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That’s right, I won a million dollars in the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes. I can’t believe it. Talk about luck! Of all the people who didn’t enter this sweepstakes, I won. And here is the letter that proves it:
We the Board of Directors of Publishers Clearing House brings to your notice that your email address just won you One Million Dollars($1,000,000.00 USD) in this week Sweepstake Lotto Program.You are to send a confirmation email immediately to claimsdept67676@hotmail.com
Sincerely,
Ronnie Lykke
Online Co-ordinator
I especially love that the people in Claimsdept67676 are everyday people like the rest of us and use a hotmail account. Can you still get a hotmail account?
So anyway, if you don’t see me around for a while this is why, I’m taking that much needed vacation now that I am a millionaire.
This may just be a coincidence, but Ed McMahon's burial plot number is 67676.
Creepy.
Those lousy fuckers can't even properly string a sentence together. Not that I always do, but JC if they're trying to scam us they need to take a class or something.
So anyway… if you really are a Ms. Moneybags now, I think I might accept the iPad and $500 Home Depot gift card that's just sitting in my shit box, waiting for me to claim them.
YAY! Right?
Ahh jeez. Those suckers will send that email to everyone.
I mean we are alot smarter to fall for this email.
*sigh*
I've been getting special e-mails lately from Mr. Bill Gates himself. Imagine! Oh, and more than one member of the royal family of Uganda is desperately seeking space in my empty little bank account to unload a giant bag of gold coins. Both of us have the luck 'o the Irish. Let's run away together.
Congratulations! I believe I have a rather large sum of money coming to me by way of a Nigerian prince. Perhaps we can vacation on the Riviera together?
Whoa ! I am go going to draw a salary for being class-clown at tribal blogs.
But I know I haven't been around – family issues.
Fifty Cassavas a comment should be reasonable.
Oops – this comment already puts you in a debt of fifty cassavas !
hehehe. It could have been worse, it could have been Zimbabwean dollars.
Don't forget to send that email off to them! I think all they will need is your bank account number so they can make the deposit!
Congratulations! Now that you are rich, even though you don't have a hotmail account can you spare a few and buy me an apple or two?
Apples have been lacking around here lately and I am getting cranky.
I thought you seemed different lately. Please try to remember us little people when you're dining on black sea bass in Portofino, okay?
Wow, you luck thing you! You know, I've lost count of the number of times I've won the Nigerian lottery, the funny thing is – I've never entered the Nigerian lottery. But I guess some guys have all the luck, right?
Anyway, enjoy your holiday and I do hope you have fun with your winnings; don't spend it all at once now
Can the two of you please bring me on this vacation you speak of? I have yet to become a millionaire – but since ya'll are rich now – you two can afford a mooch like me – yes?
Congratulations! Just make sure you give them someone else's social security number. This might be where ex-husbands come in handy.
It's very fortunate that you have this extra money. I have a great “wetland resort” property in South Florida for you to buy, and if that's not to your liking, know a shiny bridge in Brooklyn that is for sale. LOL
Hmmmm I want some sketchers shapeups for Christmas… would redhead ranting santa consider it? Oh and how lucky are you … the timing is just right because a 125×125 advertising block just opened up for a small fee of 200,000k a week. Interested?
don't forget the little people—-
winner winner chicken dinner! you must be SO thrilled.
JEN! That's incredible, amazing, great news! Congratulations to you. You know, as luck would have it, I'm a lottery winnings investment consultant. This really is your lucky day! For a measley $5000, I will handle all of the paperwork for you, set up some tax shelters, college funds, IRAs etc etc. You send me the certified check and I will take care of EVERYTHING! You know you can trust me, I sent you a fondue set
Aw man! I've been deleting these darn emails, thinking that they were spam. So obviously they have given you the million dollars instead. Excuse me while I try to undelete….
Ha ha ha ha ha! And that email address looks really official too!
Mo keeps winning these draws that she hasn't entered, only they come by snail mail and you have to phone for a code in order to find out if you are mega rich or you have won a plastic picture frame. Oh and the phone call costs about £9.50 ($14). Of course you all win the plastic picture frame, because it's all nice and legal then.
You have to do it, Jen. That sentence “You are to send a confirmation email immediately to claimsdept67676@hotmail.com” is just dripping with authority. If you don't do it, who knows what may happen! Or not happen! Just do it! Time is running out!
I knew you'd be rich one day! (-:
Hooray! Do not forget to send them your SS# and bank account number and routing number so they can be sure to properly forward the monies to your account.
