there are scams then there is idiocy...

[Mike70]

i got this in my yahoo mail this morning. wow! i've won 800,000 pounds for having an email account with yahoo. whatever. the english is so poor in this email that it makes me laugh. YAHOO INTERNET AWARDS 2008 Yahoo Awards Center 124 Stockport Road, Longsight, London M60 2DB United Kingdom. Dear Email Owner, CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!& nbsp; This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of GBP800,000,00 British Pounds (Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds). Only for the email users this 2008 Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO INTERNET AWARDS 2008. Yahoo! Collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online this 2008, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and few from other e-mail providers. 12 people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners this month of JUNE 2008. PAYMENT OF PRIZE / CLAIMS Winners shall be paid in accordance with their Settlement Centers. Yahoo Prize Award must be claime d not less than 3Weeks from the date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited and returned to its source as unclaimed Prize/Fund. STATED BELOW ARE YOUR IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS: BATCH NUMBER: MFI/07/APA-53659 REFERENCE NUMBER: 2008234523 FILE NUMBER: YAHOO/UK76-441/08 You are Advised to contact your Claim Agent with the below contact details and forward your winning and personal identification numbers to him: CLAIM AGENT NAME : MR DON SMITH TEL : +44-703 1893507 ; +44-703 1893782 CONTACT E-MAIL: worldwilde_international_agent11@yahoo.com PERSONAL E-MAIL: donsmith_worldworld_agent_1@yahoo.com You are advised to send the below following informations to your claim agent to enable him facilitate the release of your fund to you by our Paying Bank. 1. Your Full name: 2. Your Country: 3. Contact Address: 4. Telephone Number: 5. Fax Number: 6. Marital Status: 7. Occupation: 8. Sex: 9. Age: Congratulations!!! Once again. Yours in service, Mrs Susan Robson. (Awards Notification Officer) you have seriously got to be kidding me right? are there people the still actually fall for this sort of thing?

[Yojimbo]

NOTICE TO ALL HOMEPAGE OF THE DEAD MEMBERS! This official notice is for purpose of notification of your award winning status. Congratulations! You have been declared as winner of a substantial reward for your devote to George Romero from a member of auspicious royalty who cares to remain anonymous also loving of the Romero cinemas. All that needed for the claim of your substantial reward is to send $10.00 cash monies (for the claim processing fees) to following addresses: George Romero Loving Foundation 1221-081 Benton Ave. Karach, Nigera 8088 You must to be reply immediate or forfeit the prize and all your base are ours. (Sorry, could not resist)

[mista_mo]

NOTICE TO ALL FAILURES! This official notice is for purpose of notification of your incredible failing at pretty much everything. f*ck you! You have been declared as a huge loser for your complete and utter ability to do nothing right from a number of family and friends who utterly despise you and wish you no longer existed. You really don't gotta do a goddman thing, because we have allready printed off the certificates showing your failure so that the entire world can see! We do however, demand $9000 Imperial credits for the creation of the papers and liscences (and just because you won't need the goddamn money you loser) to the following address: EFG incorporated 9021-034 mudkips lane. Quasideomeland, Sweden 51911 If you don't reply in 2 minutes then we will still ship it anyway, and just charge your credit card $9000 (your credit card numbers/bank accounts, as well as your phone number and address and e-mail are all known). You also forefit your life and hand your soul over to us if you fail to respond. (not directed at you yojimbo, but I haven't slept in a day or so and felt like being semi creative)

[Legion2213]

I won 750.000 Euros in the "Spanish Lottery" a few years ago...they actually sent me a real bonafide snail-mail letter as well, none of that cheap-ass email scamming, this was the real deal. I wish I'd kept the letter now.

[Tricky]

If you havent entered something then you havent won anything, thats the rule of thumb with these scams, I cant believe people actually fall for them, but a scary amount do!

[Yojimbo]

NOTICE TO ALL FAILURES! This official notice is for purpose of notification of your incredible failing at pretty much everything. f*ck you! You have been declared as a huge loser for your complete and utter ability to do nothing right from a number of family and friends who utterly despise you and wish you no longer existed. You really don't gotta do a goddman thing, because we have allready printed off the certificates showing your failure so that the entire world can see! We do however, demand $9000 Imperial credits for the creation of the papers and liscences (and just because you won't need the goddamn money you loser) to the following address: EFG incorporated 9021-034 mudkips lane. Quasideomeland, Sweden 51911 If you don't reply in 2 minutes then we will still ship it anyway, and just charge your credit card $9000 (your credit card numbers/bank accounts, as well as your phone number and address and e-mail are all known). You also forefit your life and hand your soul over to us if you fail to respond. (not directed at you yojimbo, but I haven't slept in a day or so and felt like being semi creative) Yojimbo declares Mista Mo winner of the creative spam contest. All our base belong to him!