Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Looks like I have now a pocket money in case I will win the trip to Thailand or Singapore. I received an e-mail that I won One Million Euros in SPONSOR BINGO LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL with subject line: SPONSOR LOTERIJ WINNE PRIJZEN. It says:

Ref.IMFD Nnumbe: 042/576/577/SD
Batch Number: 5455-98774-HG 7A
Sir/Madam
We are pleased to inform you about the result of the sponsor bingo Lotterij Winners International programs the held on the 19th of October, 2004. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 007686605- with serial number 6774-582 drew lucky numbers7-16-98-22-20-45 which consequently won in the 1st category, you havetherefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of EUR1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION EUROS)in cash credited to file REF IMFD 042/576/577/SD This is from total prize money of EUR50,000,000.00 shared among the fifty,international winners in this category. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!

The above e-mail is unedited to preserve its contents. Then, I googled the subject line and I got some links that connect the mail to Nigerian E-mail Scams. It's wonderful to have One Million Euros, I can send my children to the USA to continue their college education there and I can visit the apparition sites of Mama Mary but, unfortunately, who got the money these days to give away in the guise of lotteries? I know I didn't join any, so, why should I win?

The e-mail was long and I didn't like to bore my friends to read the full details but, if you insist, here is the link to the exact copy of the e-mail notification I received.