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how to win the lottery..
Actually, I win lotteries every day.I must be some kind of an expert, right? I get e-mails announcing that I have won this or that lottery at least a dozen times a week. That doesn’t include all the notices I get that somebody is holding a large sum of money for me. Call me a lucky guy.
Did you see where this Senator Gregg who just got nominated to be Secretary of Commerce is a lottery winner, too? He already had a nice pile from his ancestral banking legacy. Then, he went out and won 850k playing Powerball. Another lucky guy.
I have never even played the lottery which makes my amazing success even more bizarre. I love reading my e-mail. I open the spam folder just to make sure I don’t miss any other wonderful offers or opportunities to get even luckier.
This one just arrived:
- Dear Friend, Due to your effort,sincerity,courage and trustworthiness you showed at the course of the transaction I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with the sum of $5,000,000.00 Five Million United State Of America Dollars I have authorized Mr Frank B.James where I deposited my money to issue you international certified bank draft cashable at your bank. My dear friend I want you to contact Mr Frank B.James for the collection of this international certified bank draft.The name and contact address of the Mr Frank B.James is as follows. Name: Mr Frank B.James Email: bish_frank26@yahoo.com.hk Tell:+234-802 3032 882 Fax: 206-33-0779 Thank you and God bless you and your family,please do not fail to render help to the poor out of the money.Thanks.Melford Smith.
Wow! Don’t call him before I do! That’s my money! Here’s another one. Note that they usually address me as their “dear friend.” Isn’t it wonderful to have so many friends all over the world? I have hundreds of new friends in Nigeria and Bulgaria alone. I cannot wait to visit all of them! In these difficult financial times it it such a joy to have so many generous friends!
Dear friend:
i would like to introduce a good company who trades mainly in electornic products.Now the company is under sales promotion,all the products are sold nearly at its cost.Original Products + Best Quality + Brand New + Warranty + Quick Shipping + 100% Secure . the price is a surprising happiness to you!It is realy a good chance for shopping., please contact them as soon as possible!!!!
Wow! I could not put it any better than that. Every day when I open my e-mail I find even more SURPRISING HAPPINESS!
Hey, what’s that lovely odor wafting out of the kitchen? Oh my, I am such a lucky guy, it’s fried SPAM!
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm…every day is my lucky day!
Vick Mickunas
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By NJErber
February 6, 2009 10:39 PM | Link to this
Not sure if this site is vengeful or just hilarious: http://www.419eater.com/ They’ve gotten Nigerian scammers to carve busts out of wood and do other goofy stuff like dress up as women or read the entirety of a Douglas Adams novel.By vick
February 4, 2009 5:32 PM | Link to this
haha…I’m not going near that one….By lmj
February 4, 2009 2:58 PM | Link to this
I wonder about the ones I get to “enhance my size”. I don’t think my husband would like that.