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August 11, 2008
the euro million lotto
It's time again for one of my favorite activities, Fun With Email. The latest entry into the world a fake email is the good ole internet lottery. Here's the original email I received.
-----Original Message-----Perhaps some of the logic in these scams is lost in translation. This email is just confusing. I also love how they just throw in the name Mrs E. Gilbert at the end. Huh?
From: YOU HAVE WON THE EURO MILLION LOTTERY CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT"
[mailto:elena_gilbert@libero.it]
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 1:36 PM
Subject: Attn:winner
Your Email address has won the sum of 700,000 Euros in an International Email Sweepstakes Program Cooporation held on the 18th of June 2008 in Spain.We write to officially notify you of this award and to advised you to contact your claim agent Mr Mike Patero. archivosecurities@aol.es, Tel:+34-634-092-297 (1)Coupon No:TY894652 (2)ticket No:9512EU21 Mrs E.Gilbert
-----Original Message-----I wrote this one a few weeks ago and I never heard back from the the lottery people. It's too bad because I was super excited about all that money. Oh well...
From: Nemov
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 1:59 PM
To: 'archivosecurities@aol.es'
Subject: RE: Attn:winner
Mike,
HOLY COW STICK!! I can't believe I won! Mrs. E. Gilbert sent me the great news. She never even told me her first name. 700,000 Euros is like a gazillion dollars!! Why do you have an AOL account in Europe? That's a little strange, oh well. What do I have to do to claim this bullion? The first thing I'm going to do with this money is buy all the cheese in Wisconsin. I'm totally not even kidding about that. I will create a cheese empire unseen since the days of yore.
I have to admit I'm a tad bit worried about rats getting to my cheese stash, but I'm sure I'll have enough cash to secure my treasure.
Please let me know as soon as possible how I can collect. I've already tendered my resignation at work and sold my house on craigslist.
Thanks so much for choosing me. I've never even been to Euroland.
Sincerely yours,
Nemov
Posted by nemov at August 11, 2008 5:22 PM
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Mmmm...cheese.
Posted by: Jaime at August 11, 2008 7:41 PM