British Lottery Board scam I received today
Dear British Lottery Board,
I am thrilled to hear that I have won a million pounds, especially considering that the current exchange rate nearly doubles my winnings in U.S. dollars. Unfortunately, before I take the steps to process my claim, I must ask you a few questions.
1. I was unable to find a British Lottery Board presence on the Internet, except for a few hundred pages detailing British Lottery Board scams. Please send me a link to your official website.
2. Your e-mail was sent to me, curiously, not from a federal UK address, but from Charter.net, a public access Internet company. Please explain this discrepancy.
3. The British are known worldwide for their excellent literary prose, yet the first sentence of your British Lottery Board scam e-mail contains a verb in the wrong tense. The final four lines of your e-mail contain seven omissions or faulty uses of punctuation. Why was this so poorly written?
If you're going to set up a viable scam, at least take the time and financial outlay to set up a fake website and purchase the domain. Hire a writer to create content that makes sense. And for fuck's sake, use the spell and grammar check. You can compensate me for these invaluable tips at the original sum of my winnings, £1,000,000, forthwith.
Dr. M.A.B.
——- Original Message ——- From: "BRITISH LOTTERY BOARD"
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 8:24 PM
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS**YOU HAVE BEEN ***AWARDED
Your email address have won you £1,000,000.00 pounds
Please contact Dr. Jayne Anderson, for more info.
consultant.claimsdept77@hotmail.co.uk
Your email was attached to ticket number (56475600545188)
Please send your name address country to her for claim process.
I am thrilled to hear that I have won a million pounds, especially considering that the current exchange rate nearly doubles my winnings in U.S. dollars. Unfortunately, before I take the steps to process my claim, I must ask you a few questions.
1. I was unable to find a British Lottery Board presence on the Internet, except for a few hundred pages detailing British Lottery Board scams. Please send me a link to your official website.
2. Your e-mail was sent to me, curiously, not from a federal UK address, but from Charter.net, a public access Internet company. Please explain this discrepancy.
3. The British are known worldwide for their excellent literary prose, yet the first sentence of your British Lottery Board scam e-mail contains a verb in the wrong tense. The final four lines of your e-mail contain seven omissions or faulty uses of punctuation. Why was this so poorly written?
If you're going to set up a viable scam, at least take the time and financial outlay to set up a fake website and purchase the domain. Hire a writer to create content that makes sense. And for fuck's sake, use the spell and grammar check. You can compensate me for these invaluable tips at the original sum of my winnings, £1,000,000, forthwith.
Dr. M.A.B.
——- Original Message ——- From: "BRITISH LOTTERY BOARD"
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 8:24 PM
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS**YOU HAVE BEEN ***AWARDED
Your email address have won you £1,000,000.00 pounds
Please contact Dr. Jayne Anderson, for more info.
consultant.claimsdept77@hotmail.co.uk
Your email was attached to ticket number (56475600545188)
Please send your name address country to her for claim process.
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