3.12.2008

I'm a winner!

I don't recall entering the British Lottery, but somehow I won anyway. Notification came in the form of the e-mail.

"You won the sum of £1,000,000.00 GBP from our monthly sweepstakes,youare hereby advice to get back to us,Email:lotterybritish147@yahoo.se"

I believe this e-mail to be official. Typos aside, it uses "hereby" and only really important documents contain this word.

Coincidentally, I also won the Irish lottery. I almost missed out of this lucky fortune because my Hotmail account marked it as junk. Can you believe the nerve?

So now that I'm a £1,000,000.00 GBP winner, I'm all jittery inside. I can't figure out how should I spend my winnings. Got any advice for me?

10 comments:

Charlotte said...

Congratulations on your double win! I have also had such a mail recently, and I can't help feeling a brief flurry of joy even though I know it's rubbish.

Anonymous said...

Hey, I got a check in the mail from some Grand International Lottery or something and it was for $40k or so -- some amount that I really would have liked. I decided to call the bank and research it online, I too never entered. The bank was difficult to deal with -- they didn't seem to get that I was trying to avoid cashing a check that was illegally written. Trying to protect them. Eventually they told me to pitch it or send it to some part of the government that was investigating.

G in Berlin said...

I'm not a bitter person: I rejoice in your weather with you

Unknown said...

Ehn. You were a winner before the lottery.

Anonymous said...

To claim your winnings Diane, you must provide information to a bank in Nigeria....

Tenacious B said...

Awesome! I'm still waiting on my lotto winnings.

But if you get yours first, buy me a pony.

with rockets.

kenju said...

Hey, I've won those too - plus some $$$ from a guy in Nigeria who wants to pay me for the privilege of parking a few bucks in my bank for a while.....LOL

Christine Staley said...

OMIGOD!

I won that lottery yesterday, too!!!

I also received notification that I won the Swiss National Lottery, the Irish National Lottery, and the Norwegian Lottery!

I think in total it was like a bajillion dollars or something!

what a coincidence!? I think we should pool our money and buy the carribean. what do you think?

Caffienated Cowgirl said...

Boy, winning two lotteries without even playing...I need that type of luck :) (Isn't spam a hoot?)

Lise said...

I had the same thing for 316,000 pounds sent to me here in Canada. Be warned, they're out to get your information. Sad really, that money would have come in handy!!!