I WON!!! Who wants to help spend it?

[TreeDoc]

I won.....AGAIN!!! This is the second Internet contest that I have been "chosen" a winner of. I'm still waiting for the money to show on the last one but I'm certain I'll get it...after all, I gave them all my credit card and bank account information as they requested.

Any suggestions on what I can do with all this money, pretty soon I won't have any space to store it all!

WINNING NOTICE
FROM: THE EUROPA LINGO COORDINATOR,


DEAR WINNER

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "c" DRAWS

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the
results of the Category "C" draws of INTERNET EUROPA
LINGO PROGRAM.

We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a
winner under the C" Category, which is part of our
promotional draws.The draws were held prior to your
notification. Participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from 4,000,000
names/email addresses of individuals and companies
from America, Asia, Australia,Africa, Canada,
Europe,Middle East, and New Zealand as part of
You/Your Company, attached to ticket number
3322/6181-22,with serial number 92-71 drew the lucky
numbers 19, 21, 25, 30,41,44 (22), and consequently
won in the Category "C".

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of
EURO 850.000 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro)in
cash, which is the winning payout for Category
C"winners.

This is from the total prize money of .1.7,000.000
shared among the 2 international winners in this
category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your funds are now deposited with A BANK, a reputable
BANK, insured in your name. In your best interest and
also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind,
we request that you keep the entire details of your
award strictly from public notice until the process of
transferring your claims has been completed, and your
funds remitted to your account. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/nonparticipants of
this program.

Please contact your claims officer immediately, to begin your claims
process;

Mr. paul schoot
FUDICAL AGANT
EMAIL:globafinance@netscape.net
PHONE:+31-649-206-014
FAX :+31 847 483 603
For due processing and remittance of your prize money
to a designated account of your choice.

Remember, you must contact your claims agent not later
than two weeks after the receipt of this mail. After
this date,all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: For easy reference and identification find below
your reference and Batch numbers. Note that you are to
forward this email along with your phone and address
to the agents in your first correspondence with them,
whether by email.

REFERENCE NUMBER: GLI/CLOL/CU17-C839213801
BATCH NUMBER: 1833-TH

Congratulations once again from all our staff and
thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Mrs.Joyce Smith
Lottery Coordinator,

[Blktail]

I have a Bridge here in Victoria you can buy cheap. Just send me $15,000 cash in small unmarked bills and plain brown wrapping.

[TreeDoc]

Are you sure that's all you need? Bridges can be pretty expensive to buy and maintain. According to my newfound lottery friends, I should have enough to buy and maintain "many" bridges!



By the way, Blktail.....are you familiar with Galliano Island up in your neck of the woods? My Sister bought a house on the island a few months ago and is after me to go up and hang out. How's the fishing up there? What else is there for a hunting/fishing guy like me to do?

[Blktail]

Galliano used to be primarily forest company land, but was recently logged and parcelled off to real estate companies. Hunting used to be excellent for Blacktails, but finding a place you would be welcome to hunt now would be tough. The Gulf Islands in general tend to be filled with NIMBY's, Artsy types, hippy wannabe's and rich foreigners (including Americans). Locals have been all but pushed out of local politick and their children have to leave the Islands because they can't afford to buy property. It's kind of like Aspen Colorado or Whistler BC. I have not been to Galliano yet (even though I can see it if I walk up the hill behind my house), but I think it is less developed than many of the other islands.

There is excellent salmon fishing in the area and trout fishing on nearby Vancouver Island. Hunting on Vancouver Island is spotty for deer and excellent for bear. Elk are by lottery only. I beleive you need to be guided in order to hunt. I hunt deer on Saltspring next door to Galliano.

Scenery in the area is in comparable.

Get your but up here if you can!

[TreeDoc]

Originally posted by Blktail
....filled with NIMBY's, Artsy types, hippy wannabe's and rich foreigners (including Americans). Locals have been all but pushed out of local politick and their children have to leave the Islands because they can't afford to buy property.

