I recently received a email stating i have won a Pepsi promo award,
i have copied all the email contents below,
I also says i need to pay some money to receive my award amount with the Abbey bank, I am sure that its a fraud act. I have put an offer to them that I can send through my bank a letter of guarantee against receipt of payment.


Abbey Bank Plc,
1/3 Triton Square, Regent's Place,
London, NW1 3AN, United Kingdom.
United Kingdom Tel. +44-70457-71131 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              +44-70457-71131      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +44-70457-71131 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, +44-70457-38640 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +44-70457-38640 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

Our Ref: ABBEY-UK
Your Ref:
Fax: +447075209597

IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF YOUR WINNING FUNDS INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT

We are in receipt of your Bank Account Information. Once again we congratulate you on being one of the very lucky winners of the 2010 PEPSI ONLINE PROMOTION. We also want you to know that after the verification process conducted on your Bank Account Details/ID Proof, we wish to inform you that the administrative/promotions department has approved the payment of your WINNING PRIZE(Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds, £250, 000.00 GBP).

We also want you to be informed that the process for claiming your won funds has been made very simple so that in no distant time, you are assured of having received your cash prize of (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds, £250, 000.00 GBP) in your nominated bank account.

Understand that the Online Bank to Bank Transfer of funds is an Online transfer of your Funds from a Premium Account that has been set-up for you in ABBEY ONLINE BANK for the purpose of funds transfer to your preferred Bank Account Details provided by you in your previous email as soon as you meet up with our transfer commission as charged by this bank for funds transfer to winners/customers.

You will need to make an upfront payment for COST OF TRANSFER(C.O.T Fee) of your winning funds to your Bank Account. After this payment is made, we can begin with the process of transferring your winning funds to your bank account.

You are required to pay 305 Pounds (THREE HUNDRED AND FIVE POUNDS) for the COST OF TRANSFER FEE/CHARGE(S).

*Note that the C.O.T Fee is to cover our Bank Service Charges/all expenses required for this bank to transfer your Funds to your Bank Account, as your Winning Prize has been protected by a Hard Cover Insurance Policy which does not permit deduction from the whole/total sum before remittance to the Winner.

**This means that the above Cost of Transfer (C.O.T) cannot be deducted from the Winning prize, hence must be provided by you before your funds are transferred to your Bank Account.

***Also be reminded that if your cash prize is not claimed after a stipulated time, it will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be recycled for a re-used in the drawings of the next edition of the PROMOTION.

To pay the required COST OF TRANSFER CHARGES, you have to get back to me as soon as possible, so that I can instruct you on how to make payment for the required Cost Of Transfer Charges.

Remember to keep your winning information confidential in order to avoid impersonation. BE WARNED!!!

As soon as we receive confirmation of payment of the above charges, we will begin with the process of transferring your winning funds to your bank account.

Good luck and Congratulations once again. We await your urgent response on this matter.

Thanks for banking with us.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Steve Wallace,

Manager & Head Of OnlineTransfers,
Abbey Bank Plc
For more info Please call: +44-70457-71131 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +44-70457-71131 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Fax: 07075209597