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... or just guessing that the "tobacco" reference might get my attention?

Here's my prize notice this morning ...

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British American Tobacco p.l.c.
Globe House
4 Temple Place
London
WC2R 2PG.
Tel: +44 704 570 6566


*OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION*

The results of the much anticipated and publicized US$1,500,000 star prize of the 2007 BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO MILLIONAIRES BONANZA which was widely advertised over the Internet has been released today in London. Using a Hi-Tech Computerized Random E-mail Selection System from a database of over two million opt-in email addresses drawn from more than fifty thousand Web domains from over 180 countries where our products cover, the winning E-mail slot with REFERENCE NUMBER: BAT5363766/3510/2007, E-MAIL TICKET NUMBER: 5363766 and SERIAL NUMBER: BAT-53630201007 allocated to your E-mail address emerged tops.

It is my pleasure to announce to you on-behalf of the Board of Directors and the entire staffs of the British American Tobacco Company that you are the bonafide winner of our star prize in the 2007 B.A.T. MILLIONAIRES BONANZA. This makes you the proud winner of US$1,500,000 (One Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) and this action takesimmediate effect.

Contact the Finance Director, Mr. Paul Rayner with the following
details for verification and procedure of claims. Failure to do this within
three days of receipt of this mail, you stand to be disqualified and your
winnings revoked for it will be assumed this e-mail address is dead
(except for special reasons):
(1). Full Names: ____________________________________________
(2). Age/Sex: _________ / __________
(3). Contact Address: ________________________________________
(4). Zip code/State: ____________ / _____________________________
(5). Country: _____________________
(6). Nationality: ___________________
(7). Occupation: ___________________
(8). Private Phone Number: ________________
(9). Receiving Email (Winning E-mail): ___________________________
(10). Date of Receipt of Notification: _____________________________
**Your prize (US$1,500,000) is expected to reflect and fully activated in your personal bank account within 3 working days with your co-operation. All correspondence should be sent through this email
(p.rayner_britishamericantobacco@yahoo.co.uk) addressed to:
Mr. Paul Rayner Finance Director, B.A.T. Tel: +44 704 570 7257 (For urgent response, please call.)
Note: Any false information given by you may lead to delay in claiming your prizes or total disqualification and revoking of all rights and privileges accorded you. Winnings should be kept confidential pending Directives from the Finance Director, Mr. Paul Rayner, this is for your own safety.

Congratulations once more and Good-luck. Cheers!!!

Yours Faithfully,
Jan Du Plessis
Chairman Board of Directors B.A.T. Group.
 

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They forgot,

SSN#
DOB
Mothers Maiden name
Primary Financial Institute's routing #
Checking account #

But you know some people will always fall for it.
 
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Depending on how much free time you have, and how much you are willing to devote to it, there is a website devoted to "Baiting" scammers.

It is called, appropriately enough, "theScamBaiter", what they do is pretend to fall for the scams, and then pretend to try and help the scammer. Unfortunately, they tend to make mistakes, need extra help and or paperwork......things of that nature. The kind of things that cause the scammer to spend time, (which equals money), and also causes them to spend less time on people that are actually falling for the scams.

BTW, I have been a member of this group for a while.

http://www.thescambaiter.com/forum/index.php

It's interesting.
 
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