BINGO!!! There's my sister! The only bleeding heart liberal in the family. I love my Sis but it doesn't surprise me one bit that they would flee our country when it came time for retirement. My Brother-in-Law just retired in June from a position as a High School Principal in the Public School System here in California. My Sis is an elementary school teacher and nearing her retirement. They have been visitors on Galiano for years and years escaping there several times a year whenever they had a break from school that lasted more than 3 days. My BiL has his Doctorate in English Literature and also was a Professor at a local Community College. They go to Galiano, sit around and read books....and my sister paints. They are both hippies turned professional as they both attended University of California at Santa Barbara back during the hey day of the late 60's, early '70's when the hippies burned the town of Isla Vista (well, a B of A Bank) , a college student community. I'm not certain if one of them had the matches though.

My BiL is fit but a little kooky. He thinks I should be in BC because I'm a Pilot, I hunt, I fish, I kayak, etc. These are all things he has amazing interest in yet he pursues none....he reads and visits bookstores........and my sister paints.....you get the picture!

It is very likely that we will make a trip up there soon so if I do I will drop you a line for some more info on what to do and perhaps I can buy you a Beer....or whatever it is you folks drink up there!

[Tater]

HOLY CRAP! I won the same contest!

[Blktail]

TreeDoc

BEER ME!

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Sounds like your sis & BiL will fit right in on the Gulf Islands. It is a bit of paradise!

[TreeDoc]

Tater, let's pool our winnings and buy a whole bunch of bridges. We could be self proclaimed Bridge Barons!

[Tater]

Sounds like a plan. A guy can never have too many bridges.

[Valigator]

You guys are a hoot...I am still laughin

[jon lynn]

The Netherlands have many bridges for sale, and since that is where this contest is from they may 'throw in a bridge'

FYI..............in the Netherlands the scams are not illegal. The Dutch government feels if you are dumb enough to give all your info you deserve to loose your retirement.

Mr Schoot, the pride of Ansterdam, is not rare, when I used to subscribe to TIME (European) and National Geographic, the distribution center was in The Netherlands. I didn't check the box saying 'don't send me crap' so I got a dozen notices of 'You've won!'.........'You are a finalist'.........................and 'Gee your not so dumb, but we still want to steal your credit card number!'

They send you very-very impressave looking papers and envelops, and even send you flyers of suggestions on how to spend your winnings! (Well gee........thanks for the tip!)

[fabsroman]

Guys, I just got offered this awesome job. What do you think, should I take it. Might even pay $800,000 a year, which would equal your lottery winnings easily.

AGRIGAK EXPORTS LTD,
General Importers & Exporters,
Tower House,
Hardwick Road,
Great Gransden,
Sandy,
Bedfordshire,
SG19 3BJ.

We are a group of businessmen, who deal on Raw materials and export into America,Europe and Asia. We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our costumers in America/Asia and Europe as well as making payments through you to us.

Please if you are interested in transacting business with Us, we will be very glad.
Please contact our procurement officer,Jonathan lux:
VIA EMAIL :agrigakltd@myway.com

Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your services as our representative in America/Asia/Europe. Please if you are interested get back to Jonathan lux.

Very Respectfully,
Agrigak Export Ltd
Goods for Import & Export & Agrigak Crops Ltd

[TreeDoc]

Fabs,
It looks like you hit the Jackpot....BIG TIME! For a nominal fee, Tater and I will let you in on our new Bridge Holdings firm. With your added capital we could certainly corner the market on bridge ownership in the US and possibly even foriegn territories.

To get in on the bottom floor of this excellent investment opportunity, please forward your bank account and credit card information to me so I can get you set up.

[muledeer]

Your missing the boat! You must give them your SS# if you ever want to see the $ Speaking of boats I'll sell you my 1960 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud ll for the $ you win. Just send the money first. Trust Me! Rockys seen the Rolls. Trust Him!

muledeer

[Aim to maim]

I've figured out a sure way to get rich quick. One could go to Nigeria (or sometimes the Caribbean) and charge a fee to teach these jokers how to write American English.



What I find truly disturbing is that the people who fall for scams like these are also entitled to vote and own firearms.