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.

  1. Pretend to represent entity that actually exists.  “House Of The Senate House” isn’t going to cut it.
  2. Write a better subject line.  No official notification has the subject “Attn.”
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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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