Testing the Stupidity of Lottery Spammers
Glad to note I have joined the more than 1 in 2 New York state residents that get lottery spam e-mail. Feeling more ornery than usual this morning, I decided to see if I could get a response from this one using a fake name but the same physical address and e-mail address as my employer, which is of course one of the world's largest consumer protection organizations. Of course, we're not the first to do this, but what the heck. See the first part of the exchange by clicking below and we'll let you know if the good Dr. Harry Raymonds takes the bait.
From: Dr Harry Raymonds [mailto:uknloorganization@live.com]
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 5:30 PM
Subject: (c) UK National Lottery
You won the sum of 1,532,720 in the uk lottery monthly promo,so you are are adviced to send the following information below for claim 1.Full Name: 2.Full Address: 3.Marital Status:4.Occupation:
Sincerely,
Dr Harry Raymonds
(c) UK National Lottery
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Dear Dr. Raymonds:
Wow! I'm so excited to hear about this.
Here's my full name and address:
Bertram Brendbergl
101 Truman Avenue
Yonkers, New York 10703
Married
Working as researcher
Please contact me by e-mail as soon as possible!
Regards,
Bertram