Gmail cash prize

maritimer · 07-01-2006, 10:05 AM

Here`s a new one, and am I to assume Gmail is not giving out random cash prizes to it`s members?

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[b]FONT color=#dd6600 size=5CONGRATULATIONS!

/FONTSPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"FONT color=#ff0000YOU WON $500!/FONT[/color]/[b]SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" [/color]

FONT face="Arial Cyr" color=#124282 size=2PSPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"Gmail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly selected as the one of 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us. Please click the link below and follow instructions on our web site. Your money will be paid directly to your e-gold, PayPal, StormPay or MoneyBookers account.[/color]PSPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"Click here to get your prize:[/color]/FONT

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TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="90%"TBODYTRTD style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; TEXT-INDENT: 4px" noWrapFrom: B id=_user_admin@gmail.comGmail.com <admin@gmail.com>/B TD style="FONT-SIZE: 65%" noWrap align=rightMailed-By: Bserver15.go-mama-hosting.com/B/TD/TR/TBODY/TABLE class=mhlTo: BSPAN class=nw id=_user_gmail-winners@gmail.comGmail Winners <gmail-winners@gmail.com>[/color]/B
class=mhlDate: BJul 1, 2006 1:16 PM/B
class=mhlSubject: BYOU WON $500! Gmail congratulates you!/B

and there`s a gmail.com link that takes you to an area where you add your payment options.

andrew247 · 07-01-2006, 12:45 PM

I'm pretty sure Gmail doesn't use "go-mama-hosting.com].

darrenstraight · 07-02-2006, 02:07 AM

Never seen this before but it's clearly fake, what was the link url anyway, don't post it here though, pm it to me, thanks.

IamTheKing9 · 07-02-2006, 02:18 AM

I'm sure that if it was real, the From: field would have been something like gmail-noreply instead of admin. Plus, Google would write something like "reciepents undisclosed" in the To: field. And I don't suppose sending an e-mail to [email]gmail-winners@gmail.com[/url] forwards the same message to twelve random Gmail accounts.

maritimer · 07-02-2006, 04:58 AM

Just for fun, I decided to click on the link which led me to a framed page pertaining to be gmail, but it was inside a member.tripod page.

Anyways, after entering an old paypal address I don`t use. You then have to sign up for this, sign up for that bla bla. After outlaying close to 30 bucks, they then release your 500 dollars

I bet someone would be stupid enough!!

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Manny08252000 · 07-02-2006, 03:45 PM

I got the same email. I click on it and it said you had to sign up for something called "Gmail Games" That was a total of $8.60 and it said when you sign up for it then you would recievce your payment. So hopefully it is real because I could use the money but I won't put my information on it just yet until gmail says that it is real.

syed1994 · 07-03-2006, 11:21 PM

A fake. If GMail wanted to give free money, then why they just make a competition on Google AdSense or AdWords

sirlaguna · 07-04-2006, 01:11 AM

You should send it to Google with a note on it explaining that it's a fake & that someone is pretending to be Gmail admin!

scoty_and · 07-08-2006, 08:39 PM

spam, using php mailer

andrew247 · 07-09-2006, 04:17 AM

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spam, using php mailer

Why does it have to be PHP mailer?

07-02-2006, 02:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
darrenstraight Microsoft Student Partner Google Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 5,787 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Never seen this before but it's clearly fake, what was the link url anyway, don't post it here though, pm it to me, thanks. __________________ Visit my Tech Blog!

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07-01-2006, 12:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
andrew247 Google Guru Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: c:\GoogleCommunity Posts: 3,386 Thanks: 3 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts	I'm pretty sure Gmail doesn't use "go-mama-hosting.com].

07-02-2006, 02:18 AM	#4 (permalink)
IamTheKing9 Google Guru Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 3,000 Thanks: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	I'm sure that if it was real, the From: field would have been something like gmail-noreply instead of admin. Plus, Google would write something like "reciepents undisclosed" in the To: field. And I don't suppose sending an e-mail to [email]gmail-winners@gmail.com[/url] forwards the same message to twelve random Gmail accounts.

07-02-2006, 04:58 AM	#5 (permalink)
maritimer Noogle Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Just for fun, I decided to click on the link which led me to a framed page pertaining to be gmail, but it was inside a member.tripod page. Anyways, after entering an old paypal address I don`t use. You then have to sign up for this, sign up for that bla bla. After outlaying close to 30 bucks, they then release your 500 dollars I bet someone would be stupid enough!! [url="

07-02-2006, 03:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
Manny08252000 Noogle Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I got the same email. I click on it and it said you had to sign up for something called "Gmail Games" That was a total of $8.60 and it said when you sign up for it then you would recievce your payment. So hopefully it is real because I could use the money but I won't put my information on it just yet until gmail says that it is real.

07-03-2006, 11:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
syed1994 Googler Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Removable Drive Posts: 92 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	A fake. If GMail wanted to give free money, then why they just make a competition on Google AdSense or AdWords

07-04-2006, 01:11 AM	#8 (permalink)
sirlaguna Master Googler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: ALONE IN THE DARK Posts: 788 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	You should send it to Google with a note on it explaining that it's a fake & that someone is pretending to be Gmail admin!

07-08-2006, 08:39 PM	#9 (permalink)
scoty_and Noogle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: You Kn0w Thats ! Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	spam, using php mailer

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