I have to ask if there is a scam list in which the email address of thine enemy can be sendeth to the wolves. Here are two of my latest emails. I also declined the Bank of America request for information, simply because I don’t have an account with Bank of America.
SECRETARY OFFICE. COUNSELORS AT LAW)
06 BP 1409 AKPAKPA DODOMEY
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN
.
Dear Friend
Have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your
Bank Draft but did not heard from you since that time ,then I
went and deposited the Draft with UPS Express Courier company here
in Benin Republic , because I travelled to Iraq to see my boss
and will not come back till next month ending. You have to contact
the UPSExpress Courier company to know when they will
deliver your package .I have paid for the delivering charges and
insurance fee.
The only money you have to send to them is there security
keeping fee which is $125. to received your package.Don’t be
deceived by any body This is there Contact Address Contact Dr.
REV DR LARRY Director UPSExpress Courier company Benin
Republic. E-mail;(servicecenterexpresscompany@gmail.com)
Phone number +22997 49 87 45
Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasing the
security keeping fee.I gave them your delivering address but you
have to reconfirm it to them again to avoid any mistake in the
delivering.
Let me know as soon as you receive your Draft .
Thanks
Secretary
MERCY OMABA
BRITISH LOTTERY 6/49
P O Box 1010, 3b Olympic Way,
Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD
17th August, 2007
FINAL NOTIFICATION
We are notifying you on our Online Draw held on 11/08/07, where your
Email emerged one of the Two lucky winners who won the first prize of a
total sum of 1,000,000.00, from a total payout prize pool of
2,000,000.00 in our Online Lottery Draw. Your e-mail was attached to Ticket
no:56475600545188, Serial no:2113-05, Lucky no:08-11-17-30-32-41bonus
no:47,REFNO:BRLFGP2551256/02
You have been selected for a cash prize of 1,000,000.00(One
MillionPounds Sterling). The selection process was carried out through random
selection in our computerized email selection system(ess) from a database
of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from which you were selected.
The BRITISH. NATIONAL LOTTERY is approved by the British Gaming
Board.To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduaciary
claims department for more infomation as regards procedures to
claimyour prize.
You are to contact the Claims Consultant:
Mr. Perry Coleman
Tel No: +447045705663
Send Fax to:-+44 7075020742
Send Fax to:-44 7075020743
Send Email to: mr_perrycoleman_claimsdept@yahoo.co.uk
(1) FULL NAME
(2) FULL ADDRESS
(3) NATIONALITY.
(4) AGE
(5) OCCUPATION
(6 )TELEPHONE NUMBER
(7) SEX
(8) TOTAL AMOUNT WON
(9) COUNTRY
NOTE: YOU MUST ENDEAVOUR TO STATE THE FOLLOWING:Ticket
no:56475600545188, Serial no:2113-05, Lucky no:08-11-17-30-32-41 bonus no:47,
REFNO:BRLFGP2551256/02, so that they can attend to you timely.
*Winners are advised to keep their winning details/information from the
public to avoid Fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending the prize claim
by Winner.
*Winner under the age of 18 are automatically disqualified. *Staff of
the British Lottery are not to partake in this Lottery.
Congratulation!!
Sincerely,
Stella Roberts (Mrs)
And there was also that nice guy from Nigeria who wanted to repay his debt to me.
How can one take the internet seriously? The complexity of the software is approaching the complexity of a space shuttle mission while the functionality of it actually goes down.
Net neutrality is the least of our problems, the entire system being crap in the first place is.