Friday, March 10, 2006

My first email scam

For all these years I have escaped getting one, alas no more. I am now one more on the growing list of millions to have received scam email. Fortunately, hotmail was smart enough to send it to my Junk Folder. Here it is:


Customer Services
ACCL. Inter Cooperate Head Office
Spain,
Ref: ES/9420X2/T008
Batch: ES/05/M0097th March, 2006

INITIATION OF AWARD CLAIM PROCESSES

We are pleased to inform you of the result of our 2006 International prize Award. Your email address, attached to ticket number 04142331354124,with serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers 37-13-34-85-56-42, won in category C (third category).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of 150,000.00 Euros credited to security file number ES/4080318306/AL. This is from total prize money of E15,000,000.00 shared among the ten(10) international winners in all categories. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 30,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, Africa, America, Asia, Europe,USA and North America as part our International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now insured awaiting claim. 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. You are at this point advised to contact our claims officer below to begin your claim:

Name: Dr.Dennis Ricky
Email:
acculotto2006@netscape.net
Tel:+ +34 685 563 514

You will be given a form to complete and return same to our lawyer whose details will be given after you have confirmed the receipt of this winning notification .He will thereafter forward claims to any one of our appointed financial trustees.You are advised to initiate contact with our agent within three weeks of the receipt of this mail.

Any prize whose collection is not initiated within the stipulated time will be deemed unclaimed.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs.Melanie Regan
For Claims Manager


I am almost tempted to mail this Dr. Dennis Ricky but I just cannot be bothered.

7 Comments:

Blogger Olawunmi said...

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4:06 pm  
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4:09 pm  
Blogger Olawunmi said...

i made a mistake the last time. here's the correct link

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipod-to-computer/

4:11 pm  
Blogger Pilgrimage to Self said...

Thanks. I will check out the site any problems and I'll give you a yell.

6:47 pm  
Blogger Stephen A. Bess said...

I'm happy that you caught them crooks. I've heard some bad stories. Have a great weekend!

8:54 pm  
Blogger Stephen A. Bess said...

I'm happy that you caught them crooks. I've heard some bad stories. Have a great weekend!

8:54 pm  
Blogger toometoblog said...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of 150,000.00 Euros... i have this funny mental picture of this yahoo-yahoo guy going back and forth on the zeros tryin to come up with a realisticly-unbeliveable figure figure. LOL. what is a "lump sum pay"?

12:31 am  

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