The email of my dreams! A lottery you can win $500,000 in without ever buying a ticket! Even better, you don’t even have to know that it exists at all! Just post a comment to someone’s weblog and wait for the robots to come by and scrape your address! And it’s backed by Mr. Bill Gates himself, so it’s got to be real! Oh boy, am I lucky!
Oh, wait, it’s just spam…
From introfan@netscape.net Mon Apr 26 10:41:41 2004 Return-Path:
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for _____@jgreely.com; 26 Apr 2004 17:38:37 -0000 From: AWED
INTERNATIONAL LOTTO BV introfan@netscape.net To:
_____@jgreely.com Reply-To: introfan@netscape.net Subject: AWARD
WINNING NOTIFICATION!! Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 19:39:35 +0200
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AWED INTERNATIONAL LOTTO.BV PROMO/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT. ADDRESS:
KRUISLAAN 408, 1098 SJ, AMSTERDAM - THE NETHERLANDS. REF:
AIL/7585021-47/03 BATCH: 3799/75937467/HM ATTENTION: RE / AWARD
NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE: AL We are pleased to inform you of
the announcement today, 26th April, 2004 of winners of the SCIENTIFIC
GAME PROMO LOTTERY; THE NETHERLANDS / INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS held
on 22nd April,2004. Your email address attached to ticket
number 89-02897893, with serial number 95020 drew the lucky
numbers 14-21-33-42-49-63, and consequently won the lottery in the 1st
category. You have therefore been approved of a lump sum pay out of
US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) in credited
to file REF NO. AIL/7585021-47/03. This is from total prize money of
US$2,500,000.00 shared among the international winners in our 1st -5th
categories. All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn form 25,000 company email addresses and 30,000,000
individual email addresses 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 in custody of a financial Security company insured in your FILE
REFERENCE. 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. This lottery program was promoted by
our group of philanthropist headed by Mr. Bill Gates. We hope with
part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high
stakes US$10,000,000 million Dollars International Lottery. To begin
your claim, please contact your file/claim officer: MR. PAUL ANDRAS,of
AWED INTERNATIONAL LOTTO.BV (AMSTERDAM - THE NETHERLANDS). On
TEL: 0031-.620-677-376 Fax: 0031-206964994 Please be informed that NON
RESIDENCE of THE NETHERLANDS will be required to procure an Affidavit
of lotto claim papers/Court clearance certificate from the Court prior
to award payment policy of the Gaming Board of Netherland and required
by the paying Financial Security Company. Please be aware that your
Paying Authority will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report,
Verifications and validation provided by this processing Agent. For
due processing and remittance of your winning prize to designated
account of your choice, please treat as urgent. Remember, all prize
money must be claimed not later than 7th May, 2004. After this date,
all funds will be returned as unclaimed. NOTE: In order to avoid
unnecessary delay 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. PLEASE NOTE THAT
EVERY REPLY SHOULD BE SENT AS AN E-MAIL ATTACHMENT TO ENHANCE ELIGIBLE
VIEW. Congratulations once again from our team of staff and thank you
for being part of our promotional program. Note: Anybody under the age
of 18 is AUTOMATICALY DISQUALIFIED. Sincerely, Mrs. Ann Robert
(Lottery Coordinator
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