January 23rd, 2008 at 9:41pm | 162 views
I always wonder if people fall for gimmicks like this. I imagine that at least a few do, otherwise people would not continue to send out garbage like this.
Do not fall for emails like this. Never respond to them nor send your personal information to them.
From: British National Lottery. (cvmiller@purdue.edu)
Sent: Sat 1/26/08 8:46 PM
Reply-to: tnt_deptcourier121@hotmail.com
British National Lottery.
28 Tan Field Road,
Croydon, London.
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement of the UK National Lottery Online Promo Programme held on the 29th of December 2007. We have been sending this notice to you but this is the last as we are about distributing
winnings to winners.The draw was done electronically with several email addresses provided to this office by microsoft to enhance the utilization of the internet.Your email address was attached to Reference Number UK/9420X2/68 and
was picked as one of the ten winning email addresses.
This has qualified you to claim the total cash prize Of £753,437(Seven Hundred and Fifty Three Thousand, Four Hundred and Thirty Seven Pound Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of
£7,534,370.00 shared amongst the first ten (10) lucky winners in this category B.Therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it.Your winnings will be issued to you as soon as you are to contact our AFFILIATE COURIER COMPANY for
delivery of your winning certificate and winning cheque of 753,437.Pounds..Kindly provide us with the information requested below accurately to help us deliver your package as the information provided will be used to contact you and the address provided is where your winning package will be shipped Claims Processing Form.
(Fill And Send To The Courier Company)
Contact Name:
Residential Address:
City:
State:
Postal Code:
Country:
Telephone Ext.:
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June 30th, 2007 at 1:57pm | 15 views
I got this in an email from my best friend. While cleaning out my inbox, I thought I would share…
After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, “I love you, but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you.”
The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my Mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally.
That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie. “What’s wrong, are you well,” she asked? My Mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news.
“I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you, “I responded “just the two of us.” She thought about it for a moment, and then said, “I would like that very much.”
That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our date. She waited in the door with her coat on. She had curled her hair and was staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips. “It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small, “she said. “Then it’s time that you relax and let me return the favor,” I responded. During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each other’s life. We talked so much that we missed the movie. As we arrived at her house later, she said, “I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.” I agreed. “How was your dinner date?” asked my wife when I got home. “Very nice, much more so than I could have imagined,” I answered.
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June 29th, 2007 at 1:01am | 28 views
Two years ago, I received the following email:
From : BMG Music Service
Reply-To : “BMG Music Service”
Sent : Monday, May 9, 2005 3:12 PM
To : missnexus@[domain withheld].com
Subject : Notice of Class Action Settlement
You are receiving this email because you may be entitled to benefits under a pending class action settlement. If you were a member of a BMG Music Service Club and paid shipping and handling charges for delivery of Club items during the period from June 14, 1998 through February 1, 2005, then click below for more information on the class action
settlement of Stelk v. BeMusic, Inc.
And it had the following URL at the bottom of the email:
http://www.bmgmusic.com/stelk/settlement
Unfortunately the URLabove no longer works. I wonder what the status of the class action law suit is. Please leave a comment if you have any updates.
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May 1st, 2007 at 11:57pm | 11 views
From: GoDaddy.com
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Your refund for ICANN Fee overpayment
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Dear Rashaan,
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN(R)) recently agreed to reduce their Registrar Transaction Fee from $.25 to $.22. What does this mean for you?
Good news. You have been credited $.03/yr for each domain name you registered or renewed dating back to July 1, 2006* — $.03 has been placed into your Go Daddy(R) account with this customer number: XXXXXXX.
Your in-store credit will be applied to your purchases at GoDaddy.com(R) until it’s gone or for up to 12 months, whichever comes sooner. If you have any questions, please contact a customer service representative at 480-505-8877.
http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default.asp?isc=XXXXXX
As always, thank you for being a Go Daddy customer.
Sincerely,
Bob Parsons
CEO and Founder
GoDaddy.com
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*Store credit not redeemable for cash. Credit is ONLY eligible for domains registered or renewed during the listed period. Accounts not listed in this email do not qualify for a refund.
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Copyright (C) 2007 GoDaddy.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Wow… ICANN, you really just made my day with a payout of an entire .03. Truly amazing. That is what customer service is all about folks.
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September 7th, 2006 at 6:07pm | 31 views
GMail offers POP/SMTP access to its email. Here are the settings:
POP server: pop.gmail.com.
Port: 995.
Require SSL: Yes.
User name: your Gmail email address.
Make sure your user name includes both your Gmail account name and “@gmail.com”. If your Gmail account name is “qwertz.qwertz”, for example, type “qwertz.qwertz@gmail.com” as the user name.
Password: your Gmail password.
SMTP server: smtp.gmail.com.
Port: 465.
Require SSL/STARTTLS: Yes.
Require SMTP authentication: Yes.
User name: your Gmail email address.
Password: your Gmail password.
Source: Iopus.com
Full Description: Mail.Google.com
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