My mother won a new Mercedes!

[Mr.Kalashnikov]

Or so she did, according to a postcard she received in the mail. It reads like this:

RE: YOUR GUARANTEED PRIZE: NEW MERCEDES, BMW OR PORSCHE, value $49,000 or $40,000 CASH, or a $1,500 Shopping Spree, or a 5 -day/4-night Exotic Island Adventure, $806 value, or $500 Cash!

RE: YOUR GUARANTEED GIFT: Your choice of a luxury 4-day Royal Caribbean Cruise with meals and enterntainment for two, value $1,398, or pre-paid round trip airfare and two nights hotel accommodations for two to your choice of Las Vegas or Orlando, value $1,250!

We would like to notify you again that you are to receive your guaranteed gift and one of your guaranteed prizes as listed above. Please consider this your FINAL NOTICE with regard to your prizewinner status. You have three days from receipt of this final notice to call the Awards Verification Center toll free at 1-888-556-0929 to qualify and request your certified confirmation letter. There is no obligation to purchase anything. You are guaranteed to receive your prize and gify immediately, in accordance with the requirements of your claim confirmation letter.

Sincerely,
Susan Murray
Awards Director

P.S. Please ask to speak to one of my assistants, Sandra or Kim. They are available M-F, 9:00 am Until 8:00 pm and Sat. 9:00am until 6:00pm Central Time.

The name of the company, by the way, is "Award Verification Center" (I called and asked).

Guess who will be driving that Mercedes?

 

[Dalamari]

A 40-50k mercedes? that's really cool but compared to a 60k+ S class merc, it really is kinda a rip-off, although, free car is always ftw

 

[CptStern]

I smell a scam

"YOUR GUARANTEED PRIZE: NEW MERCEDES, BMW OR PORSCHE, value $49,000 or $40,000 CASH, or a $1,500 Shopping Spree, or a 5 -day/4-night Exotic Island Adventure, $806 value, or $500 Cash!"

so you are guaranteed one of the following:

a mercedes
a porsche
a bmw
$40,000
$1,500 Shopping Spree
5 -day/4-night Exotic Island Adventure
$500 Cash


so explain how you won a mercedes? did you call and the said: "yes you've won a mercedes" ..just curious

 

[Harryz]

Talk about gulible.

 

[Greatgat]

I'm suspicious. Why would this guy post the number of the company?

 

[Vegeta897]

I'm suspicious. Why would this guy post the number of the company?

Because it was part of the letter he got...?

 

[Qonfused]

Don't buy it, tbh.

 

[Baal]

I don't buy it either

 

[Codcommando]

hmmmm,but which one of us is gonna call that number?

 

[hungryduck]

not me!
*touches nose*

 

[xombine]

hmmmm,but which one of us is gonna call that number?

You. Tell us what happened and how much money was stolen from you.

 

[Mr.Kalashnikov]

Talk about gulible.

It was a joke. Obviously I know it's a scam. You know what the fun part is? I called that number and asked a phone operator what was this *scam* all about... you know what he said? "This is not a scam". LOL

 

[Raziaar]

I won a lifetime stay on the HL2.net forums! WOOT!

Wait a second...

...

Why do I feel scammed?

 

[CookieCuttah]

This is not a scam

 

[Evo]

This from some random on MySpace

Greetings from America I am going to make an extended visit to the UK soon, but I don't know anyone there. I'm interested in making a connection by email with someone (such as yourself) who is available. I'm hoping to make a connection ahead of time with someone (such as yourself) who is available Preferably somebody outgoing who has a lot of friends to show me off to ;P I like meeting new people and make friends easily, but I think it would be smart to get a head start. Interested? Please email me at lingerj34 at yahoo. I will send you back some pix, so you will know what you are dealing with

Thanks! I hope to hear from you....

I lol'd at the stupidity of them expecting a response

 

[xombine]

I'm surprised that a person (such as yourself) didn't fall for it Evo.

 

[JNightshade]

Scaaaaaaaaaaaaaam.

 

[AiM]

My initial thought was that it was going to be one of those dialing scams where you call some remote location and they charge you some obscene amounts of money per minute.

 

[Shippi]

.

 

[Llama]

Hmm, we got a C-Class already, nice car it is to. We'll be getting an E-Class next year though, better leg room.

 

[the_rebel_medic]

hmmm, we currently have a 300E
is teh Uber comfyness
hehe

 

[Steven]

One time I was the 1,000,000th visitor to some site, has anyone followed through with that?

 

[Maxi]

Pff mercs are for old men

My dads car is better than your dads car

 

[Harryz]

It was a joke. Obviously I know it's a scam. You know what the fun part is? I called that number and asked a phone operator what was this *scam* all about... you know what he said? "This is not a scam". LOL

That phone call probably cost you a £1 a minute.