Is This A Scam?

[Jackdaw33]

Hello xxxx
You've been nominated to receive 350 pounds of Sainsbury's voucher!
Save from our huge choice of fresh food, homewares, dvd rentals,
financial services and more!
Today's Candidates:
1. delilah.pollard
2. xxxx
3. dave.adams25

Choose your prize below and confirm your participation.
1.Groceries 2.Home and Entertainment 3.Clothing 4.Mobile Phones
Hurry! This will expire soon



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[Just-Jude]

Should be "vouchers", for the first sentence to make sense.

A full stop after the first name.

All lower case letters used in the names.

SCAM!

[Jackdaw33]

I agree with your first statement. In fairness the three names listed are email addresses so lower case and full stops are not unusual. However I tend to agree with your conclusion so it has gone into the bin.

[scorpiojo]

Is it from the Philippines by any chance?

[Buenchico]

It's probably a scam.

If what follows 'hello' is either a generic term (such as 'Customer') OR simply derived directly from the first part of your email address, then it's definitely a scam. (The 'dave.adams25', rather than 'Dave Adams', certainly looks as if the sender's automated software is simply reading what comes before '@' in people's email addresses).

[scorpiojo]

...and is the amount in GBP? You may soon have also won Debenhams, Boots and EE vouchers worth up to 1000GBP.

[Jackdaw33]

I don't know how to check its origin. In any case it's too late as it has been binned. You're right, Chico, the xxxx in each case replaces the first part of my email address, which I have concealed for obvious reasons.

[Jackdaw33]

Scorpio, the amount is as shown in my OP. I would have expected £, not pounds.

[scorpiojo]

When you receive the next one(s), just scroll down to unsubscribe and you'll find the name of a company in the Philippines..

[scorpiojo]

..but don't click unsubscribe

[fiction-factory]

Definitely a scam. My spam box contains at least £500 of vouchers every day from Boots. Aldi, Amazon, Groupon, Tesco, Sainsburys, Amazon, etc- none of whom seem to know my name and all of whom have an email address (when you hover over the sender's name) that is clearly not related to the company in question