I’m giving up Mum’s Mail with immediate effect! I’m resigning! I no longer need to work for a living, as today I became very, very wealthy. This morning I received three e-mails to inform me that: 1. I would be receiving 7.3 million US Dollars inheritance via courier. 2. I had won 1 million British Pounds in the BBC Lotto Draw. 3. I had won 150 000 US Dollars from Nokia in a random computer ballot draw.
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I doubt that anyone, not even Richard Branson, earns that much in a day! The terrifying reality is that there are SOME people (yes, you know that I know who you are…), who are very tempted to actually click on the attachments that these skelms send you via e-mail, and some of you actually DO open the attachments and/or reply! If you’re feeling tempted to react to these e-mails, please consider the following: 1. It is unlikely that someone you have never met, and who lives abroad, is going to die and leave you millions of Dollars. 2. You cannot win a lotto draw if you have not bought a ticket. 3. It is improbable that Nokia would be sending you a lot of money from a random draw you did not enter.
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So what to do when your mouse is itching to hit the REPLY button…? Just click DELETE and don’t bother telling them where you’d like them to go… or visit www.snopes.com for thousands of scary stories and info on hoax e-mails and scams which will send you scrambling for the good ol’ days of posting letters.
Alice xxx P.S. Before any nasty rumours start circulating, I’m not actually going anywhere…except for round the bend…
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