Yet Another Website

THE BMW LOTTERY

Yet another lottery scam gets by the spam filter…

From: “Mr.Jeffery Anderson” <bmw_elotterybonanza@yahoo.co.uk>

A yahoo email address? <sarcasm>This must be legit.</sarcasm>

Reply-To: bmwlotterydept_office@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:04:11 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON THE BMW LOTTERY 2007

BMW GROUP PROMOTION
PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT, BMW Automobiles
22 Garden Close, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 2YP, LondonUnited Kingdom 11.10.2007
Attention:

WHAT?

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of £850,000.00 (Eight hundred and fifty thousand Great British Pounds) from the BMW e-LOTTERY BONANZA International programs held 1st of October 2007, in London United Kingdom.
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world which you were selected.

It’s funny how often my email is “selected” by these “computerized email selection system(ess)”.

The BMW e-Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).

Yeah, right.

This promotional lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

Sounds painful…

To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduciary claims department for more information as regards procedures to claim your prize.
================================================================

PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
7 DOCK WAY, SEFTON BUSINESS PARK
LONDON, T40 4RT
UNITED KINGDOM.

Sir. Tony Hopkins
BY EMAIL
Email: bmwlotterydept_office@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone: 44-7045700995
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Contact him by providing him with your secret pin code X7PYWM2007 and your Reference Number BMW:2551256003/23.You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information’s as soon as possible:

You are also advised to drop dead.

1.Name in
full.—————————————————————————
2.Address.—————————————————————————–
3.Nationality.————————————————–
4.Age.——————————-
5.Occupation.————————————————–
*Monthly salary—————————————————-

WTF do you need to know my monthly salary?

6.Telephone Number.—————————————————
7.Present Country.———————————————–
8.Short comment on our products. [optional]. –
———————————————————————————–
9.Fax [optional].————————————————
10.Email address. ——————————————–

Don’t you already have my email address?

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Please you are to provide him with the above listed details as soon as possible so he can begin with the processing of your prize winnings. Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
MR.JEFFERY ANDERSON
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS
BMW PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
UNITED KINGDOM

UNITED KINGDOM? Then why did this email originate from a computer in Slovakia?

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LUKI COMPANY UK

Here’s another example of a lottery scam…

From: LUKI COMPANY UK <lukiteam1@yahoo.co.uk >

A yahoo email address? <sarcasm>This must be legit.</sarcasm>

Reply-To: aarongraham_theluki@excite.com
Date:Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:01:19 -0400
Subject: ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF YOUR NOTIFICATION

ATTN: WINNER,

Wow! I’m a winner. I wonder what I won…

We happily announce to you the draw of the LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL, your email address attached to Reference Number: 47,DH,82/LUKI with Ticket No: 67/836

There seem to be a lot of “winners” out there with Reference Number: 47,DH,82/LUKI and Ticket No: 67/836.

which subsequently won you one of the Jackpot cash prizes.

Which jackpot? Please tell me!

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £3,500,000.00(Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds)

Of course it’s the absurdly large jackpot…

in cash credited to FILE CATEGORY – LUKI/UK01/2007. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 50,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.

Odd that this message makes no mention of which union, association, or corporate body my email address was extracted from.

To commence processing of your winnings, you MUST FORWARD a copy of this email to our claims director via contact information below;

MR. AARON GRAHAM,
CLAIMS DIRECTOR,
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT,
Tel:+44 703 190 6783
Fax:+44 871 263 6944
Email: aarongraham_theluki@yahoo.co.uk
Cc: aarongraham_theluki@excite.com

One would think “LUKI COMPANY UK” would have its own email domain.

Congratulations once again from me, and entire members of staff of the LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL and it is our hope that you participate in any of our international programs in the nearest future.

Hope in one hand, and crap in the other, and see which piles up first!

Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Jessica Pamer,
PROMOTION DEPARTMENT,
LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL,
************************************************************

DISCLAIMER & CONFIDENTIALITY:
The information contained in this communication including any attachments is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorized to receive it.

It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, unauthorized use, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.

I wouldn’t be lecturing anyone on what is unlawful if I were you.

If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system.

Or post it on your website 🙂

LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL is neither liable for the proper and complete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt.

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A Vile Troll Gets Caught Spamming

(from the whack a troll dept.)

Here’s an entry (spelling and formatting preserved) from my Guestbook. The author is rec.arts.marching.drumcorps‘ resident troll, Michael E. Schmidt. He often posts under an assumed name to promote himself (his writing style is easy to recognize).

Here are some classic Howdy (what he sometimes calls himself) usenet posts. Here are some more recent posts.

From my logs, it looks like the Rev. Dr. Howdy Doody was looking for drum corps guestbooks to sign.

