[Info-vax] [OT and off date] Compaq's 27th anniversary

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Michael Kraemer wrote:
> As everybody else I don't pay attention to junk mail,
> but this one's (received today with date 29.06.09) really odd:
> 
> <quote>
> Compaq Microsoft Incorporation
> 7 Prague Palace, Central London,
> London CRA3 2LU,
> REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L
> Batch: MSC0034WIN.
> 
> COMPAQ 27th HAPPY ANNIVERSARY XMAS PROMOTION
> 
> This is to notify all online customers that Compaq Computer Corporation 
> is 27 years; Compaq became an incorporation on June 4, 1982. This inc.
> was established to encourage individual that are active Users of Compaq 
> Products and Microsoft ancillary service. Compaq is currently the world
> leading Computer Product worldwide, and is vigorously making more effort 
> to make sure the reputation of the company stands out to be the best 
> among the rest,
> with the optimize help of our customers worldwide. We wish to 
> congratulate you once again, for being selected on the ongoing 27 
> Anniversary Promotion.
> Hence we do believe with your winning prize, you will continue to be 
> active and patronage Compaq And Microsoft Inc.
> 
> A winning cheque will be issued in your name by the Compaq & Microsoft 
> Lottery Incorporation board, You have therefore won the entire sum of 
> ?450,000.00 {Four Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds} and 
> also a certificate of prize claims will be sent along side your winnings 
> cheque. You are to make contact with your designated agent who shall by 
> duty guide you through the process of facilitate the release of your 
> Prize. To file your claim, Please contact your Foreign Transfer Manager :
> 
> Mr. Elliot Davis.
> Microsoft & Compaq Lottery Incorporation
> EMAIL: compaqverificationdept at hotmail.co.uk
> You are advised to contact your Foreign Transfer Manager with the 
> following details (REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L. Batch: MSC0034WIN.) to avoid 
> unnecessary delay and complications.
> VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM.
> 
> (1) Your contact address.
> (2) Your Tel/Fax numbers.
> (3) Your Nationality/Country.
> (4) Your Full Names.
> (5) Occupation/Age.
> (6) How do you feel as a Winner:
> 
> The Microsoft and Compaq Windows Lottery Incorporation has discovered a 
> huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friends 
> relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their 
> pin numbers. As a result of this, these friends try to claim the lottery 
> on behalf of the real winners.
> The Microsoft and Compaq Windows Lottery Incorporation has reached a 
> decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the 
> Lottery Board will result to the canceling of that particular winning, 
> making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner, as it is 
> taken that the real winner was the informer to the double claimer about 
> the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your 
> winnings strictly confidential until you claim your prize.
> Congratulations
> MICROSOFT AND COMPAQ INCORPORATION.
> 
> </quote>
> 

And if you believe the foregoing, I have a waterfront property on the 
Gulf Coast of Florida . . . .

If you don't read your spam, you may not recognize this as a variant on 
the Nigerian or "401" scam, sometimes called the Spanish Prisoner Con.