vietonline 0 Report post Posted July 10, 2006 hey anyoneHas onyone gotten this email.I just got this ,It tells me that I have won $500 cash prize at random and gmail will transfer it to my paypal account.But when I click on the link in my email,it take me to the page that I can put my paypal account ,my name and get the money,but unfortunately,I'm not a premium gmail game account,so it again tells me to sign up for premium gmail game account which cost money.It also tells me that I have to use E-gold account to buy premium gmail game account which I don't have one.When I try to use paypal account to buy it ,then they force me to pay through E-gold account.Is this a scam?Can anyone tell me anything about this?Ps. When I look at their email address.I saw their email address is admin@gmail.com which never exist.Because I try to reply it ,my email doesn't go through.And I check it again I see the gmail address never exist less than 6 letters.So what's going on here? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fffanatics 0 Report post Posted July 10, 2006 It sounds like a scam to me. Since when does google give $500 away at random. You probably just verified that your email account exists and now will recieve even more spam. It is very easy to use other people's email addresses in the from line of an email. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pixieloo 0 Report post Posted July 10, 2006 It sounds like a scam. To be on the safe side, ignore it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue-Guy 0 Report post Posted July 10, 2006 Scam At First sight Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ghostrider 0 Report post Posted July 10, 2006 That is definently a scam. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DogEater008 0 Report post Posted July 11, 2006 lol.. if it's really google. .then i'm sure they will anounce it to everything.. .And for what reason did they say for the award?.. randoml 500 give away without any signup sounds a scam to me.. lol ANd what the heck is premium gmail game account. Google doesn't have any game server ... lol. .and gmail is in beta.. why would they start charging people money?.. besides... google is supposed to be a free for all company.. they would never charge people money for using their program.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vietonline 0 Report post Posted July 11, 2006 thank you for your comment.I have searched around,and like you I didn't see any game server from google.For now,i'm sure that it is really scam.I hope anyone doesn't make a mistake like me.again thank you very much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thewildmen2 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2006 i think it's a spam,, you'd better just forget it.. OKAY... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtvoyagers 0 Report post Posted September 4, 2006 hey anyoneHas onyone gotten this email.I just got this ,It tells me that I have won $500 cash prize at random and gmail will transfer it to my paypal account.But when I click on the link in my email,it take me to the page that I can put my paypal account ,my name and get the money,but unfortunately,I'm not a premium gmail game account,so it again tells me to sign up for premium gmail game account which cost money.It also tells me that I have to use E-gold account to buy premium gmail game account which I don't have one.When I try to use paypal account to buy it ,then they force me to pay through E-gold account.Is this a scam?Can anyone tell me anything about this?Ps. When I look at their email address.I saw their email address is admin@gmail.com which never exist.Because I try to reply it ,my email doesn't go through.And I check it again I see the gmail address never exist less than 6 letters.So what's going on here? its a scam... lots of people are trying to take advantage with gmail since its newer and has had a-lot less spam so when a email that looks like maybe spam or may legit, you get interested, becasue you hadn't ever gotten something like it before through gmail... but yes it is a scam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supremo 0 Report post Posted February 22, 2007 No no plis, Gmail it has that to be free Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr_gobuk 0 Report post Posted May 15, 2007 It sounds like a scam to me. Since when does google give $500 away at random. You probably just verified that your email account exists and now will recieve even more spam. It is very easy to use other people's email addresses in the from line of an email.Exactly. DO NOT REPLY OR RESPOND to mails that looks or sounds "spammy". Doing so will let the spammers know that your email is active and will undoubtly flood you with more and more spam mails. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zlash 0 Report post Posted July 5, 2007 It is surely a scam. Gmail wouldn't send you emails like that and why would they even give away 500 $ just like that? If there even was a prize like that there would be a link to an official Google subpage in the mail where you would get full info. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
9block 0 Report post Posted July 21, 2007 Well, hopefully you didnt enter your paypal password or credit card number. If it brought you to the "Paypal" site, you might have been phished. You should look into Phishing and protection against it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
THUMP 0 Report post Posted August 20, 2007 lol.. if it's really google. .then i'm sure they will anounce it to everything.. .And for what reason did they say for the award?.. randoml 500 give away without any signup sounds a scam to me.. lol ANd what the heck is premium gmail game account. Google doesn't have any game server ... lol. .and gmail is in beta.. why would they start charging people money?.. besides... google is supposed to be a free for all company.. they would never charge people money for using their program.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
