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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Today's Entertaining Spam Email

I haven't posted one of these for awhile, but I just had to do this one. The subject line of the email read: This is not a scam ok!!

Well, it must not be a scam. According to the message I not only won the UK Lottery, but I won it over five years ago:
The National Lottery
PO Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL
United Kingdom.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-59

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#951) held on Wednesday, 2nd January 2005.

Your e-mail address attached to ticketnumber: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 02,19,28,33,44,49,21.which subsequently won you the jackpot prize. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of #714,075 (Sevev hundred Forteen Thousand and Seventy Five Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World
Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your #714,075 would be released to you by any of our payment offices in
Europe.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Mr. Mark Roger
Email: griterga@yahoo.com

Provide him with the information below:
1.Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
10.Fax Number:
11.Draw Number above:
12. Your full bank account details
13. Your social security number

That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork
can be prepared for you. You would be required to show an instrument of
identification when cashing your cheque i.e. Drivers License or International
passport. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program. Please be warned.


Good luck from me and members of staff of the U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

Sir Jones Dutcher.
Online Co-ordinator for U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program.


Maybe I can use these funds to pay for the increased taxes and fees that will come with Obamacare.

3 comments:

Ann's New Friend said...

congrats!

Linda said...

You gave out all the info, and now, some scumbag will probably get to collect it, and not you!

LewArcher said...

I was generous with the $2000 less I paid in fed taxes last year.