I’m getting masses of spam every day now – I start each e-mail reading session with deleting or setting filters for at least half of what’s in my mailbox. Today I got three messages from Mathilda (whoever she is when she’s at home) with the subject “Rebelling”. Now, I don’t know about you, but I’m not really all that interested in an e-mail from someone I don’t know about rebelling, let alone three.
Anyway, it seems, today I have finally also won something. Martin’s been getting a few of these and I’ve been envious.
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 24th June 2004, of winners of the promotional SILVER SPOT SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY NETHERLANDS / INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 30th May 2004 as part of our yearly bonanza. Your company, attached to ticket number 025-1146-1992-750, with serial number 2113-05 drew the lucky numbers 13-15-22-37-39-43, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$2,800,000.00 (Two Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars only) in Cash credited to file REF NO.SSL/4554256007/49. This is from total prize money of US$20,600,000.00 shared among the seventeen international winners in this category.
So, let’s see, is that US$20,600,000.00 divided by 17? US$121176 or thereabouts. Well, that’d come in handy, I admit. All I need to do is contact my claim agent by 30th June.
Darn, my schedule’s all booked until 30 June. I don’t have time to contact my claim agent. I guess that means I don’t get the money, huh?
Ah, life’s a bitch.
Bah .. same like the nigeria lottery.
You need to pay before you can cash in :P
Pity that still so many people believe it and pay the money to get cheated later.
Some time I have kept myself busy with collecting all the emailaddresses out of the spam-emails and putting them back online in just plain text/html.
Why not reverse it all and let the bots spam themselfs?