corydoras

Chesters, wasn't it Hercules? He was the 'pet' of Andy Robbins, a one time wrestler!

Your right that it is a scam. It has nothing to do with the National Lottery though. You will probably get a second email from them looking a bit like this:- SECOND MAIL: Dear xxxx, Congratulations once again from all the staff here. Your UK National Lottery Winning certificate and fund have been confirmed and sent to us. In order to verify your winnings, we need your particulars for record purposes, attached here is a copy of our verifications form, please fill accordingly so as to proceed your payment. You may also verify your winning by logging on to: http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p...ults/results.do . Regards Mr.Mark jones VERIFICATION FORM 1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________ 2.ADDRESS:________________ _____________________________ ____________________________________________ 3.SEX:_______________ 4.AGE:________ 5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________ 6.OCCUPATION:________________________ 7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________ 8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________ 9.LOTTO NUMBER:____________________ B. DRAW NUMBER:______________ 10.TICKET NUMBER:___________________ 11.SERIAL NUMBER:__________________ 12.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL_______________________________________________________ BENEFICIARY'S DECLARATION I CERTIFY THAT I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD ALL THE QUESTIONS SET FORTE IN THIS FORM AND THE INFORMATIONS PROVIDED ON THIS FORM ARE TRUE AND CORRECT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF. I UNDERSTAND THAT ANY FALSE OR MISLEADING STATEMENT MAY LEAD TO THE CANCELLATION OF THE PAYMENT. APPLICANT’S SIGNATURE:...................................................…………………..... DATE:…………………… FULL NAME:........................................................................... ................................................................................ OFFICIAL USE ONLY A. APPROVED BY:............................................................................. ........................................................... B. CHECKED & PASSED FOR REMITTANCE BY:.....................................TOTAL AMOUNT APPROVED:................................................ ______________________________ AUTHOURISED SIGNATURE Upon receipt of the duly requested data, I will send you the contact information of the payment office so you can proceed with effecting the release of your claim in anyway you deem fit. Note: Attachment included in this message is for offical use only. Thank you. MARK JONES{MR}, The National lottery ============================================================================= Then you might get one like this:- THIRD MAIL: Dear Winner, Congratulations once again from all the staff here.We have forwarded a copy of your verification form to the courier agent, In order to verify your winnings, we need your particulars forwarded to the courier company for verifications, please send a copy of your duly completed verfication form to Mr John Anderson of AVALON SECURITIES AND COURIER SERVICES LTD at avalon_delivery@europe.com He is in charge of sending you a copy of your winning certificate as well as information on how to claim your winnings. Warm Regards, Mark Jones. ================================================================================ ==== And you might even get another like this. FOURTH and last where in they claim a lot of money to transfer the amount of money. EVEN WITH A COPY OF MY "WINNING" CERTIFICATE INTERNATIONAL FUND TRANSFER AND CONSIGNMENT DELIVERY 6 Coalpit Lane Brereton Rugeley Staffs WS15 1EN Building1 Reflex Business Park Wednesfield Road Willenhall West Midlands WV13 1AH REGISTARS (DIVIDENDS AND CLAIMS DEPT.) FORM NO: UK/0866750CTSL THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY FUND TRANSFER/CONSIGNMENT ORDER Dear Ralf Hectors, Compliments of the day to you. Attached to this e-mail is a copy of your winning certificate. This means that you have been officially cleared for payment by the Verifications Dept. at the headquarters of the UK National Lottery. The original copy of this certificate, together with a covering document (Money Laundering protection and Letter of Affidavit for Claims) from the British government stating that the money was obtained legally through their National Lotto will be sent to you as soon as you meet with any of the option selected. You can now begin the final step of the claims process, which is the transferring of your cash prize to you. With regards to this, there are two options open to you; you are required to select the more convenient of the two. The options, together with their associated conditions are presented below: Option 1: Courier of your winning draft to you via any of this channel listed below: FEDEX Mailing £250.00 Insurance £350.00 Vat (5%) £022.75 TOTAL £622.75 UPS Mailing &n bsp; £189.00 Insurance £350.00 Vat (5%) £021.95 TOTAL £560.95 POST OFFICE MAIL Mailing ; £130.00 Insurance £350.00 Vat (5%) £019.00 TOTAL £499.00 The insurance company declined reverse payment for the courier, stating that it is against their professional policy towards ensuring the safe delivery of the draft to you. That if a reverse payment is made, and something goes wrong, that we/you cannot sue the courier company or insurance company to recover the full value of the fund as stipulated in the draft since payment for insurance cover was not made at point of mailing. With the above reason, reverse payment is ruled out. Forward the cost of mailing your draft with any of the courier channel cost you choose above to us. Option 2: The said amount £99,867 {Ninety nine thousand, eight hundred and sixty seven Pounds Sterlings} will be wired to your bank account via swift bank transfer. Condition: The cost of COT (commission of transfer) being charged by our transferring bank, which is 1.4% (i.e £2674.73) of the cash being transferred will be paid by you. Note that your prize is protected by a hardcover insurance policy, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before it has been remitted to you. This means that the above charges cannot be deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you before your prize is transferred to you. Please respond to this email by making a selection from the two options above. Also attach a scanned copy of either your driver's licence, international passport (photo page) or any other legally identifying document. Also be reminded that the deadline for the claiming of winnings is exactly two weeks after the receipt of this email. After this period, your cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be reused in the drawings of the next edition of the lottery.Thank you and God bless you. Best Regards, John Anderson. AVALON COURIERS LTD. All a big scam but NOTHING to do with the Lottery site. [ 30. November 2004, 02:49 PM: Message edited by: corydoras ]

