I got one of those a few mnoths back aswell.
Apparently I had won the Spanish lottery and had to fill out the
attached form and return it to claim my winnings.
Wonder where they got my name and address from?
On 15/12/06, Proinnsias Breathnach <proinnsias at linux.ie> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 08:26:49PM +0100, Brian Foster wrote:
> > profuse apologies, this has nothing whatsoever to do with
> > Linux or FLOSS,
> (Or indeed Ireland ... but hey - apology accepted !)
>> > who on Earth would fall for a mis-spelt English letter sent
> > from Spain to an address in France "promising" money for
> > nothing?
> > are the fraudsters really rolling in lots'o'money? — it cost
> > 0.57 € to snail-mail this obvious bit of phishing, plus paper,
> > envelopes, &tc, so the sums would (seem to) quickly add up.
> It gets better .. (Read "Tuesdays with Mantu" if you get a chance .. )
>> The real question now is :
> Is that 0.57 Euro or 0.57 Cent ?
>> (With apologies to verizon !!)
>> P
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