Qtel Message

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By plushed

Has anyone received this message from Qtel :
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(MOTOROLA AWARD) You have been awarded the sum of 195,000.00 pounds PAYMENT No. 968/WG6834. For claim email: [email protected] & call +xxxxxxxxxxxx
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I didnt give a damn abou this last night when i receieved it but this morning, i learned that one of my co-workers also got the same message. is this a scam of some sort, a practical joke or what?
by the way, we both have ericsson mobiles. (hehe)

By pranzer• 19 Dec 2009 10:32
pranzer

@ galloper48 exactly they will impersonate those people who will reply to them.

By ninzki.2009• 16 Dec 2009 00:10
ninzki.2009

And, more importantly, u should know that u will not win if u did not join any raffle.

By ninzki.2009• 16 Dec 2009 00:09
ninzki.2009

i received an advisory from Qtel about this and they are claiming that this is not from them. they are advising everyone to ignore such kind of messages.

By bawaqar• 16 Dec 2009 00:03
bawaqar

Well, its not that I was going to give all my info; but in a post 9/11 world, we ought to be more careful that ever.

By bawaqar• 16 Dec 2009 00:01
bawaqar

Thanks for the heads-up.

By CuriousButDetermined• 15 Dec 2009 21:48
CuriousButDetermined

It is a lie..be careful, those are professional hackers who will soak as much money as possible and charge you somehow.

By galloper48• 15 Dec 2009 21:35
galloper48

bawarqa...what will happen next??? now they have all your info and will push you to get some money from you in order to be able to send you the "Big Prize"

A scanned copy of passport or IDL (WTF); that way they have your details, and signature. They will impersonate you commit fraud/scam somewhere in the world and then you will be blamed for that.

Get it??...still interested in sending the info??

By bawaqar• 15 Dec 2009 20:57
bawaqar

pranzer, in case one sends all required information..., what will happen next ?

By mjamille28• 15 Dec 2009 12:10
mjamille28

that is a standard reply that almost all scammers send to curious recipients... everyday in our office e-mail i get like hundreds of those e-mails...

By phoenix2009• 15 Dec 2009 11:38
Rating: 4/5
phoenix2009

hundreds of fraud sms and emails are sent everyday mostly from Africa and eastern europe to all over the world (mostly arab world). just forget it. they need some info to get access to your bank account, or they will simply ask you to pay 25$ or less as transfer fees before the transfer takes place.

JUST IGNORE ALL THESE MESSAGES.

Yalla!

By pranzer• 15 Dec 2009 11:17
Rating: 4/5
pranzer

Attention:

In line with the commemorating event marking our 87th anniversary we

rolled out over £36,000.000.00 (Thirty Six Million Great Britain Pounds)

for our Anniversary Draws. All participants were selected through a

computer ballot system drawn form 25,000 company mobile numbers, and

30,000,000 individual mobile numbers from the 45 mobile networks from

Australia, New Zealand, North America, South America, Europe, Asia and

Africa as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted

annually in Britain, London.

This promo is approved by the British Gaming Board and also licensed by

the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This promo

is the 1st of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public, also giving

huge prizes to luckly selected winners for financial and moral support as a

form of promoting the good name of our noble mobile incorporated, the Motorola,

United Kingdom.

To begin the claims process of your prize, you are

required to fill and submit the below claims worksheet via email

attachement or fax.

CLAIMS REQUIREMENT

All fields are required

1. FULL NAMES:

2. DATE OF BIRTH:

3. GENDER:

4. OCCUPATION:

5. PAYMENT NO:

6. ANNUAL INCOME:

7. PHYSICAL ADDRESS:

8. COUNTRY:

9. WINNING MOBILE NUMBER:

10. ALTERNATE MOBILE/PHONE NUMBER:

11. NETWORK NAME:

12. AMOUNT WON:

13. EMAIL ADDRESS(S):

NOTE: You are to send a scan copy of your International Passport or Driver's lisence along with this form.

I wish to on behalf of all members and staff of MOTOROLA congratulate you

on your win and wish you the best of luck as you spend your good

fortune.

Thank you for being part of our commemorative 87th Anniversary Draws Award.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Ciara FOx.

ANNOUNCER..

By my_kris2ffer• 15 Dec 2009 10:15
my_kris2ffer

its a scam.

DON'T LET FANTASY ROB YOU OF YOUR REAL LIFE BEAUTY

By pranzer• 15 Dec 2009 10:01
pranzer

Hmm I'll try email them.. and will post it in here!

By s_isale• 15 Dec 2009 09:30
s_isale

try contacting them to see whats in store. If its possible ask them to send a part of the money just to verify........

By plushed• 15 Dec 2009 09:26
plushed

oh. yeah. sorry. NOT FROM QTEL. (clarification)

i didnt see it clearly, as i told you guys.. anyway, just got confused maybe.

still a bit sleepy, with the weather and all. haha.

-=The desire to do what you shouldn'T is the very desire that defines Humanity=-

By king007• 15 Dec 2009 09:26
king007

why the name of Qtel is brought up, nowhere in the message it says Qtel or Qtel award etc...its a very common scam message received everywhere in the world not just Qatar...

By anonymous• 15 Dec 2009 09:15
anonymous

By DaRuDe• 15 Dec 2009 09:14
DaRuDe

recieve a message that

You won a date with miss world. kindly contact blah blah blah to get your blah blah blah with her :P

By bawaqar• 15 Dec 2009 09:12
Rating: 3/5
bawaqar

its 100% a scam

Warn others too

By mjamille28• 15 Dec 2009 09:02
Rating: 2/5
mjamille28

we get lots of messages like this not only on mobile, but also in e-mails... don't take the bait, just ignore...

By Alqatariya• 15 Dec 2009 09:01
Rating: 2/5
Alqatariya

Not from Qtel...purely scam

By chmb• 15 Dec 2009 08:59
chmb

That's not Qtel, just delete it ... I have received messages like that before,just a scam

By bleu• 15 Dec 2009 08:48
Rating: 2/5
bleu

I thought motorola owned motorola.com and didn't need a hotmail address... LOL

It's always a scam when somebody offers you money.

By Bahraini83• 15 Dec 2009 08:36
Bahraini83

i wonder why the title of the post is Qtel message!!!

By somwerNdmiddle• 15 Dec 2009 08:35
somwerNdmiddle

definitely not from QTEL

By pranzer• 15 Dec 2009 08:34
pranzer

sent by a number: +22996668543 and same message i received with plushed

By Bahraini83• 15 Dec 2009 08:33
Bahraini83

is it from QTEL??!!!!!

By mjamille28• 15 Dec 2009 08:32
mjamille28

obviously a scam..

By pranzer• 15 Dec 2009 08:31
pranzer

So beware... just delete this message and don't reply to it!

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