Thursday, October 20, 2005

EL MUNDO LOTTERY

I've gotten dozens of emails in the last 5 years telling me I have won some foreign country's lottery (usually somewhere in Europe, or, surprise, Nigeria). But yesterday in the mail was something that really surprised me. An envelope, delivered by snail mail, with a real stamp on it from Spain, and the .78 euro€ postmark from Spain. No return address, and a simple white address label for my address. "SPAM" coming by snailmail was not at all my first thought, considering I know a fair amout of people across Europe, either natives or American transplants, who would write me. Much to my delight though, the envelope did not contain a letter from a long lost friend, but a notification that I have won $615,810 from "EL MUNDO SPANISH SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY COMPANY S.A."
I was speechless! How amazing! How wonderful! I felt so honored that a spammer had taken the time to print off... IN COLOR... a 2-page notification (complete with instructions on how to pay the 10% maintenence fee up front), print my address onto a label, then spend about a dollar to send me their junk from Spain! This morning, I just laughed at the 2 Viagra offers, and the prince of Nigeria who wanted me to help him get the royal fortunee out of the country. These people need to send me a letter. Emails are so impersonal, cheap, and common. Unfortunatly, I think more people are more likely to fall for the print version. I seriously doubt they get the same return on their money as a free email campaign, but good luck to them with all their hard work.

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