Scam, Spam or just lucky?

Tyek · Post by **Tyek** » March 2, 2004, 9:45 pm

Anyone else get this email. the link is dead, I wondered if this was a goof or something because Halo 2 is quite a way off

Any thoughts or help would be appreciated

Greetings,
Your email address was registered into our March competition
by one of our members at PikaPrize.net. This is a prize draw, I am writing to
inform that you have won a Microsoft X-Box gaming console!

Your X-Box bonus pack also includes these top 5 games:

Panzer Dragoon Orta
Halo 2
Soul Calibur 2
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2
Grand Theft Auto - Double Pack
You are now invited to visit our website and claim your prize.
We have provided you with a special link to our site, which
expires within 72 hours. Please visit within this time, or
unfortunately your X-Box will be returned to the prize pool.

Here is your link!
http://www.pikaprize.net

You will need to use this prize code to enter:

prizecode:

(Important, do not lose your prizecode!)

We hope that you will enjoy your new X-Box gaming console!
If you have any enquiries please do not hesitate to contact me,
by replying to this e-mail.

Congratulations on winning!

Best regards,

Ken Kawaguchi
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Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » March 2, 2004, 9:54 pm

I call bullshit on this.

Tyek · Post by **Tyek** » March 2, 2004, 10:38 pm

Found my own answer...

YES, THIS IS SPAM. Do not put your information into their webpage.
You probably shouldn't even click on the URL in their email. This
particular spam message is going all over and it's actually catching
people! The domain "pikaprize.net" was only registered a few days ago
(FEB 27, 2004) yet the site lists "winners" from last month.
Amusingly, the spammer didn't bother to randomly generate the
"prizecode." In the few emails I've intercepted, the prizecode is
always 8b1792k4. I'll bet you an xBox yours is too!

cheers,

Your Friendly Neighborhood System Administrator

"John Thompson" <john.thompson1@nospamntlworld.com> wrote in message news:<1078175480.9388.0@nnrp-t71-01.news.uk.clara.net>...
> Hello,
> I'm quite new to this and have entered a lot of comps recently . Have just
> received an email from pikaprize.net
> saying i have won an xbox but i need to click on a link and put in a
> prize code to get the prize is this a spam?
> anyone heard of this before?
>
> TIA
>
> John and Anita

Deward · Post by **Deward** » March 3, 2004, 6:14 pm

If you sign up and don't get the prize then you can sue them for failure to deliver the prize. There are laws against this sort of thing. They can't promise something and then not give it to you. Publishers Clearing House got into trouble here in Wisconsin for false advertising. Best thing is that I haven't gotten any crap from them in a couple years at least.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » March 4, 2004, 5:22 am

the spammers are probably in fucking bulgaria or some other shitty country so good luck suing anyone =p

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » March 4, 2004, 6:00 am

the fact that halo 2 doesnt come out until 9/1/2004 should be a dead giveaway.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » March 4, 2004, 6:05 am

the fact you know when halo 2 comes out makes you a dead giveaway.. for steve ballmer!

Axien_Dellusions · Post by **Axien_Dellusions** » March 4, 2004, 2:43 pm

Your X-Box bonus pack also includes these top 5 games:

Panzer Dragoon Orta
Halo 2
Soul Calibur 2
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2
Grand Theft Auto - Double Pack
You are now invited to visit our website and claim your prize.
We have provided you with a special link to our site, which
expires within 72 hours. Please visit within this time, or
unfortunately your X-Box will be returned to the prize pool.

Dragon Ball Z Budokai 2 isn't coming to the X-Box so another dead give away.