Sometimes, spam is just weird

[fitzw]

Last night, I received an email purporting to be from the FBI...
...telling me that I had won the lottery:

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Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI Seattle Division
1110 Third Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101-2904

Attention: Fund Beneficiary,

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has discovered through our
intelligence Monitoring Network that you eligible to receive the sum of
$2,000,000.00 USD from the National Lottery Program.

Please contact the Head of Operations Dr. Malcolm Edey, Spring Bank Plc.

Dr. Malcolm Edey (Head of Operations)
International Remittance Department
Telephone: +xxx x xxx xxxx
Facsimile: +xxx x xxx xxxx
E-Mail: xxxxxx@xxxxx.com

If you need to contact me at any stage please do not hesitate to call (xxx)
xxx-xxxx.

Sincerely,

Laura M. Laughlin (Special Agent-in-Charge)

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I x'd out the contact information.

Comments

[handymonkey]

Everyone thought the FBI was reading their mail. Lyle *knew* they were.

[harpnfiddle.livejournal.com]

Silly goose - you could be rich, rich, rich. Of course it's real. That's why all of the million other 1st place winners email back. ;)

[ellid.livejournal.com]

I keep getting e-mails from the kindly folks at Chase Bank telling me to contact them about my account. Too bad the spammers kindy folks didn't know that I don't have a Chase account, credit card, or anything else....

[silverhawkdruid.livejournal.com]

You know what? I'd be tempted to snailmail them a letter enclosing the info you received and ask them for your money. ;-)
I didn't know the FBI ran the Lottery in America. I wonder if the Secret Service run ours over here. LOL