A little while ago I posted an email I got (spam) called BMW UK LOTTERY Esteemed Winner!!. Usually, I expect to receive such notices solely by email. But then I found a new "comment" here at Misinterpreted.org that wasn't filtered as spam. Wouldn't you know it, the subject was regarding a win in the BMW Lottery! But the weird part? It wasn't posted as a comment to my BMW Lottery post. It was a comment on a completely different post, Speedlinking – December 20, 2007!

Here's the full text:

[Begin Comment]

THE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY, UK
2007 INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION,
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT.
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs, PE9 2YP, London
United Kingdom. Jenuary,2008.
REF NO:BMW:2551256003/23

Dear Winner,

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of ã500,000.00 (Five hundred Thousand Great British pounds) and brand new BMW 3 Series Car in this year BMW LOTTERY PROGRAMME.
To claim your prize Contact the claim office with the under listed informations as soon as possible:
Name :
Address :
Country :
Age :
Sex :
Occupation :
Phone :
Fax :
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Fiduciary Claims Department (FCD),
Fred Verra
Email:bmwlottery88@yahoo.co.uk
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Please you are to provide him with the above listed details as soon as possible so he can begin with the processing of your prize winnings.

Regards,

Engr. Holland Burridge
Online Co-ordinator.

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It doesn't make any sense, does it? I mean, apart from happening in Jenuary! But seriously, why would the Online Co-ordinator inform the winner of a lottery in plain view of the public? "Everybody wins!" Maybe Engr. Holland Burridge figured I wouldn't approve the comment, and instead keep it to myself. If that were the case, Burridge would probably have been hoping that I took the message seriously, and that I would promptly provide my personal profile. Poor perfomance, Burridge!

Got this one yesterday:

[EMAIL START]

Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 17:11:32 -0600
From: "BMW UK LOTTERY"
Subject: Esteemed Winner!!

Esteemed Winner!!

This is to notify you that your email address has won the 2008 BMW
Sponsored
National Uk Lottery.
By this You have won the total cash prize of two million British Pounds
(2,000,000.00 GBP).

YOUR WINNING DETAILS
Ref No: CHN/2551256007/11
Batch No: 14/0017/IPD
serial No: GMLA2-003
Ticket No: 12033
Lucky No: 425448/7785

To file for claim please fill and return the form below stating your
aforementioned references.
1.Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
10.Fax Number:

To begin your claim, do file for the release of your winning by
contacting our
accredited agent:
NAME:David Cole
Email:bmwlottery@bmwlottery.net-info.org.uk
TELL:+44 704 570 8366
Fax:+448704711080.

Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our
promotional
program.Note:
Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Yours Faithfully
Mrs.Thessy Van Vart
Online Co-Ordinator

[EMAIL END]

I'm so lucky…