Makes a Change
Beats the "You need a bigger penis" crap lol
Google slips Reg reader £500k!!!!!
We've decided to give Google a break this afternoon, and have curtailed the usual Reg whining about the search monolith's dark ambitions to enslave humanity to its will, using stored search data and Orwellian black Opels. The reason? The following astounding missive from Google Ghana. No we didn't realise Google had a Ghanaian …
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bad scammers is bad
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/google-anniversary-lottery-scam.shtml
uh yea im from microsoft just ignore my hotmail address....i prefer to you use it for my business emails. Seriosuly how dumb can people get?
Paris coz shes been slipped more than $500k..
To be fair...
To be fair tho', Steve... you *do* need a bigger penis!
look elsewhere for title
the part about "their for-profit philanthropic wing (GOOGLE.ORG)" is simple to true for this mail to be a fake
shite
If any spanners fall for this shite still then they deserve to lose money!!!
Monkey..
provide my email address?
I particularly like that you're asked to provide your email address to the 'paying Centre in Accra Ghana'
Erm, didn't YOU just email me?
Anniversary....
And obviously Google have short memory (in need of data mining... or just Google it)... they don't exactly remember if they started in 1998 or 1999 which explain de 6th 0ct 2008/2009 date.
But Mr Akambi assured me, my check is in the post... Don't tell him it was my wife that replied, I don't want to be disqualified.
no mailing address
... the reply to address and from address. The from is @msn the reply to is yahoo, there is no mailing address. this wouldn't have even been opened in my spam box!
Long Anniversary
"held on 0ct 6th,2008/2009"
I'm impressed that their anniversary celebrations are spanning the entire year. Even more so that they've apparently created the new month of Zeroctober just for this event too.
500,000 GB Poun
This message is not promising you £500,000. I wonder how much a GB Poun is worth though... For all you know 500K might not even be worth a pint down the pub :oD
Lucky
Can you add me to the winners list as i seem to have recieved the same e-mail and won 500,000.00 pouns.
Sweet.
British Poun's worth
"I wonder how much a GB Poun is worth though..."
About 20% more than the US Poun
Exchange Rates
I think the current exchange rate is about 98 Sense per GB Poun... So about one Dollhair to the Poun.
At the pub I think 500000 GB Poun wil get you 784 carats worth of Kilkenny if you buy by wieght
I can beat that...
Google are cheapskates. I've just been awarded £1M quid from the "Barclays Premier League Grant programme". And my name isn't even Sven Goran Ericsson!
Wisely, they inform me that I should "take time and thought in investing the funds wisely on a project that will stand the test of time."
Any suggestions?
I developed CRM...
... I am very proud of it.
The Award Reference code help us track each of the 20 winners effortlessly. You will see an example below...
Award Reference code: GOOGLE568A2008
Please note "2008", which is our Year-1 system. It's ingenious. No-one else does it.
Our File Number tracks every conversation with each of the 20 Winners. As you can see:
File number: G245
In case you are wondering - G245 represents the first conversation. G246 will be the second etc. Really easy huh?
I am available for hire by Reg readers. I have big CV - mainly working for governments and large consultancy firms. Call me.
Still......
....at least they didn't ask for your bank account and sort code
Variation on a theme.
I got offered Horny Goat Powder the other day. Made me chuckle anyway :p
The worrying thing
is that if they actually made a bit of an effort, it would be so much more convincing. ie realising that people in Britain/England don't actually say great british pounds, they tend to use the rather more convenient pound sign (£ for the yanks, not #), or say Sterling.
And, of course, the Ghana address might also have tipped it.
Re:Variation on a theme.
Instant goats? How novel.
I must get some so that I can sprinkle it on my mate's Axminster carpet. He's having it professionally shampooed next week and I like a good practical joke.
Pouns
Dahhh!!!! This guys knowledge of the UK currency id obviously based on the poetry of Ewan McTeagle,
Can I hav fifty pouns to mend the shed?
I'm right on my uppers.
I can pay you back
When this postal order comes from Australia.
Honestly.
Hope the bladder trouble's geting better.
Love, Ewan
Yeah, pure Monty Python
DAM! Telephone number doesn't work!!!!!!!
How do I claim now! :-(
Though intrestingly, drop the zero after the country code, and the number rings:
00233 54 292 47 48
No one picked up mind.
Tip from my hedge fund manager (new hedge arrives next week)
>Wisely, they inform me that I should "take time and thought in investing the funds wisely on a >project that will stand the test of time."
>
>Any suggestions?
Invest in pyramids. They've been around for longer than anyone can remember and they're a great way of hiding your old stiffs while simultaneously attracting tourists. They're a popular investment at the moment, just ask around. Most people have heard of pyramid schemes. Surprised you couldn't find out about them on Google really.
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