MASTERCARD® / MICROSOFT® INTERNATIONAL
NEW YEAR MEGA JACKPOT.
Director: Mr. Chris Monteiro.

Dear Cash Winner,

This is to inform you that your e-mail address have won a prize money of £3.6 Million Pounds (Three Million, Six Hundred Thousand Pounds) for this Year Edition 2010 MasterCard® International / Microsoft® Corporation UK promotion. To begin your claim please contact our licensed and accredited agent assigned to you with your:

1. Full Name: 2. Address: 3. Nationality: 4. Age: 5. Occupation: Nature of Work: 6. Phone: Fax: 7. State of Origin: Country: 8. Sex: 9. Winning Email Address:

Name: Mr.George Smith.
E-mail: removed to prevent further scams
Claims Verification Department.

Yours sincerely,
Dr. Luis Carlos.
Head of Customer Service.
Copyright © 2009/2010 MasterCard® Inc. UK.

So, let's ignore the fact that I am not, and never have been, in the UK.

Since WHEN are mastercard and Microsoft working together?

Congratulations!

thanks. now I just need to figure out how much that is american, and decide how to spend it ^_~

thanks. now i just need to figure out how much that is american, and decide how to spend it ^_~

May I suggest you open an account with FBI national bank. They can convert for you.

Well done George!

May I suggest you open an account with FBI national bank. They can convert for you.

I may do just that. Thank you for the suggestion.

You know, I seem to have forgotten how to go about doing so.

i may do just that. thank you for the suggestion.

you know, i seem to have forgotten how to go about doing so.

A phone call is usually all you need to do. They'll handle the rest. They're in the Government listings.

Thank you.

thank you.

Anytime. How much further can we carry this deadpan, anyway?

Oh Hheath, just the other day my long lost relative passed away and his solicitor emailed me to tell me that I had inherited his fortune as there were no other living relatives! All I needed to do was fax a copy of my birth certificate and drivers license to some un known address in South America, and I would be sent a cheque, but I also needed to cover the fee’s and additional costs which were only about $2,000. But seeing as I was inheriting almost 500,000.000.00 that was pocket change! Plus I would get a receipt for tax purposes!

You were my 100th greenie :D


Anyway, I did call the police, who told me to ignore it when I got those emails, as they had no way to trace them and it was too expensive and too time consuming. I was really frustrated I had received 50 emails from this one person in one day. He kept sending me new email addresses, and gave me some story about how kids had threatened him and his pregnant wife, and due to his job he needs to change his e mail and phone number constantly because of the people he puts in jail... I called (what I think was) the FBI in the States, and they told me to contact my local police. I thought there was a general number to report fraudulent e -mails and scams and such?

Oh Hheath, just the other day my long lost relative passed away and his solicitor emailed me to tell me that I had inherited his fortune as there were no other living relatives! All I needed to do was fax a copy of my birth certificate and drivers license to some un known address in South America, and I would be sent a cheque, but I also needed to cover the fee's and additional costs which were only about $2,000. But seeing as I was inheriting almost 500,000.000.00 that was pocket change! Plus I would get a receipt for tax purposes!

Your relatives are in south america? All mine seem to be in south africa. And they almost ALWAYS address me as 'mr.'

your relatives are in south america? all mine seem to be in south africa. and they almost ALWAYS address me as 'mr.'

Any of you guys related to Nigerian Royalty?

Not as far as I've been told.

Wow, I just win AGAIN! What are the odds of winning the same contest TWICE in the same WEEK??

wow, i just win AGAIN! what are the odds of winning the same contest TWICE in the same WEEK?!?!?!

Now that they have your e-mail, approaching 1:1

Gee, since I switch internet providers from AOL to someone else I'm no longer receiving emails telling me that my long lost relative just dropped dead and left me a bazillion dollars and all I have to do is send them my check for $10,000 to collect my inheritance.

Gosh, I miss knowing all those relatives dropping dead and willing me their fortunes..!

Well I'll forward you mine :p
Just kidding, I would never do that. It's crazy the people that fall for these scams
I almost feel bad, because some of them are so convincing. (obviously not the ones about your long lost relatives dropping dead). I got one from "my bank" and it said something was wrong with my account, and they needed my info.

well I'll forward you mine :p
just kidding, I would never do that. It's crazy the people that fall for these scams
I almost feel bad, because some of them are so convincing. (obviously not the ones about your long lost relatives dropping dead). I got one from "my bank" and it said something was wrong with my account, and they needed my info.

I get at least one a week from a bank I haven't patronized in 10 years!

I wish there was a report in -appropriate email button!

well I'll forward you mine :p
just kidding, I would never do that. It's crazy the people that fall for these scams
I almost feel bad, because some of them are so convincing. (obviously not the ones about your long lost relatives dropping dead). I got one from "my bank" and it said something was wrong with my account, and they needed my info.

That happened to my mom just months after she started using the Internet. She didn't even know what junk mail was and had no idea that you could be scammed over email, so she responded. Never even occurred to her to wonder how they got her email without her giving it to them.

When she told me about it, I told her to go to the bank and change her account. Then I had to explain WHY she needed to do so.

It's been 5 years now. She's still basically computer illiterate. Heck, she has to get the librarian to turn on the computer if it's not already on. At least she no longer responds to scamming emails, at least as far as I know.

The creepy thing is, she emails me a few times a year to get me to post a picture to her profile on one dating site or another. She doesn't find anything odd or creepy about it at all, even after I mentioned it.