I could use a loan. So, when the Bank of Jen opens for business, let me know.
Oh, sure. I plan to be so rich that I will be inviting ALL of my blogger friends!
Yippee!!!!
That sooooo rocks for you. With all that money would you like to buy some of my ocean front property in Arizona?
That sooooo rocks for you. With all that money would you like to buy some of my ocean front property in Arizona?
What are you gonna buy with all that money, Jen? That's pretty exciting. I won a couple of things like that but I think I just frittered away all my winnings. You know how I am.
I had no idea that One Million Dollars converted to $1,000,000 USD. You learn something new every day.
congrats!
YES!
Wow — awesome!
I apparently have a long lost uncle in South Africa who left me a diamond mine, all I have to do is pass on a small administration fee for the processing of my fortune, and then wait for the trucks of money to pull up to my front door. Woo hoo!!!!
if i had a few bucks for every email like this i've gotten, i'd be loaded! such bs!
I know, I get so many of these but usually I have won Rupees or some other
form of money I haven't heard of yet. I am surprised to see them use the
name Publishers Clearing House, since that is such a well known sweepstakes
and easily checked out.
You too?!?! I thought I was the only one with a long lost uncle and a
benefactor who lived in Zimbabwe.
That is eerie, it must be for real then.
I find them much more enjoyable if they can't string together a proper
sentence. When their grammar is correct I begin to think it might be legit
and I am far more compelled to send them the info they want. Cuz, I'm an
idiot like that.
Apple nor Home Depot would ever lie, I am sure those are honest wins. You
should collect them before they give them to someone else.
They send them to EVERYONE? I thought they chose me, that I was special,
that I had won even if I hadn't entered.
Damn.
I can totally see Bill Gates sending out personal emails giving away his
money. Why not, it's not like he works any more and he has a lot of money to
give away. You should check that one out. Gold from Uganda, you know that's
on the up and up. I'd be sure to respond to that one too because you know,
gold is a great investment.
That would be lovely. Those Nigerian princes are all so generous.
A vacation wouldn't be complete without you, Meleah. If you like I can forward an email or two your way, I seem to be on a winning streak recently.
I will of course remember the little people. I can't wait for the wire transfer because that black sea bass sounds wonderful, much better than the shells and cheese Velveeta we had tonight.
Thank you! Stuff like this never happens to me so I am even more excited.
I've been looking at your comment for about ten minutes now and for the life of me I can't figure out what is wrong. What is wrong with the conversion? You could email it to me so I don't look so stupid, or leave it here, that's okay too. Is it the zeroes?
Well, after taxes I'll probably have enough left over for a cheeseburger or something.
I know how you are. You bought a Gucci purse with matching pumps, some Dom Perignon (Every time I try to write Perignon it tells me to use the word peritoneum) and you killed it by 8 am. Which is exactly what I would do if I had money to burn.
I'm really considering buying some beach front in the gulf of Mexico, I hear that is prime real estate right now.
Becky I would love to help you out but after taxes I won't have anything left. I'm better off being broke and getting assistance, then I could give you that loan.
Daisy I am already on that. I have made copies and sent the originals to them. I am sure they will be wiring the monies into my account any day now.
It's all that hard work and planning finally paying off.
It's already done. I am spending my winnings already because I know they are legit and by the time the checks clear their check should have arrived. I'm sure the bank will treat me differently now too since I am a millionaire.
How many picture frames has Mo won?
Sorry Janiss, you have to stay on top of these things. I think they try to make it look like spam so the winners throw them away and then they don't have to pay out.
Nicky, of course you can be my accountant! I am sure you would be awesome at it. And I bet that conversion between USD and Canadian Loonies and Toonies wouldn't mess either one of us up at all. Though it's screwing with the postal service because I have not received my fondue set yet and EVERYONE is eagerly anticipating it.
KFC for everyone! Of course that will cost more than a million dollars.
I kinda want some of those too. Kinda because they are way expensive and then I would feel extra guilty for not using them as they should be used. However, I want an iPad or a Dyson before I get a pair of uber expensive shoes, even if they can perform miracles by making my ass look younger.
Will you send me some info about these two wonderful investments? They sound really too good to pass up.
Thankfully I have two and I was smart enough to commit both of theirs to memory. Thank you for the most excellent tip. Of course, with my luck it is legit and then I just gave one of my exes a million dollars.
It's not fun unless you can spend it all in one place. Actually that doesn't sound fun because then when you get to another store you can't spend anymore. Sound advice.
