I am a such an idiot.

[Rosa]

I was so ecstatic to recieve this email I didn't bother to check this properly until I got home. First of all the address is the London School of Economics and the phone number didn't work. I thought it was addressed to me since I did put my name forward in the Prince of Wales trust (which is real of course!), and now I feel like an utter mug. Of course it's fake! Who would give away £2.5 million at random?! Oh God I'm so stupid.

You can now email me at: catrinwalters_powmfoundation@yahoo.co.uk

ATTN: Grant Recipient,


This is to bring to your information that your email has been randomly selected and approved as a charity grant beneficiary of PRINCESS OF WALES MEMORIAL FOUNDATION (POWMF). You are awarded a grant sum of £2,555,000.00 (Two Million Five Hundred And Fifty Five Thousand Great Britain Pounds) and for further instructions on how you are to put claim to your grant, you are to FORWARD a copy of this notification to our International Grants Officer's email address below as well as give him a call via phone number below:


MR. ANDREW CLAYTON,

INTERNATIONAL GRANTS OFFICER,

GRANT AWARD DEPARTMENT,

PRINCESS OF WALES MEMORIAL FOUNDATION,

FOUNDATION BUILDING,

59 HOUGHTON STREET,

LONDON, WC2A 2AE,

UNITED KINGDOM.

Tel: +44 7024079568

Fax: +44 8712530486

Email:andrewclayton_foundation@yahoo.co.uk






Congratulation once again from the entire staff of PRINCESS OF WALES MEMORIAL FOUNDATION and it is our hope that you will appreciate our gesture and judiciously spend your grant.


Sincerely,

Miss Catrin Walters,

PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,

GRANT AWARD DEPARTMENT,

PRINCESS OF WALES MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

FOUNDATION BUILDING,

59 HOUGHTON STREET,

LONDON, WC2A 2AE,

UNITED KINGDOM.

postmaster@powmf.4t.com


UNSUBSCRIBE:

PRINCESS OF WALES MEMORIAL FOUNDATION IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH BULK EMAIL SENDING/SPAMMING, IF YOU FEEL YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS A GRANT BENEFICIARY IN ERROR, KINDLY VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK TO UNSUBSRIBE FROM OUR GRANT BENEFICIARIES LIST http://powmf.4t.com/unsubpage.html

- Miss Catrin Walters

****************

[Rob]

You're certainly not stupid! :)
If you have a look around, you'll notice that you've put more effort into verifying the fraudulent nature of thisn scam-effort than most of the visitors here. The people that fall for this scam don't question the bogus details that the scammers give out. Actually, this is a prime example for checking wether a too good sounding offer is true! Well Done! :)
Btw: Thx. for forwarding the website from the "trust". By posting it here we'll be able to get it shut down soon.

[Rosa]

Thanks! I feel better about it now... I did get a reply to, for 'verification' they wanted my bank details and home address. I may be stupid, but not that stupid! Blimey. Could've made more of an effort to make the site look a little less shoddy to. That was another huge give away.
It's bad enough attempting to rip people off, but passing it off under a dead woman's name is even worse.

[poirot]

Rob is absolutely right. Thanks for helping Rosa and don't be to hard on yourself, you're dealing with a form of organized crime with these gangs and you can't be expected to pick up on the hundreds of dubious ways they use to scam.

[Miyuki]

Yes, don't be too hard on yourself. These people even use legitimate businesses or charities to make their scams look more real.

[POWMF]

Hi guys
Me too those *******s have my email adress
That is really well organised
Thanks to all your advices
check this out
Mr Andrew has a Yahoo domain
Be carefull
Bye from now
Will

Attention: Grant Beneficiary,


This is to bring to your information that your email has been randomly selected and approved as a charity grant beneficiary of PRINCESS OF WALES MEMORIAL FOUNDATION (POWMF). You are awarded a grant sum of 2,555,000.00 GBP (Two Million Five Hundred And Fifty Five Thousand Great Britain Pounds) and for further instructions on how you are to put claim to your grant, you are to FORWARD a copy of this notification to our International Grants Officers email address below as well as give him a call via phone number below:


MR. ANDREW CLAYTON,
INTERNATIONAL GRANTS OFFICER,
GRANT AWARD DEPARTMENT,
PRINCESS OF WALES MEMORIAL FOUNDATION,
FOUNDATION BUILDING,
59 HOUGHTON STREET,
LONDON, WC2A 2AE,
UNITED KINGDOM.
Tel:+44 7024020086
Fax:+44 8712562858
Email: andrewclaytonpowmf3@yahoo.co.uk