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YAY! I just won the U.K. National Lottery! It came in an official email from Edgar Graham, the High Lord Potentate of the United Kingdom Foreign Disbursements Division!

All I had to do to claim my prize was send them a small prize claim fee of $2,500 U.S. to their satellite office in Sierra Leone. But with the 1.4 million pounds I've won, that's no problem! Soon, I'll be rich, so I won't need that $2,500 to make my house payment and buy my medication.

I know its real because the e-mail even gave me instructions on how to have the money wired to my account. I just had to send my account number, routing information, social security number, address, and photo-copies of my identification and passport.

The e-mail said that I shouldn't tell anybody about the prize, and if I violate the confidentiality clause, I'll lose out on the prize money. But I figure, NationStates is pretty much anonymous, right?

I think its great that the U.K. lottery can be won by an American, that's very "world without borders" of them. Especially since I don't think I ever bought a ticket.

Anyway, what do you guys think I should do with the money? I'm thinking I'll go back to college and finish my degree program in Certified Fraud Examination.

Has anybody else gotten this "You've won the U.K. Lottery" e-mail?

Anyway, what do you guys think I should do with the money?
Buy a brain? :D

I got something similar to that, but it said I won the New Zealand lottery and I had to send all that information to Equatorial Guinea.

I hate those people. Shortly after my uncle died (he lived in the UK) my mother, the poor thing, got a letter from those bastards saying she had won. She assumed her brother entered her before he died and sent off the cheque. Once you send them a cheque you never stop winning and they keep asking you to send more money, but you never get the prizes. They are filth, vultures of human misery, exploiters of the weak. She was heart broken when it was discovered it was a scam, gone were her hopes of a new car, getting a degree and having that growth removed. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

I just won a penis enlargement!

Wait....maybe I'm getting my e-mails confused.

EDIT: Damn Patra, that sucks.

did you even play this lottery??? I think if you really won it they would call you instead of just sending you an email. This sounds very dodgy indeed and I know I would be reluctant to send them all this personal information. If it's a fraud, they know you'll be over the moon to have won it, and that you're not thinking straight. So be careful and try to find out more first. If you do win, I think it's only normal to share with your NationStates buddies. We'll talk later ;)

You could buy a russian bride, a dick pump and some viagra. That's the spam-trifecta.

did you even play this lottery??? I think if you really won it they would call you instead of just sending you an email. This sounds very dodgy indeed and I know I would be reluctant to send them all this personal information. If it's a fraud, they know you'll be over the moon to have won it, and that you're not thinking straight. So be careful and try to find out more first. If you do win, I think it's only normal to share with your NationStates buddies. We'll talk later ;)

The guy isn't serious. This quote...
I'm thinking I'll go back to college and finish my degree program in Certified Fraud Examination.
Should have given you a pretty good hint.

Then again, you might know this and be replying in jest. Your post, in fact, might be sarcasm and not genuine.

Perhaps my post, right now, is a joke. Maybe I know that you know that he knows he didn't really win the lottery....

...but do I know I know? What is the Matrix?

You could buy a russian bride, a dick pump and some viagra. That's the spam-trifecta.

And oddly enough, they compliment eachother nicely. :D

did you even play this lottery??? I think if you really won it they would call you instead of just sending you an email. This sounds very dodgy indeed and I know I would be reluctant to send them all this personal information. If it's a fraud, they know you'll be over the moon to have won it, and that you're not thinking straight. So be careful and try to find out more first. If you do win, I think it's only normal to share with your NationStates buddies. We'll talk later ;)

Don't worry, I've decided to investigate before sending anything else. Mr. Graham has asked to meet me in Pahrump, a small town near Vegas, to answer my questions personally. He said I just need to bring a signed power of attorney and my most recent health exam to claim my prize. The man is clearly concerned with my welfare, as he asked several health related questions, particularly about my kidneys.

Anyway, I need to head up to meet him. He says he'll be the dark haired man in a 1976 Toronado with one headlight.

