Specifically, a prize money. I got this email from “SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (SPDC)”
Extract…
“This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars(USD$1,200,000.00) for the month of March, 2009 Prize promotion which is organized by SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY.SHELL collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online,among the millions that subscribed to various websites. Six people are selected yearly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.”
I’m so pleased! I’m gonna buy a house and a car and a bike and a house and a TV and some books and a house and a car!
I’m not even going to wait. I’m going to give them all my bank details right now. I hope there’s enough money in my account to cover the ‘charge of transfer’.
OHHH Goody! :):)
ETA: ARGGHHHH I JUST DELETED THE EMAIL!! WHAT WAS I THINKING!!
Luckily for you, I happen to be an official representative of SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY.
Please send me your social security number (necessary for the tax forms), and all the numbers related to your bank accounts, and I will deposit your prize money.
Do not, repeat, DO NOT send your details to Boyo Jim. I have information that he may not be who he claims.
Fortunately for you, I really do work for SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY. So if you could send a cheque direct to me to cover admin fees, I will send you a cheque for
One Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (USD$1,200,000.00)
Ok, forget that. You can handle the taxes yourself. And just between us, we won’t be filing any forms with the government either, so if you want to keep this money off the books, it’s certainly ok with SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY.
Do not, repeat, DO NOT send your details to mutantmoose. I have information that he may not be who he claims.