Shoot one and get a pelt and I'll believe. Get some decent video footage and I'll believe, until then they are just like oor Nessie, a good story for the grockles.

Crayfish..., fur farms..., I am at a loss now :confused:

And all the sightings are during 'mushroom season' [ 30. November 2004, 01:54 PM: Message edited by: corydoras ]

You have probably cracked it there. IMHO the world is full to overflowing with bell ends and w@nkers!

I don't see why not. They have loads of them in France and they don't cause any harm. Taste good too!

Sorry Newt, I did not know this had been posted before, especially my a mod

It was Postman Pat's last day on the job after 35 years of carrying the mail through all kinds of weather to the same neighbourhood When he arrived at the first house on his route, he was greeted by the whole family there, who all hugged and congratulated him and sent him on his way with a gift cheque for £100. At the second house they presented him fine Cuban cigars in an 18-carat gold box. The family at the third house handed him a case of 30-year old Scotch whisky. At the fourth house he was met at the door by a blonde in her lingerie. She took him by the arm and led him up the stairs to the bedroom where she blew his mind with the most passionate love he had ever experienced. When he had had enough they went downstairs, where the blonde fixed him a giant breakfast: eggs, tomatoes, ham, sausage, blueberry muffins and freshly-squeezed orange juice. When he was truly satisfied she poured him a cup of steaming coffee. As she was pouring, he noticed a £5 note sticking out from under the cup's bottom edge. "All this was just too wonderful for words," he said, "but what’s the five pounds for?" "Well," said the blonde, "last night, I told my husband that today would be your last day and that we should do something special for you". "I asked him what to give you". He said, "**** him. Give him five quid." She smiled shyly and said, "The breakfast was my idea." [ 26. November 2004, 03:53 PM: Message edited by: corydoras ]

Or as I allus say, "One in the bush is worth two in the hand"

I heard this too. I was amazed. He should go back to his old job (cleaning loos on luxury liners)

Still an improvement!

Congrats mate. Better being 1/2 Scottish than 100% Sassenach

It sounds about right to me.

With the greatest of respect I think that all those who are advocating that we have a license to fish in the sea are all off of your heads. We all pay enouigh tax in this country already and I don't sea why I should pay another tax to allow me to go and fish in the sea. If you want to do your bit to conserve fish stocks then do what I do, don't eat the stuff.

A little bit of spit and a little bit of patience work wonders.

But they have a bit about international orders Newt. Click here to see.

So how come porn sites and spammers use the first amendment?

I am not being pedantic, but you are being emotive. KILLERS is fine by me. If we killed all the foxes then that would put an end to the matter. There is no bigger animal lover than me, but vermin needs to be controlled, one way or another.

Kleinboet Definitions of the English word 'murder' 1) The unlawful killing of one human by another, especially with premeditated malice. 2) Slang. Something that is very uncomfortable,difficult, or hazardous: The rush hour traffic is murder. 3) A flock of crows. Nothing there about the killing foxes, or any other animal for that matter.

Change your ISP. ANY other ISP must be better than AOL.

www.streetmap.co.uk knows where it is.

Understatement of the year mate. I did not really spot it at all first time round. I am sure it is a stiff!

You'll end up with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome if you do!