Don't worry, I've decided to investigate before sending anything else. Mr. Graham has asked to meet me in Pahrump, a small town near Vegas, to answer my questions personally. He said I just need to bring a signed power of attorney and my most recent health exam to claim my prize. The man is clearly concerned with my welfare, as he asked several health related questions, particularly about my kidneys.

Anyway, I need to head up to meet him. He says he'll be the dark haired man in a 1976 Toronado with one headlight.

Hang on! I'm getting a psychic reading on you! *Pictures Saint Curie waking up in a bathtub full of ice minus some vital organs* Ohh, never mind, probably nothing. :)

Don't worry, I've decided to investigate before sending anything else. Mr. Graham has asked to meet me in Pahrump, a small town near Vegas, to answer my questions personally. He said I just need to bring a signed power of attorney and my most recent health exam to claim my prize. The man is clearly concerned with my welfare, as he asked several health related questions, particularly about my kidneys.

Anyway, I need to head up to meet him. He says he'll be the dark haired man in a 1976 Toronado with one headlight.

Better get a few friends to follow behing in case he decides to knocks you out. :eek:

Hang on! I'm getting a psychic reading on you! *Pictures Saint Curie waking up in a bathtub full of ice minus some vital organs* Ohh, never mind, probably nothing. :)

I've always thought that was an odd aspect of the story. They cut you open and take your organs, but they leave you in ice. I'd like to think if I ever lost it and did something horrific, I'd be that courteous about it.

"Today, a goofy looking fat guy was apprehended breaking into an orphanage to steal a box of sadly outdated toys, including action figures from the late 1970's, evidently to be sold on e-bay. He was easily arrested, as he remained on the premises to sign and distribute three dozen handwritten apology notes to the children. He was dragged away from the scene, screaming 'Boba Fett! With the grapple hook rocket thingie! Boba Feeeeett!"

I've always thought that was an odd aspect of the story. They cut you open and take your organs, but they leave you in ice. I'd like to think if I ever lost it and did something horrific, I'd be that courteous about it.

"Today, a goofy looking fat guy was apprehended breaking into an orphanage to steal a box of sadly outdated toys, including action figures from the late 1970's, evidently to be sold on e-bay. He was easily arrested, as he remained on the premises to sign and distribute three dozen handwritten apology notes to the children. He was dragged away from the scene, screaming 'Boba Fett! With the grapple hook rocket thingie! Boba Feeeeett!"

I know, what IS up with the ice thing? Wouldn't they take all your organs? Did he only have room in the back of his car for the kidneys [after disposing of the useless bags of ice he bought earlier]?

I know, what IS up with the ice thing? Wouldn't they take all your organs? Did he only have room in the back of his car for the kidneys [after disposing of the useless bags of ice he bought earlier]?

Not all your organs are really worth anything on the black market. And they can't take any organs that might leave you dead, because then they can be convicted of murder.

Not all your organs are really worth anything on the black market. And they can't take any organs that might leave you dead, because then they can be convicted of murder.

Yeah but you think a guy who slices out your Kidneys to sell them is going to care about the legality of it enough not to kill you as well. Enabling him to harvest the lungs and heart! Am I just a sick whacko?

LOL heres a scam that can be use to scare anyone. All you have to do is knock out the intended victim in anyway.Then place the victim in a tub of cold water or ice mixed with red food clouring. cut a small cut on the victims back or side. Then plcae a note telling them that if tehy want their kidney back they have to pay you a large sum of money.

Well, this settles what I should do with my millions of pounds from the U.K. Lottery. I'm going to start a foundation to train organ thieves in septic surgical techniques and post-operative care standards.

Or maybe I'll lobby the government to allow more research that might one day make it practical and common to grow even major organs on demand from the patient own genetic material.

And buy a Bentley. I want a Bentley.

