting the scam out of spain informing you that you have won the Gordo Lotto without even buying a ticket or the one out of Nigeria claiming that they have millions of petrol dolars they wish to deposit in your bank account.

Wiaah


Joined: 12/09/2010
Posts: 45

Message Posted:
16/12/2010 23:40

Could be from the same people ?



http://www.cyprus44.com/forums/46008.asp



"We used several other people's accounts without their knowledge - who knows, we may even have used yours".