Email from Gordon Brown - Is it genuine?

[Mike Hughes]

It seems to have come from a Taiwanese email address. That can't be right can it?

The only thing is I could use the money. Do you think I should reply?

OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER
TREASURY AND MINISTER FOR CIVIL SERVICE, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.

Our ref: ATM/13470/IDR
Your ref:...Date: 26/11/2009

IMMEDIATE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

I am The Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP,Prime Minister British Government. This letter is to officially inform you that (ATM Card Number 048000101775550) has been accredited with your favor. Your Personal Identification Number is 477.The VISA Card Value is £2,000,000.00(Two Million, Great British Pounds Sterling).

This office will send to you an Visa/ATM CARD that you will use to withdraw your funds in any ATM MACHINE CENTER or Visa card outlet in the world with a maximum of £5000 GBP daily.Further more,You will be required to re-confirm the following information to enable;The Rt Hon David Miliband MP Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office. begin in processing of your VISA CARD.

(1)Full names: (2)Address: (3)Country: (4)Nationality: (5)Phone #: (6)Age:
(7)Occupation: (8) Post Codes

Forward Reply To: hondavidmiliband@8.am

TAKE NOTICE: That you are warned to stop further communications with any other
person(s) or office(s) different from the staff of the State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to avoid hitches in receiving your payment.


Regards,

The Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP
Prime Minister

Mike

[Duncan Rounding]

Are you a registered bank? If so then it could be genuine.

[Mike Hughes]

Are you a registered bank? If so then it could be genuine.

If it would make a difference I could try and register as one. Is it hard to do?

Mike

[Rich Brady]

You just have to lend money you don't have and then put your hand out...

[Duncan Rounding]

If it would make a difference I could try and register as one. Is it hard to do?

Mike

No can't be, any ar*h*le can run a bank it seems.

[Darren B]

Mike something is not quite right - i checked the card number and this is not a real number. I think you should be careful with this one, seems a little fishy to me

[Mike Hughes]

Now you're confusing me.

I don't have any money to led out. How can I lend it out if I don't have it?

Mike

[Mike Hughes]

i checked the card number and this is not a real number

Yes, but you wouldn't expect them to put the real number in the email would you. Someone might see it and use the details to steal all my money.

Should I edit the number just in case? I'd hate everyone to know my card number as it would take me a while to use up all that money.

Mike

[acompton]

I don't have any money to led out. How can I lend it out if I don't have it?

Simple: you borrow it from somebody else first.

Back to the original question: I don't think its genuine. If it was, it would have asked for your date of birth and mother's maiden name as well.

[george]

*sends Gordy a toaster instead*



(long story)

[Mike Hughes]

I'm sure they could follow up and get that information later.

Why is this stuff never easy? Someone here in the office has just said that if I register as a bank the government won't let me pay myself all the money and will want to tax me on it. This is crazy as it's coming from them in the first place.

All I want is my money. Why does it have to so hard? There's too much beaurocracy in this country.

Mike

[Duncan Rounding]

It's not fair, I never seem to get these opportunities in my inbox any more.

[Rich Brady]

I tell you what you could do. You could write a reply letter asking if they could elaborate on some details and stick an invoice in it for 35 quid?

[Mike Hughes]

It is nice when a genuine offer turns up in all the junk I get. I'm pretty sure it's genuine as I can't imagine Gordon Brown sending out these kind of emails as a joke.

My head's spinning from all the excitement and confusion here. I need to go and lie down for a bit.

Mike

[Rich Brady]

At least he didn't use that horrendous thick marker pen to write a letter for you.

You may not have understood all the details...