While reading this “gem”, keep in mind that he claims to have seven degrees from “accredited” institutions. Without further ado, here’s the Rev. Dr. Howdy Doody’s entry:

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Friday Random Ten: 2007-10-05

	Name	Artist	Album	Genre
1.	You Know, You Know	Mahavishnu Orchestra	Inner Mounting Flame	Jazz
2.	Epistrophy	Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane	At Carnegie Hall	Jazz
3.	Leather	Tori Amos	Little Earthquakes	Alternative & Punk
4.	Only When I Sleep?	The Corrs	Talk On Corners (Special Edition)	Pop
5.	Solo II – Cante Piatti I	Terry Bozzio	Solo Drum Music (Disc 1)	World
6.	State of Independence	Jon Anderson	State of Independence	Rock
7.	Island Magic	Dave Weckl	Master Plan	Jazz
8.	Carnival	Stan Kenton	Cuban Fire!	Jazz
9.	Wanted	The Cranberries	Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?	Alternative & Punk
10.	Hold on Hope	Guides by Voices	Scrubs	Soundtrack

$302 a foot!

(from the There’s One Born Every Minute dept.)

(via email)

James Randi’s Swift – September 28, 2007

MORE CABLE NONSENSE

Several readers alerted us to yet another hilarious and preposterous situation in the “audiophile” business, which we have referred to frequently simply because if some of their claims were true, they would be paranormal. Here’s another such.

Monster Cable – a company that turns out a fine line of products, but not untinged with the woo-woo flavor, sells a set of $80 HDMI [High Definition Multimedia Interface] cables, designed to handle new signals brought about by the advent of High Definition TV. I thought that was a heavy price to be asking – no, I didn’t invest! – but now we see that the Pear Cable company is advertising a pair of 12-foot “Anjou” audio cables for $7,250; that’s $302 a foot! And, as expected, “experts” were approached for their opinions on the performance of these wonders. Excerpts:

…way better than anything I have heard…Simply put these are very danceable cables. Music playing through them results in the proverbial foot-tapping scene with the need or desire to get up and move. Great swing and pace – these cables smack that right on the nose big time.

…simply way better than anything I have heard prior to their audition.

Well, we at the JREF are willing to be shown that these “no-compromise” cables perform better than, say, the equivalent Monster cables. While Pear rattles on about “capacitance,” “inductance,” “skin effect,” “mechanical integrity” and “radio frequency interface,” – all real qualities and concerns, and adored by the hi-fi nut-cases – we naively believe that a product should be judged by its actual performance, not by qualities that can only be perceived by attentive dogs or by hi-tech instrumentation. That said, we offer the JREF million-dollar prize to – for example – Dave Clark, Editor of the audio review publication Positive Feedback Online, who provided the above rave review. If Mr. Clark should choose to apply for the prize, he would be unlike John Atkinson of Stereophile Magazine – see randi.org/jr/121004science.html#11 – who made great noises about being ready to snap up the million, then got distracted by things such as gullible readers who accepted his claimed abilities, and backed out. But we’ll see…

Monster cables are already overpriced, but asking $7,250 for a pair 12 foot audio cables is beyond ludicrous. I doubt anyone can tell a difference in a blind test.

Nexus of Assholery

(via War Room)

Meanwhile, Fox’s Bill O’Reilly says he hopes to have Limbaugh on his show tonight to help him fight back against Media Matters and other “far-left media assassins” pushing the “phony soldiers” story. “We need to go on the counterattack to knock these people out,” he said.

Nexus of Assholery: Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Reilly appearing on the same program.

Kenny G gets into an elevator…

(via Eschaton Comments)

So Kenny G gets into an elevator, and suddenly screams “This place rocks!!!”

Nordic Tug 47

As I’ve said before, I really like what Nordic Tugs has to offer. I look forward to seeing more information about their new ~~Nordic Tug 47~~ Nordic Tug 49.

Gearing up to meet consumer needs throughout the next decade, a new 47-foot Nordic Tug, to feature two large staterooms (with a full beam, mid-ship master berth) is currently under development and will bridge the gap between the 42 and 52-foot models. With the passing of Lynn Senour in 2004, the Nordic Tug 47 is the first boat in the Nordic line with a different architect’s name attached – Howard Apollonio, NA, PE Nordic Tugs is delighted to have acquired the services of such a distinguished naval architect and designer. The 47 is slated to be launched in the summer of 2008.

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Wankery Feedback Loop

(via Eschaton)

Rush Limbaugh edits news clip, and then John Gibson uses edited news clip to “prove” that Media Matters edited the clip.

I’m coining the phrase “Wankery Feedback Loop” to describe these kinds of shenanigans.

130,000

(from the depressing milestone dept.)

Since January 16, 2006, over 130,000 attempts to post comment spam to this site have been logged. That’s 10,000 spam comments since July 29, 2007 and more than 67 times the number of legitimate comments posted to this web site since June, 2001.