Friday, October 24, 2008

I Get E-Mail!

Besides all the stupid PediPaws spam I get, which I will NEVER buy, just on principle, I occasionally get a business proposition. This has got to be one of LAMEST I've ever received!

Subject: EMAIL
From: JOSEPH POON josephpoon_3@yahoo.com.hk

Good Day,
I have a business of US$22.4million for you.Please contact me for details.
Joseph Poon

Come ON, Joe, put a little effort into it!

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

I Get E-Mail!

TWO completely independent people sent me this lottery-winning email, so it MUST be true!

Email #1


WINNING NOTIFICATION
"Geller, Callard L"

Company No. 02949433
SERIAL NUMBER: 5368/02
TICKET NUMBER: 8603775966738
Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369
Ref Number: UK/9420X/05

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement that you are
one of our beginning of the year winners of the UNITED KINGDOM ONLINE

PROMO AWARDS, held on 28th sep ,2008. You have won for your self a total sum of
£1,200,000 POUNDS STERLING.

However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to
different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.The selection
process was

carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection
machine(TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from
all the continents of the world.

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately to
0Aour from the designated bank.

Fill the below information's and send to the fiduciary agent for your
Claims verification:
FILL THE CLAIMS FORM BELOW AND SEND
TO OUR CLAIMS AGENT FOR VERIFICATION
1. Full Names:
2. Address:
3. Age:
4. Sex:
5. Marital Status:
6. Occupation:
7. Phone numbers:
8. Country:

Name: Mr. Morrison Bonnie

e-mail: Morrison218Bonnie@live.com

Tell-+447024084588

Yours Truly,
Co-ordinator(Online Promo Programme)

Email #2


Contact Mr. Morrison Bonnie
"Durr, Kristin"

Company No. 02949433
SERIAL NUMBER: 5368/02
TICKET NUMBER: 8603775966738
Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369
Ref Number: UK/9420X/05

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement that you are
one of our beginning of the year winners of the UNITED KINGDOM ONLINE

PROMO AWARDS
, held on 28th sep ,2008. You have won for your self a total sum of
£1,200,000 POUNDS STERLING.

However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to
different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.The selection
process was

carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection
machine(TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from
all the continents of the world.

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately to
0Aour from the designated bank.

Fill the below information’s and send to the fiduciary agent for your
Claims verification:
FILL THE CLAIMS FORM BELOW AND SEND
TO OUR CLAIMS AGENT FOR VERIFICATION
1. Full Names:
2. Address:
3. Age:
4. Sex:
5. Marital Status:
6. Occupation:
7. Phone numbers:
8. Country:

Name: Mr. Morrison Bonnie

e-mail: Morrison218Bonnie@live.com

Tell-+447024084588

Yours Truly,
Co-ordinator(Online Promo Programme)


Wow, my fears are allayed, NO TICKETS were sold, only email addresses were used to pick da weiners. Ah, yes, using TOPAZ machine, I see. Why never SAPPHIRE? Not to mention Merlin, Arthur, Galahad, Vyvyan, Lancelot, Garnet, Opal, Amethyst, Moonstone, Pearl. And then there is poor, retired, Guinevere...

By the by, the UK National Lottery has a page about email scams...