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Congratulations are in order.  Maybe. I am a new multi-millionaire.

Rather, I would be a multi-millionaire if I respond to these e-mails.
  • Morgan David & Associates from Bristol England stated I am the beneficiary of over 8 million pounds. The firm broke the delicate news about an unknown patron with  "Dear Sir/Madam."

  • Chan from China, a former investment banker, wrote that his former employers have asked him to contact me and let me know that if I do not accept $15.7 million dollars from an American account, they will keep the money forever.  All I need to do is give them my phone number and date of birth.

  • Mr. Oyi John, of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, wrote that I must prove I am not dead. Otherwise, someone named Mr. Jones McBolt will transfer $2.5 million from my account into his. There is a hitch. How shall I prove that I am the one and only living Charbel Aad?

  • Mrs. Anthonia Emma has been instructed to pay me $1.5 million. It will be paid in amounts of $5,000, three times a day until the end of the year. And guess what? This same message was sent to me by the Western Union Office.

  • A British citizen named Mr. George Clesse, working as a financial manager for the Chevron British Oil Company, wants to strike a secret deal with me. Shh! He says he is willing to give me half of $13.1 million from a client in Mexico, with whom he has lost touch and who he thinks was murdered by drug lords. All I have to do is contact a certain London bank and so forth and so on.

  • Olarn Chaipravat sent me a top secret message. So secret and so long, I have no idea how much I will be receiving. I just must make sure I don't tell anyone. He did say "Good luck."

  • London barrister Ken Cole sent me an email because my surname is similar to his deceased client and no closest of kin has stepped up to claim $32 million. I must send him my contact information tout de suite so he and I can get our money ASAP.

  •  Yahoo/msn sent me a brief congratulatory note saying that I have won a computer balloting sweepstakes. Just email it back and I will soon receive an undisclosed sum. Whoopee!

  • Some unknown person wrote that I have won 815,950 euros in a Spanish sweepstake and all information could be found on the attached Word file. I just can't decide if I want to chance getting my computer possibly infected. Do I really want to be stuck with euros?

  • Someone named MARIA CRISTINA GAMBOA just wrote to get in touch with her pronto. A very legitimate transaction awaits me.

  • Madam Janina Tom is dying and she wants her $$ to go to someone who would be willing to meet her conditions. If I accept, I would give 50% to charity and use the other 50 percent to invest as I see fit and to "support and establish" her house girl when she comes to meet me.  Madam, huh?

  • Mr. James Schoenberg, secretary (U.N.) wrote that he has $2.3 million to give me for overdue payments. FedEx will deliver my $$ once I give him the essential contact information.

  • The Yahoo International Lottery in Thailand sent me a notice that I am one of 25 people who have won $1 million. If it's from Yahoo, it must be legitimate.
So, there you go. I could be a multi-millionaire.

Unfortunately, and not so regrettably, I chose to respond to these e-mails by forwarding them to spam@uce.gov.

Just think.
I could've bought myself

a bunch of these boots—one for

each day of the year.

Comments

  1. My goodness, you could be a billionaire in a blink of an eye, if you would just give up your phone number and your birthday!

    And to think, all of these winning notifications are from around the world!

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  2. Those spammers really have your number, don't they?! The sad thing is, there are many people naive enough to fall for that mess!

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  3. I really hate getting such e-mails.. they are really time wasters.. which get junked out straight away.

    Do they really thing we are so easy to be conned?

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  4. I don't like getting these message either.

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  5. Oh, I get these too! I am considering quitting my job. With all these millions, do I really need to work?

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  6. The most fascinating one was the transfer of $2.5 million from your account into his. Have you really got $2.5M hanging around in your account? If so, I need some work done on my car.

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  7. I didn't even know there was a place to forward spam. Sounds like a good idea! Maybe they can actually catch some of these annoying spammers.

    Fun post. I'm always amazed that they think anyone would fall for these scams. Then, I learn about someone that DID fall for them and am even more amazed.

    =)

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  8. Does a little age make us wise and not fall for con tricks??? My banker thought I was falling for a con trick because I sold some foreign stock and presented a "weird looking" check. It looked like one of those dummy checks. I'm glad someone is looking out for me. Ha Manzanita

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  9. You really get hit hard with them. I only get the chance to cash their checks about once every few months..lol...

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  10. I hate spam.. so boring.. I delete so much of it EVERY day.. sigh. AND THEN, my comments on half the blogs I go to, land in spam! Grrr.

    Maggy

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  11. wild boots and funny post!
    I usually erase my span 50 comments at a time... {:-Deb

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  12. LOVE this. I get a few of these, but THIS is a treasure trove. And have you ever wondered why you are such an attractor of spam? Could it be your magnetic personality?

    (Here from Alphabe-Thursday, nice to meet you.)

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  13. Next time we see a limousine drive by, we'll know that someone gave out their name and birthday. How else could they possible afford a limousine, after all?

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  14. Thank you, one and all, for reading my long post and giving me your loving feedback.

    The husband told me that I can now also bounce the spam back to the sender, after I've forwarded it to the place that takes reported spam. It's spam@uce.gov, if you're wondering. Who knows, maybe spammers will hook onto that address and send their spam directly to it. Now, that's funny!

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  15. Thanks for the tip and the email

    I used to get those Nigerian ones .

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  16. ...and you're ignoring them all? :)
    Wouldn't life be so sweet if it were true, we get inundated with Africans devising similar cons to the above - so boring now

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  17. ...and you're ignoring them all? :)
    Wouldn't life be so sweet if it were true, we get inundated with Africans devising similar cons to the above - so boring now

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  18. My spam filters must be better than I realized. It's been ages since I've seen any of these.

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  19. I think we should create a club of new millionaires, because I am in the same case as you ! I don't know what to do with all this money !!

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  20. Hahaha!!! I am impressed that you had those hanging about to share with us! I wish I had thought of that! Instead, when I see those show up in my inbox (I think "Yeah, right." as I send them to my "Report spam" box.) It would have been interesting to see just how many of those goofy emails I have received!

    Lovely boots, by the way :o)

    Blessings & Aloha!
    OH, I have to admit...maybe its my hubby's Hawaiian influence and how Spam (the canned meat) is so popular in Hawaii...that when I read your title...I thought you were talking about that "Spam"! lol

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  21. Oh man!

    I feel all kinds of cheated now.

    I thought they were only writing to me.

    OK. I guess I'll just let you answer them then!

    Thanks for the wonderfully silly link to Alphabe-Thursday's letter "S" this week.

    I really enjoyed my stop here.

    A+

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