Champagne hoax

[thegreatsoprendo]

Just got this e-mail, but it has to be a hoax... Doesn't it?

Hi - something to help your Christmas and New Year go with a swing !!
Simply send this email onto 10 new people and copy to
[e-mail] and Veuve Clicquot France will contact you
direct for your postal address and send you a free case of their Champagne
within 3 weeks.
They are obviously building up their data base but who cares - anything for
a free case of Champagne !!
Go for it !!

[Plotloss]

Go with your initial thought...

[dds1]

Dear websurfer,

A promotional deal is currently on the Net regarding a free offer of a case of 6 bottles of Veuve Clicquot champagne.

This is a hoax, totally beyond our control; and, of course, we are not the author. We do not gather any e-mail nor build up any database.
We strongly condamn the author of this hoax and hope that it will end.

Yours sincerely,

Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin





(said a very irate froggie today)

i like the way they say "condemn"





>> Edited by dds1 on Friday 3rd December 10:07

[pdV6]

Spotting a Scam 101

Any Kind of Scam Going said:

Dear XXX Just send this email to N people and <something good> will happen.

[thegreatsoprendo]

Thanks folks, for confirming my suspicions. Rest assured the ritual humiliation of the sender has begun in ernest...

[mcflurry]

pdV6 said:

Spotting a Scam 101 Any Kind of Scam Going said: Dear XXX Just send this email to N people and <something good> will happen.

you mean I won't get a free computer from m1crosoft, a free bottle of champagne or a free mars bars for forwarding an email to 83043 people?
The shame of it