The Grand de Clarke Investment Finance PLC is a scam!!! Any time that a web site tells you its taking you to a secure website the http:// changes. In a secure area (ex: bank, credit card company, cellphone company) it the search bar will turn YELLOW and http:// turns into https:// That is very important to look for. I almost got scammed. Thank God my boyfriends brother builds websites for a living and told me not to continue. I looked the site and bank name up on google; (Grand de Clarke Investment Finance Plc) nothing was found. Shocker. They say that most frauds ask you for money in the second or third email. I never received anything asking for money, a s.s. number, bank number, or any information other than email address and phone number. That's what had me going. I received around 12 emails. I was able to set up a bank account with no personal information. Then I looked at the balance on my account showing me the 1.8 million dollars. Please don't let this happen to you! Be careful and remember the https:// it's the only time you are truly save. Below are a couple of emails I received. The first being from The Irish Lottery (of course) to let me know of winnings. The rest being details of how to get the money.



Mr. Rae Fernandes
Northern Rock Finance Group
P.O Box 3361
Wrexham
LL12 9WG
Tel: +44-703-194-9697
+44-703-194-6457

Dearest Lucky Winner,

VERIFICATION OF WINNING DETAILS
Congratulations on emerging as one of our Weekly Award Winners! Irish International Promo offers awards to Lucky owners of selected EMAILS that came out in our Random Draws. You have therefore been approved to go ahead and claim your funds which amounts to £928,000 (Nine hundred and Twenty-eight thousand great britain pounds sterling) which also equals $1,831,453.48 in American money. This sum is gathered from our various Sponsors consisting of over 100,000 websites and association.

This is an ONLINE PROMO by our division to award Lucky Surfers of websites with the view of improving our lottery ticket sales. This promo is currently offered by just the Irish International Lottery to reward internet visitors. The funds in this email are all yours for claims. Submit your claims to begin claims process.

How did you win? Very well, it is no longer news that people surf different websites and pages everyday! On these websites and pages, you occassionally leave your email address on their pages and guest books. Either through the sigup of newletters or accounts! Have you recently visited a website? Then you are lucky! Your favourite website might have won you this. We have decided to reward all internet surfers accordingly for their loyalty through continuos patronage.

After the random draw, you came out lucky at this week's draw! Congratulations!

However, we would need you to verify your identity so funds do not fall to wrong hands! Therefore, we would be requiring you to please, Identify your person by simply completing the personal profile below:

Favourite Website:
First Name:
Last Name:
Sex:
Age:
Home Address:
City:
Country:
Home Phone:
Mobile Phone:
Fax:
Email Address:
Occupation:
Position Held in Company:

This is the Refence Number and Ticket Number attached to your Email:
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Reference Number:
Ticket Number:
Batch Number:
Serial Number:
Winning Category:


Please, keep the above Reference Number and Ticket Number in a very safe place. You CANNOT claim funds without them. No one should have access to any of them. Call me if you ever have a problem


Best of luck,
Rae Fernandes(Mr.)
Fiduciary Agent
for THE IRISH INTERNATIONAL PROMO
Sweepstakes International Program.
Copyright 2007.

Confidentiality Notice:
Please note that this email, and any files that may be attached to it,is/are confidential and is/are intended for the sole use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) to which it/they is/are addressed. Any use,distribution,copying or disclosure by any other person or entity is strictly prohibited under applicable law(s). If you received this email in error,please notify the sender by return email and delete the original message (making sure it is also deleted from the Deleted Items folder of your mail client).

Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to official business of IRISH PROMO and insurance shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by IRISH PROMO finance and insurance when addressed to comet finance and insurance clients; and any information contained in this email is subject to the terms and conditions of the governing client's contract(s).

Note all of the misspellings and email addresses.

Customer Interaction Center (C.I.C)
For Help, Call: +44 (700) 580 58 78
Email: cic@granddeclark.net
Homepage: Grand de Clarke Investment Finance Plc

Dear Customer,



Welcome to Grand de Clarke Investment Finance Plc. We are in receipt of
your funds here. Your Cheque was forwarded to us by the Northern Rock
Finance Group.

To transfer funds, there is the need for you to setup an account with us.
You are required to logon to our website at Grand de Clarke Investment Finance Plc and setup
an account. When you logon to our website Grand de Clarke Investment Finance Plc , look to
the TOP RIGHT HAND side of your page and you would find ACCOUNT LOGIN.
Click on ACCOUNT LOGIN and further click on UK INTERNET BANKING. on the
NEXT page, simply click on REGISTER to setup an account with us. You are
required to fill in your details to the best your knowledge. An account
would be setup in your name after due verification of the details
submitted by you, by our Billing Department.

