Friday - October 01, 2004

i won the Swiss lottery

If you want to win a real lottery, try some of these sites. I can’t vouch for them personally, but at least you’re entering instead of winning a lottery you never joined, as would be the case with the Swiss lotto.

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I received some spam recently that frustrated me. It wasn’t offensive or crude and I wasn’t fooled by it, but it made me upset because I knew it would work and some people would end up losing their money to the scammer. I tried to think of a way to stop the guy and came up with the idea of sending an enormous deluge of spam to the e-mail address provided in the e-mail so he wouldn’t be able to find the legitimate (if you can call them that) e-mails from people thinking they had won a lottery they hadn’t even entered, in Switzerland no less. (And out of all the categories, why the 2nd?)

The problem is that an e-mail address you want to protect from spam invariably gets pummeled with the stuff but an e-mail address that you want to get spammed does not get spammed as easily as you might think. I couldn’t think of a fast and easy way to get a whole lot of spam to go to an e-mail address.

I’ve included the text of the e-mail below. Isn’t it odd that it’s signed David Tim, yet the e-mail address to contact is kellyjones12@zwallet.com.

You’ll note the e-mail is not from Switzerland and it’s not from David Tim and with all the money they have, so much that they’re giving it to people who didn’t even know they were eligible, why can’t they afford to get an e-mail address at their own domain instead of using a free e-mail provider?

On with the letter.

FROM: UNIVERSAL STAKES LOTTERY SWITZERLAND.
REF NUMBER: 014/060/532
BATCH NUMBER: 762901-PCD03
Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the
Lottery Winners International programs held on the 3rd
of JULY, 2004. Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number 27522465896-6453 with serial number 3772-554
drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45 which consequently
won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of 2,000,000 (EUROS )
(TWO MILLION EUROS) CONGRATULATIONS!!!

For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you
keep your winning information confidential until your
claims have been processed and your money remitted to
you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program
by some participants. All participants were selected
through a computer ballot system drawn from over
20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email
addresses and names from a ll over the world. This
promotional program takes place every year. This
lottery was promoted and sponsored by eminent
personalities like the Sultan of Brunei. We look
forward to your active participation in our next year
USD50 million slot.

You are requested to contact our clearance office to
assist you with the claim and transfer of your
winnings fund into your instructed account Email
addresses PLEASE FOR MORE INFORMATIONS CONTACT THE
OFFICE kellyjones12@zwallet.com

NOTE:that all winnings must be claimed not later than
one month. After this date all unclaimed funds will be
null and void. Please note in order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications, remember to
quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any
change of address do inform our agent as soon as
possible.

Congratulations once more and thank you for being part
of our promotional program.
NOTE:YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE
BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.
Sincerely yours,
David Tim
(Lottery Coordinator)







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