I reported the thing as fraud after I sent this...
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There are so many simple things a bank that wanted to help its reputation would do differently from what this is doing. For example...
Why are www.dsbenglish.com and the "secure" server it sends me to, www.greyhoundcourier.org both registered to people using yahoo email addresses (Andy Ranes at lipadoor44@yahoo.com and anabel_simpson@yahoo.com respectively) while other banks (www.bankofamerica.com for example) are registered using their own email address (Domain.Administrator@BankofAmerica.com)?
And why doesn�t the main DSB Bank site (www.dsbbank.nl/) make any reference to your dsbenglish.com site? That has the email contact of domeinen@dsbinternet.nl. That at least seems believable.
And why is the "secure" server using http instead of https? Even my email uses https.
You can't blame me for being suspicious. Who wouldn't be?
Spanky
-----Original Message-----
From: michael.fields@dsbenglish.com [mailto:michael.fields@dsbenglish.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 1:07 PM
To: Spankling
Subject: Re: Lottery Prize Bank Account Information (EuroMillions Lottery)
If you permit me, I must say you seem very eager give this bank a bad name. What bank does not issue cheques? What you ought to have asked yourself is how do you send a check of 1,000,000 Euros? Airmail? (very funny) Obviously this is simply not a sensible option. The insurance cover alone would run into something close to 20,000 Euros. This, of course, is minus dedicated delivery and everything else involved.
I'm afraid, my good sir, that sending a check is DEFINITELY not a wise option.
The only other options open are for you to present yourself in person at our offshore payment center in the Netherlands to receive your cash prize. If you would rather use this option, please send an e-mail stating so and you shall be given further instructions.
M. Fields
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Then I ended up getting a lot more spam than usual. Go figure.
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