Subject: I should be rich by now.
Today, I was emailed about a very lucrative offer. The pitch was short:
Normally they put a little more effort into it. I've won the BMW lottery once, the Netherlands lottery a few times, and even an Iceland lottery (which, I imagine, they regret now that their country is under a volcano).
I've received massive packages from UPS, USPS and even FedEx:
I love this part:
The UK lottery:
So formal, Barry!
And a brand new car!
These guys put a lot of work into my winnings:
Oooh, a cyber lotto draw!
This one's been in my inbox for a while... Attention: Congratulations!
Good day,
I am Shung Hin Hui, I have a business of $15.5 million for you contact me
for details.
Normally they put a little more effort into it. I've won the BMW lottery once, the Netherlands lottery a few times, and even an Iceland lottery (which, I imagine, they regret now that their country is under a volcano).
I've received massive packages from UPS, USPS and even FedEx:
We have been waiting for you to contact us for your Confirmed Package that is registered with us for shipping to your residential location.We had thought that your sender gave you our contact details.It may interest you to know that a letter is also added to your package.However, we cannot quote its content to you via email for privacy reasons. We understand that the content of your package itself is a Bank Draft worth of $800,000.00 USD,
I love this part:
However, we cannot quote its content to you via email for privacy reasons. We understand that the content of your package itself is a Bank Draft worth of $800,000.00 USD,
The UK lottery:
Unclaimed Winnings:
In regards to the above subject, I, Barrister Barry White, Claims Supervisor for the United Kingdom Lottery Board (UKLB) wish to notify you through this e-mail that your case file has been re-opened.
You were selected as a winner in the UK INTERNATIONAL SWEEP STAKE, held on January 2008, but you never claimed the winnings due reasons best known to you.
So formal, Barry!
I, Barrister Barry White
And a brand new car!
Dear Winner,
This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of £3,000,000.00 and a brand new Peugeot 407 Car
These guys put a lot of work into my winnings:
Attn: Beneficiary
This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an Investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you legally won the sum of $850,000.00 US Dollars from a Lottery Company in the United Kingdom. During our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to be authentic and paid to you via a Certified Cashier's Check.
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We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive the winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Legitimate, Safe and 100% risk free of scams and frauds of any nature,
[...]
The total amount for everything is $299.99 (Two Hundred & Ninety Nine United States Dollars & Ninety Nine Cents). We have tried our possible best to indicate that this $299.99 should be deducted from your winning prize but the funds have already been deposited at The Bank of America and cannot be accessed by anyone apart from you the winner.
Oooh, a cyber lotto draw!
Dear Internet User
We are pleased to inform you of the results of our cyber lotto draw of Lottery NL Promotional Draws. The online electronic-raffle draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 250,000 e-mail accounts picked by our Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) from an exclusive list However, no tickets were sold.
This one's been in my inbox for a while... Attention: Congratulations!
ATTENTION: CONGRATULATIONS!
RE: PRIZE/AWARD NOTIFICATION.
This is to inform you of the release of ASIAN INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL PROMOTIONS ORGANIZATION PRIZE DRAW, held on the 5th of April 2004, but owing to some mix up of numbers and addresses and the holidays, the results were released on the 21st of De cember 2004.
BLEARGH




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