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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

I Won! But I'm pretty sure it's Spam!

Microsoft uses yahoo email? LOL

The email:


Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10
United Kingdom
Ref: BTD/968/05
Batch: 409978E

WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Lucky winner,The prestigious Microsoft and AOL has set out and successfully organized a Sweepstakes marking the end of year anniversary we rolled out over £2,000.000.00 (Two million Great Britain Pounds) for our end of year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage.The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalized email addresses to ticket numbers. Bill Gates is sharing his fortune. If you ignore this, you will regret it later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.

Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080648302/06 and drew the lucky numbers 14-21-25-39-40-47(20) which subsequently won you £500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) as one of the 4 jackpot winners in this draw. You have therefore won the entire winning sum of £500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds). The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London United Kingdom on the 22nd of July 2006. These Draws are commemorative and as such special.

Please be informed by this winning notification, to file your claims, you are to make contact with your designated agent who shall by duty guide you through the process to facilitate the release of your prize. To file for your claim Please Contact your fiduciary agent
Mr. May Anderson Microsoft Promotion Award Team,
Email: microsoft_award_promo@yahoo.co.uk
Phone: +447024082860

You are advised to contact your fiduciary agent with the following details to avoid unnecessary delays and complications: Your Name (in Full), Country, Ticket Numbers, Batch Number, Serial Number and Lucky Numbers as indicated in this winning Notification and Phone numbers. Thank you for being part of this promotional award program.

Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates. We wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune. Thank you for being part of our commemorative end of year Anniversary Draws.

Sincerely, Mr. John Williams
Online coordinator for
Microsoft Promotion Team

Monday, July 17, 2006

Gaming Degree

My nephew is starting at DeVry in Tinley for a gaming & simulation degree!

According to my sister, "He gets to learn how to fix and create games and simulations, which seems to be right up his alley since most of his life has been spent playing games."

He'll finish the program in 2 yrs, 8 months.

Kudos to Sharon for being open-minded enough to let him pursue what he loves!