Do logon to our website now and setup an account. Your funds would be
creditted to your account after setup. Call our numbers for Help.


For Urgent cases, call: +44 (700) 580 58 78 (Glenn Winn [sir] ). If you
ever have a problem dialling our numbers on your phone as a result of the
+ sign, then dial as follows: 009 44 700 580 58 78. The code 009
represents the + sign. Our services are always guaranteed. Thank you.

Treat with dispatch,
Yours Faithfully
Glenn Winn (Sir)
Chief Financial Officer
Customer Interaction Center (C.I.C)
Grand de Clarke Investment Finance Plc.
Homepage: Grand de Clarke Investment Finance Plc
Email: cic@granddeclark.net

Hot Line-For Emergency call:
Mon-Sun 8am-6pm
24Hrs Customer Service Lines
TEL/FAX: +44 (700) 580 58 78

**Grand de Clarke Investment Finance Plc, Registered in England.
Registered Address: Grand de Clarke Ville, London, SE19 8VY**
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Looks real, huh?

Customer Interaction Center (C.I.C)
For Help, Call: +44 (700) 580 58 78
Email: cic@granddeclark.net
Homepage: Grand de Clarke Investment Finance Plc

Dear Customer,



Our Billing Department have approved your Account application and, an
Account has been set up in your name. We are glad you are banking with us.
Your Account with us has been creditted with the sum of one million, eight
hundred and thirty-one thousand, four hundred and fifty-three dollars,
forty-eight Cents. This reads: $1,831,453.48 and also equal to £928,000
(in British Pounds) with which it originally came. We have converted to
United Sates Dollars for more conveniency.



To access account, go to our website Grand de Clarke Investment Finance Plc and logon to your
account. On our website, find on the TOP RIGHT corner for the link to
ACCOUNT LOGIN. Click on it and then, click UK INTERNET BANKING. Once
there, click on User Logon to login to your account. Please, login with
the following account information:

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Customer Number: 2220817151



Pin: h52y33y



Account Name: Ms. Dana Palmer



Associated Email: danabelle@rock.com



Associated Phone Number: +1 (662)587-7015



Country: USA



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You can access your account information via online with the above. Once
logged in, you can make Transfer(s) at any convenient time, 24hrs / 7 days
a week by clicking the MAKE A TRANSFER link found on your account page.
Wire Transfers via online, can only be completed once your account has
been activated. If your account is currently not activated and you have
been asked to input an Activation Pin, you would need to get back to us on
how you can activate your account via online. Send a reply email to us if
you ever need to activate your account to enable transfers. Detailed
procedures will be outlined to you on contacting us.



READ THE BELOW CAREFULLY AND NOT EVERY STEP


NOTE THIS:
If you logon to your account and get logged out while trying to access
other areas of your account, this is what you should do for self help:

On your Internet Explorer, click on TOOLS. From TOOLS, click INTERNET
OPTIONS. Once inside INTERNET OPTIONS, click on PRIVACY. You are then
required to drag down the COOKIE LEVEL SLIDING BAR down till it says
"ACCEPT ALL COOKIES". Once done this, click on OK and then click on APPLY.
Now, you have to hold F5 down on your KEYBOARD for 5 seconds to refresh
your page. You can now logon and browse safely without troubles.




For Urgent cases, call: +44 (700) 580 58 78 (Glenn Winn [sir] ). If you
ever have a problem dialling our numbers on your phone as a result of the
+ sign, then dial as follows: 009 44 700 580 58 78. The code 009
represents the + sign. Our services are always guaranteed. Thank you.

Treat with dispatch,
Yours Faithfully
Glenn Winn (Sir)
Chief Financial Officer
Customer Interaction Center (C.I.C)
Grand de Clarke Investment Finance Plc.
Homepage: Grand de Clarke Investment Finance Plc
Email: cic@granddeclark.net

Hot Line-For Emergency call:
Mon-Sun 8am-6pm
24Hrs Customer Service Lines
TEL/FAX: +44 (700) 580 58 78

**Grand de Clarke Investment Finance Plc, Registered in England.
Registered Address: Grand de Clarke Ville, London, SE19 8VY**
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Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains
information that is, or may be, covered by the Electronic Communications
Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, and is also confidential and proprietary
in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that
you are legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, distributing,
or otherwise disclosing this information in any manner. Instead, please
reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error,
and then immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
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It really had me going. Needless to say I'm going to my lawyers office today.