Friday, March 13, 2009

I won the lottery

Can you believe it? Well I can't but I can pretend. Well I supposedly won the Australian lottery today. I didn't even know I had entered. Not to mention they let you know by email. How cool is that????

Anyways, I got an email today saying that I had won and while I peed my pants from excitement read the fine print I decided it had to be a scam. This is what the email said.


We wish to inform you of your prize released on the first of this month from the Australia International Lottery programmer.

Therefore, you hereby have been approved a lump sum of US$700,000.00 (DOLLARS) in Cash credit file ref OHUI/IT 34198/09 from the total cash prize of US$5,600,000.00 (DOLLARS) shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.

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HOW TO CLAIM YOUR prizes;
Simply contact NatWest BANK PLC LONDON
Contact: Dr. Kelvin Gate.
E-mail: natwestbankplconlinebanking1@googlemail.com
Customer Service Unit Phone: +447031995651
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Note: Don not reply to this mail you are to reply to the natwest bankplc London.

Best regards,
Mr. Peter Bern (Coordinator)

Well, I guess I didn't win the lottery. But maybe I should buy some lottery tickets...could this be a sign?

On a side note -- anyone noticed how many Australia incidences have been in my life this past week?

2 comments:

Emily said...

aww what a let down. then again i guess the first sign that it was a scam should have been the typo in "do not reply to this email".

ugh. scams are WHACK.

Unknown said...

I get emails like that about viagra. Think someone is trying to tell me something?

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