No apples? What is the publicist thinking?
Okay, this is off topic but I heard this song from Cake today about goats and sheep, have you ever heard it? If you haven't I don't recommend it.
I think I should send my routing number too, just to be safe. I'd hate for there to be a mix up.
What's wrong with Zimbabwean dollars? I'm sure they spend just as easily as American dollars.
Jaffer as soon as they wire the winnings to me I will be happy to pay you for all you do. You certainly deserve it.
Sorry about the family issues, I hope every thing is okay.
Would you like to buy my time share on Atlantis?
I am so sorry that you even wasted a second on that. I was being a total smart ass because I thought they were being stupid by spelling out exactly in numbers how much the words one million dollars translates to, as if we didn't know.
You found it! Why of course I would, I bet it is a wonderful place to relax
even if it is underwater.
Burning money is good fun. Burning Man is even better.
Um, Margaret, it's me.
Tuscan-Tucson.
Is that like the movie? Do they serve wine?
They serve everything at Burning Man! Look on the web for the “Burning Man” and you'll get an idea of this amazing if bizarre event!
I saw saw the movie with Nicolas Cage, every movie he makes is just steeped
in authenticity and truth. I don't need to look on the web.
Okay, I'm with you there. Guess I missed the movie. But I have been to the event. Mind bending!
You're so silly. But in all honesty I did get a windfall, seems a poor widow in Nigeria, needed my help to get her 67 million that was stuck in some bank and the government wouldn't allow her to touch it, so I helped her by using my bank account and she is giving me a third of the money. I am so psyched, I peed myself when I got the confirmation letter yesterday and the poor thing needed two grand to help her get out of that bad country, so it was the least I could do. So by next Monday, watch out, I am gonna be a rich man and will have no need to try and sell a $10 blog link any longer, booyah
Really? Mind bending? Don't they just torch a bunch of sticks shaped like a man? I will never fully understand people from California. I love you Linda, I really do, but you all do some weird things out there.
DEAL!
OREOS FOR EVERYONE!
Oh none! We never claim the prize, but there is always either a plastic picture frame or a zero meg memory stick in the list. They are worth far less than the price of the phone call! The first one we received I phoned the number just to see what it was all about. It was a very slow recorded message. Our number was the very last one called out (to keep you on the phone for the maximum time) and our prize was a plastic frame!
Thanks for publishing.
I guess since Ed McMahon's not around anymore to show up with a huge check at your doorstep, they just send you an eMail now. Sad.
Maybe I can hang out with you and JD on vacation. Some rich widow in Africa dying of cancer wants to give me several million dollars. Also, I've won the European lottery on a couple of occasions; just waiting for the money to appear in my bank account. Curiously, money keeps disappearing. Oh well, I'm sure the millions will be deposited soon.
Wow!
I got the same thing. I can't wait, I'm going to retire now LOL
Hey guys!
Is anyone else still waiting for that Seargent from the U.S. Army who was in Iraq and was part of a group of soldiers who looted Sadam's Bank, to send You the millions He stole to get it out of the country. I know I can't wait:)
I had a really witty comment to contribute to this discussion, but when I typed it out I realized just how vulgar and inappropriate it was. Suffice to say that these idiots cause my blood to boil because the fact is, there are vulnerable people that will fall for this kind of stuff and lose what little they have in the process.
Hotmail accounts are still available, and I'm tempted to set up an account for heydumbass@hotmail.com to reply to these slime balls and take steps to make sure that the fingers they use to create these traps don't function properly any more.
Whew! Thanks for letting me vent on this. Just for background, my elderly father has been taken for thousands of dollars in schemes like this. Sadly, nothing I said or did got him to change his behavior. It was only after he moved into a nursing home and they started screening his mail that the bleeding stopped.
I am so sorry to hear about your father. People who send out these emails
are trolling for people who are desperate and/or who are trusting and some
of them look so real it's very hard to tell. From my stats I see a lot of
people coming from Google to this page because they are checking to see if
they won so hopefully they are searching before giving any information away.
People who send these emails out should be shot and pissed on in my book.
They are despicable.
Beats the fuck out of a Pulitzer or Nobel in my book.
You related to this redhead Terri Moulton Horman lives down the road? I never met a redhead I didn't consider a real hooter.
congrats..
so have you got your money yet????? “I just dont beleive anyone ever really wins this.
Please send luck soon 33*35’57″N,112*7’39″W Thank you.