I WON I WON geeze do the scams never end..

[RichP]

I am just so sick of the junk email, got 200 filters in place and the stuff still gets thru...


ATTENTION:


RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
today,7th August, 2003 of winners of the GRAND GLOBAL
LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY,THE NETHERLANDS/ INTERNATIONAL,
PROGRAMS
held on 5th August 2003.Your email address is attached
to ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with serial number
5073-11 drew the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and
consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You
have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of US$5.5M in cash credited to file REF
NO. OYL/25041238013/02. This is from total prize
& gt; money of US$93,500,000.00 shared among the
seventeen international winners in this category. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn form 25,000 names from Australia, New
Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as
part of International Promotions Program, which is
conducted annually. CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now
deposited with a Security company insured in your
name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we
ask that you keep this award strictly from public
notice until your claim has been processed and your
money remitted to your account. This is part of our
security protocol to
avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by
participants of this program. We hope with a part of
you prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery. To
begin your claim, please contact our International
claim agent; MR. Jack lee.
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER with the email address below
[email protected]

For due processing and remittance of your prize
money to a designated account of your choice.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later
than 30th August 2003. After this date, all funds will
be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your
reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent.

Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank
you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
Mrs Sunnina Brown
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,GRAND GLOBAL LOTTO PROMO
LOTTERY,THE
NETHERLANDS.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of
the winners will result to disqualification

 

[GSequoia]

Here's some more story for you: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/lottery.htm

 

[RichP]

I just find it hard to believe that people actually fall for that stuff. Course I saw alot of scams during the two summers I traveled with a circus while I was in HS. Learned alot I guess.

 

[woody]

"N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of
the winners will result to disqualification"

Uh oh Rich...you be disqualified methinks

 

[GSequoia]

Rich...You ran off and joined the circus?

I know what you mean though, why do people fall for it! Here's something funny to read: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,59907,00.html

 

[RichP]

Yup, traveled with them for three summers and worked weekends at their winter quarters near Jackson NJ getting the rides ready for the new season. I ran a bubble bounce and a scrambler the first year and the swiss bobs the second cause I knew how to use a transit for setup. I also did the 'barrel of death' on a 175 bultaco , took care of some of the reptiles and exotics, loved taking the kangroo rats for walks on the way and seeing the reactions from rubes after they petted it and you told them it was a 40lb rat... and the 12ft python always got you to the front of any food line, did meet some interesting females that way though snakes and piercings just seemed to go together, even back then and I was just a country boy :angel:
When I went in the Navy they almost refused my TS and above clearances , especially the PRP one, because of that 'undesireable' environment. When they interviewed a reference/friend of mine and asked him why I joined the circus he said 'cause of all the nookie he got' got my clearances :angel:
I did learn real quick to not defeat the governer on the diesel that drove the scrambler, above a certain speed the puke range would increase and reach the operator, ME....

That snopes article was interesting, maybe I have a use for that new dual xeon intel server I just built other than as a test bed. Might as well use all that software MS sent me in the action pack. I Wonder who supplies the pills for $5.... :anon: and my kids can stuff boxes and envelopes Hmmm. gotta come up with a name and a line....

 

[Yucca-Man]

Funny thing about that spam and crap is that I almost missed a LEGIT winner. A month ago I got an e-mail titled "Jeeb Jamboree Contest Winner" and almost pitched it unseen because of the spelling. It turns out it was from Rubicon Outfitters (aka Rubicon Express) and I won two tickets to the Jeep Jamboree in Rubicon Springs last weekend...

http://www.frii.com/~yuccaman/jeep/jeepjam.html