LOL heres a scam that can be use to scare anyone. All you have to do is knock out the intended victim in anyway.Then place the victim in a tub of cold water or ice mixed with red food clouring. cut a small cut on the victims back or side. Then plcae a note telling them that if tehy want their kidney back they have to pay you a large sum of money.

Tough to pull off though, otherwise I'd probably do it.

An email I got today (they always come up with new scam ideas... tsk tsk...)


Dear Sir,

I am Dr. Jan Misianik. and I represent Mr.
MikhailKhordokovsky the former C.E.O of Yukos Oil Company in Russia. I have
a very sensitive and confidential brief from this top (oligarch) to ask for
your partnership in re-profiling funds over US$450 million. I will give the
details, but in summary, the funds are coming via Bank Menatep. This is a
legitimate transaction. You will be paid 4% for your "ManagementFees".

If you are interested, please write back by email:
{Janmisianik@excite.com} and provide me with your confidential telephone
number,fax number and email address and I will provide further
details and instructions. Please keep this confidential; we can?t afford
more political problems. Finally, please note that this must be concluded
within two weeks. Please write back promptly.Write me back. I look forward
to it.

Regards,

Dr. Jan Misianik.

If anyone feels like adding the email address Janmisianik@excite.com or misi_j@tiscali.co.uk to spam lists, hacker sites, crack sites and whatnot - go ahead. It's for the good of mankind :D

Don't worry, I've decided to investigate before sending anything else. Mr. Graham has asked to meet me in Pahrump, a small town near Vegas, to answer my questions personally.
Well that should tell you that it's legit right there. No one in their right mind would go to Pahrump unless they REALLY had to. ;)

Yes... I'm from Northern Nevada, why do you ask?

Ein Deutscher']An email I got today (they always come up with new scam ideas... tsk tsk...)


If anyone feels like adding the email address Janmisianik@excite.com or misi_j@tiscali.co.uk to spam lists, hacker sites, crack sites and whatnot - go ahead. It's for the good of mankind :D

Knowing Yukos Oil, this could actually be the genuine way they do business.

*Sigh* a sickening scam.

Heh. They sent me a scam e-mail once. Told me I'd won a holiday in Paris. All I had to do was send them a £400 fee to South Africa. :rolleyes:

I replied with a self-downloading worm. :D

I doubt they were stupid enough to open the E-mail, but I haven't been scammed since. Well, actually I got one from someone claiming to be the Zimbabwe Militia, asking for donations to fund a military coup(??)

I just deleted that one. I'm not going there, no way.

hey, you won the UK lottery aswell. but did you get personally asked by the finance minister of liberia to help him embesle money he aqcuired when the country broke up?

strangely the second one got to me about a week after equilibrium was released on the p2p networks(the city in the movie is called liberia)

Ein Deutscher']An email I got today (they always come up with new scam ideas... tsk tsk...)


If anyone feels like adding the email address Janmisianik@excite.com or misi_j@tiscali.co.uk to spam lists, hacker sites, crack sites and whatnot - go ahead. It's for the good of mankind :D


I love how they always need to "keep it private" to avoid any further problems. there is also always a sense of urgency.
The sad thing is, that someone out there has been tricked by these. Probably more people than we would believe. Some will report it, but too many wont admit it due to feeling embarassed.

You should email back saying by shear coincidence, they've won the US lottery and all they have to do to claim it, is send you their bank account details, passport and a cheque for $3000.
It might work. Best do it with a quickly made-up-never-to-be-used-again email address though.

I once saw a bit of a docu on TV about these scammers, and they interviewed some people taken in by them. One poor bloke had sent them thousands of dollars and was still convinced that he only needed to send money to cover the next 'unexpected and unfortunate new incurred cost' to get his share in the millions being funnelled out of some African state in crisis.
He had got himself to such a state that he unconsciously unwilling to accept he'd been scammed. So he just kept going.
It was really sad and pitiful.

It's interesting that people keep winning foreign lotteries so often, but never even once win the lottery of their own country. I should start moving around between a few countries, just to confuse them.