oh, it's gotta be a scam. We all remember those emails we got last year- cmon, you know the ones where you are part heir to someone's dread wealthy uncle in South Africa, yadda yadda...all you need to do is GIVE THEM YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT NUMBER-listed at least 10 times in the body of the letter.

Well, that didn't work for them-so they are trying something else:

I am guessing alot of you got an email like this one below. My reponse comes before the letter this schmuck sent me:

So, you guys couldn't get away with your fake pleas
for help, making up false aliases (aka being a wealthy
heir to a wealthy prince whose life was cut short and
you have a trillion dollars stuck up a donkey's ass
(NO PUN INTENDED) and the only way you can get it out
of its ass is if you get all of our informaiton and
our bank account number so you can drain it dry-now
you are creating another scam?!? If I were you I'd be
really smart and I would go to the rest of your
friends who are doing this and tell themto stop. It
will only be a matter of time and we'll find you out
on this one, too. Bunch of dumb asses

HERE IS THE LETTER
--- Adams Mogale wrote:

> Dear Lelia Swadley-Georgopoulos,
>
> To start with, this is part of our Global electronic
> business Promotions Program mainly to create
> awareness and support to promote our tourism to the
> global world and as part of our preparation for 2010
> world cup to be held in South Africa.
>
> The procedure of this organization in order to claim
> your prize is as thus:
>
> First and foremost, you have to email us your
> winning numbers, reference numbers and batch
> number(which you have done).This is to check the ill
> activities of some unscrupulous element out there
> and to avoid making payment to the wrong person.
>
> After receiving this information from you to check
> with the list with us here and confirm you as the
> true winner of this lottery, we will then forward
> you a form to be completed by you which detail your
> personal information and account number where you
> want the money to be transferred.
>
> This form will then be forwarded to the remittance
> department for onward processing of your transfer to
> your designated account and once this payment is
> ready for transfer, you will be summoned to come
> down to South Africa to sign out the money and after
> the signing out of this endorsement voucher, your
> money will be credited to your account within 3
> working days.
>
> There are other packages lined up for our lucky
> winners towards 2010 World cup in South Africa.We
> have booked VIP seats for all our lucky winners in
> one of the 5 stars hotel in Gauteng with official
> bus from Mega lottery to also take you round the
> city during this period, partly as promoting our
> tourism too and many more.
>
> l hope you will be there to witness the beauty of
> the country and this event.Once
> again, congratulations and looking forward to
> welcoming you in South Africa.
>
> My contact number is 27 83 995 3753. For any further
> enquiry, please do not hesitate to call me and thank
> you.
>
> Let us have your telephone and fax numbers for easy
> communication, while waiting to read from you and
> please, keep your winning/reference numbers from
> people to avoid impersonation as against
> scam/internet fraud.


...and ya know what, it's an awful lot like trying to jump from a roof and flapping your wings thinking you can fly, busting your face on the concrete, getting up like a fool and putting a fan on your back and trying it again.