Junk mail, don'tcha just love it? Not. This morning, among the various herbal viagra, get prescription drugs online, enlarge your (insert body part here) and invitations to view the webcam of a barely legal teen doing something with an animal, I found 6 of these mails:
LA PRIMITIVA SPANISH SWEEPTAKE LOTTERY S.A.
C/ CARRA NO 11 PISO 1-A
08905 BARCELONA, SPAIN.
TELEFAX: 0034 635 904-146
FROM: DESK OF MANAGING DIRECTOR.
INTERNATIONA PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF NO: EGS/255 256003/03
BATCH NO: 14/0017/IPD.
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE.
We are pleased to inform you of the release of the result of the LA
PRIMITIVA SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM held on the 9th Sept
2003. SPANISH.
Your name attached to ticket number 981-52105527-876 with serial number
2145-23 drew the lucky numbers 6-11-21-70-110, which consequently won
the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of US$800,000.00 (
EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) in cash credit to file REF NO:
EGS/2551256003/03. this is from a total cash prize of US$13,998.755.00
(THIRTEEN MILLION, NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED
AND FIFTY FIVE US DOLLARS). Shared among the fifteen International
winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund is now deposited with a security company insured to your
name. Due to miss up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this
award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your
money remitted to your nominated account as this is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of
this program by participants.
All participants were selected through a computer balloting system
drawn from 25,000 names from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and
North-South America. As part of our International promotions program which
we conducted ones every year. We hope that with a part of our prize,
you will take part in our end of year high stake US$1.3 Billion
International Lottery.
To begin your Lottery claim, please contact your claims Agent, Foreign
operations DON PEREZ LUCAS Manager ESTRELLA INTERCONTINENTAL SEDUROS
S.A. on Tel: 0034-635-988-517, Fax: 0034-656-680-012. for processing and
remittance of your winning prize money to a designated account of your
choice. Remember that all prize money must be claim not later than 1st
Oct. 2003. After this date, all funds will be returned to the Ministry
de Economic y Hacienda as unclaimed.
NOTE: in order to avoid unnecessary delays, there be any change of
your address, please do not inform your claim agent. Remember to quote
your reference and batch numbers in every correspondence with us or your
agent.
Enclosed with this is a copy of the payment processing form which you
are to fill and fax back to Estrella Intercontinental Segueros s.a.
Congratulation again from all members of our staff and thank you for
being a part of our promotions program this year.
Sincerely,
Don Manolo Blanco.
Knowing that I have not entered any lottery, much less an international one, I headed on over to Snopes to check this out.
Yep, sure enough, this mail is yet another scam. I'm surprised I haven't run across it before with as much spam as I get. I'm just curious of what kind of person would believe this stuff? Hopefully none of my friends or family. If they did I would have to kick their butts for falling for it. Although I'm sure they would be kicking their own butts afterwards... I would just give them some help.