I win
$3.5 million in a Netherlands lottery, according to the e-mail. My lucky numbers were apparently 13-15-22-37-39-43. I'm sure glad I didn't play my birth date — it's not any of those numbers!
My favorite line in the spam: "Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account."
Just as interesting is the rise in the Nigerian spam's use of cnn.com. Two e-mails in the past week, including one from former Liberian President Charles Taylor, have cited CNN URLs as proof of legitimacy. I haven't seen that concept applied before.
Finally, among the best subject lines received in the last week, we find:
–"Fw: Flinstones ebfaqca" for generic Viagra, obviously trying to make a Captain Caveman kind of connection;
–"ANYTHING Y0U WANT!! Y0U G0T IT" for a porn site, making me think Roy Orbison and whatever ad that song is now; and
–"chilfish cofe" for a sweepstakes newsletter, making me think Chillfish Coffee would be a great name for band.
