Friday 19 February 2010

Biggest Winner? Me. Goodbye Losers

When I started this blog, my stated goal was to win £500k on the exchanges and retire.

Thanks to a completely unexpected and truly wonderful e-mail that I received today, (see below) my funds will very shortly be boosted by another £700k so who cares about the exchanges any more? Not me mateys!

With my goal thus reached, I bid you all farewell with my best wishes for the future.

Thanks, and good luck.

Cassini

From: Microsoft Promotion
Sent: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:20
Subject: You Have Won Microsoft Promo


Microsoft® Award Team/Claims Office
Microsoft Corporation
#1 Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052.
*************************

Dear lucky winner,
This is to inform you that your email has won a consolation prize of the Microsoft Corporation EMAIL DRAW Today. Your email has won you £700,000.00 (Seven Hundred Thousand Great british Pounds) To claim your prize, please contact your fiduciary agent Barr.Arthur James Esq with your Batch #:409978E and Reference No:FL/668530092 and contact him via email immediately within 24hrs.with the information below.

Barr.Arthur James Esq
Microsoft Promotion Award Team
Head Winning Claims Dept.
Tel; +44-703-597-7317
Fax: +44-7006-062-478
Email: barrarthurjamesuk.micro@live.com
==============================================================
CERTIFICATE OF PRIZE CLAIM(Receipt Official Notification Letter)
==============================================================
1.Full Name:..............
2.Address:................
3.Marital Status:..................
4..Occupation :..............`
5.Age:..............
6.Sex:.................
7.Nationality:...........
8.Tel:..............

Via Email: barrarthurjamesuk.micro@live.com
Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates.We wish
you the best of luck.Thank you for being part of our promotional award
program and commemorative Anniversary Draws.
Sincerely,

Mrs Anita Lopez
Head Customercare Service
Microsoft Promotion.

7 comments:

Nick said...

It's not April 1st yet is it or am I stuck in a time warp?

Anonymous said...

YOU MUST BE KIDDING RIGHT?

700k was the consolation prize, wonder how big was the big winner.

youll be missed :-(

labro

Anonymous said...

By the way, dont forget to ask for cash only :-)

I wonder how many people really fall for those kind of emails.

Nice blog

Labro

Swearbox said...

ROFL....dunno if you're familiar with this site but it's all to do with the world of email scammers, primarily from Nigeria; there's some really funny stuff on there and well worth looking through...

www.419eater.com

Swearbox

Anonymous said...

Hi Dad, was just wondering how much of this prize will be heading my way?

Your loving son
Alex

Anonymous said...

I won the very same prize some time ago!
Needless to say, I have never worked since telling my boss where to go :(

Anonymous said...

I wonder how many bank accounts and loans they get by sending the (GULLIBLE)'Winners Information' to their own friends who live in different countries?