Friday, August 28, 2009

We're rich! We're rich! We're . . .
OK, I'm really not that stupid

Text of an e-mail I received last night:
Congratulations
Attn User:
This is to notify you that this e-mail address was entered during the Paypal European selection Draw and has won the sum of $950,000.00 (Nine Hundred And Fifty thousand dollars only). For claim please contact the below company for immediate process of your claim; Rememebr to quote these numbers below for verification by the company. REF: PP-21180-ES and BATCH: PP-245-44 you should include Your Name, Address, Sex, Age, Occupation, Nationality, Phone Number

Company:NATIONAL TRUST S.A
Email:n.claims@luckymail.com
Dr. Fred walter (Claim Director)
Tel; Tel:+34-634-130-267

Sincerely,
Mrs. Anita Carlos
Paypal Europe Co-ordinator.
Right. They've got $950,000 for me, but somehow they don't have my personal information. I'm tempted to reply by e-mail, explaining that I am, in fact, the former Interior Minister of Nigeria . . .

4 comments:

  1. send em something so you can then hear about how you need to send a certain amount of cash to secure the transaction....

    http://kirbside.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-am-rich-part-2-or-is-its-2000.html

    http://kirbside.blogspot.com/2008/04/woohoo-i-am-rich.html

    Damn, if I would just take the time to email them back!

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  2. Rememebr to quote these numbers below for verification by the company. REF: PP-21180-ES and BATCH: PP-245-44 you should include Your

    Name: Barrack Obama
    Address: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC, USA.
    Sex: Male
    Age: 48
    Occupation: Messiah
    Nationality: Kenyan
    Phone Number: 202-456-1414

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  3. This guy has actually reverse scammed Nigerian con men.

    http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/

    The photos are gut-splittingly funny.

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  4. Damn! I thought this would mean the end of the Tip Jar and your PBS-like solicitations. It's like being stuck in a phone booth with Ken Burns....Agggh!!!

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