And all I have to do to claim my winnings is send my bank account information to some guy in Nigeria with a hotmail email address. Here is the super-official text of my winning notification:
From: House Of The Senate House
Subject: Attn
This is to officially inform you that 6.8 Million Dollars has been credited
to you. for info, contact Mr. Eric Lawal on email atmdept02@hotmail.com
providing him with your Name,age,occupation,Address.
KINDEST REGARDS,
MR DAVID MARK.
If these guys could do just a few little things better, they might get a few more suckers to reply.
- Pretend to represent entity that actually exists. “House Of The Senate House” isn’t going to cut it.
- Write a better subject line. No official notification has the subject “Attn.”
- Learn and use proper grammar, spacing, and capitalization. Presumably if you can afford to give away $6.8 million you could afford some basic education.
- Get a real domain and email address. HouseOfTheSenateHouse.com is available for like $10/year. I can’t suggest using that one, but having a legitimate domain shows you’re way more official than someone using a free hotmail account. And again, with $6.8 mil in the bank you should be able to afford it. Consider it an investment.
- Start smaller. Nobody believes they can be “credited” $6.8 million for doing nothing. Maybe if you tried $250 or $500 and said it was part of the stimulus package, you’d have a few more takers.
Since I can appreciate their entrepreneurial spirit, I’ve sent these tips to the spammers at atmdept02@hotmail.com. I’m looking forward to their response and their next attempt!
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