Wow am I the lucky one, I have just been notified that I have won the
Microsoft AOL Lottery DRAW and am going to receive £610,000.00 GBP:-)
Strange thing is the contact details are in Newbury Berks. and have a UK
phone number.

Mike

On 7 Oct, 10:20, "Muddymike" wrote:
Wow am I the lucky one, I have just been notified that I have won the
Microsoft AOL Lottery DRAW and am going to receive £610,000.00 GBP:-)
Strange thing is the contact details are in Newbury Berks. and have a UK
phone number.

Mike

So far this month I have "Won" over £20 million in these wonderful
lotteries, IF ONLY.
You will find that they are sent to Undisclosed recipient, Microsoft
lottery or other non specific recipients.
Hoax Encyclopedia -
http://antivirus.about.com/od/emailh...l/blenhoax.htm

David Hill
Abacus Nurseries

In article , Muddymike says...
Wow am I the lucky one, I have just been notified that I have won the
Microsoft AOL Lottery DRAW and am going to receive £610,000.00 GBP:-)
Strange thing is the contact details are in Newbury Berks. and have a UK
phone number.

Mike



All on one lucky day last year I discovered that I too had won the World
lottery AND won a car in an internet prize draw AND a long lost relative
in Nigeria had died in a plane crash leaving me his vast fortune.
I seem to be rolling in it (manure that is :-)
--
David in Normandy.
(The free MicroPlanet Gravity newsreader is great for eliminating
rubbish and cross-posts)

On 7/10/07 10:51, in article ,
"David in Normandy" wrote:

In article , Muddymike says...
Wow am I the lucky one, I have just been notified that I have won the
Microsoft AOL Lottery DRAW and am going to receive £610,000.00 GBP:-)
Strange thing is the contact details are in Newbury Berks. and have a UK
phone number.

Mike



All on one lucky day last year I discovered that I too had won the World
lottery AND won a car in an internet prize draw AND a long lost relative
in Nigeria had died in a plane crash leaving me his vast fortune.
I seem to be rolling in it (manure that is :-)

The ones that make me laugh are the ones offering me cheap Viagra or
extensions to bits of anatomy that I don't actually have! Do other women
get this junk or is it just because my name is spelt Sacha and not Sasha, I
wonder?
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

"Muddymike" wrote in message
...
Wow am I the lucky one, I have just been notified that I have won the
Microsoft AOL Lottery DRAW and am going to receive £610,000.00 GBP:-)
Strange thing is the contact details are in Newbury Berks. and have a UK
phone number.

Mike

I keep winning this too. Must remember to collect some time ...

Mary

In article , Sacha
says...
On 7/10/07 10:51, in article ,
"David in Normandy" wrote:

In article , Muddymike says...
Wow am I the lucky one, I have just been notified that I have won the
Microsoft AOL Lottery DRAW and am going to receive £610,000.00 GBP:-)
Strange thing is the contact details are in Newbury Berks. and have a UK
phone number.

Mike



All on one lucky day last year I discovered that I too had won the World
lottery AND won a car in an internet prize draw AND a long lost relative
in Nigeria had died in a plane crash leaving me his vast fortune.
I seem to be rolling in it (manure that is :-)

The ones that make me laugh are the ones offering me cheap Viagra or
extensions to bits of anatomy that I don't actually have! Do other women
get this junk or is it just because my name is spelt Sacha and not Sasha, I
wonder?

I don't think they care what gender anyone is. I doubt they do a cross
match of email addresses against lists of known gender names. Besides,
ladies may wish to purchase the stuff to give to their husbands.
I wonder if it has any gardening uses - keeping leggy plants upright :-)
--
David in Normandy.
(The free MicroPlanet Gravity newsreader is great for eliminating
rubbish and cross-posts)

* Sacha wrote, On 07/10/2007 10:55:

The ones that make me laugh are the ones offering me cheap Viagra or
extensions to bits of anatomy that I don't actually have! Do other women
get this junk or is it just because my name is spelt Sacha and not Sasha, I
wonder?

I think we all get it. I certainly get lots of that kind of spam and,
like you, I find some of the things they offer quite funny.

--
Cheers, Serena
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask
remains a fool forever. (Old Chinese saying)

On 7/10/07 11:26, in article , "Serena
Blanchflower" wrote:

* Sacha wrote, On 07/10/2007 10:55:

The ones that make me laugh are the ones offering me cheap Viagra or
extensions to bits of anatomy that I don't actually have! Do other women
get this junk or is it just because my name is spelt Sacha and not Sasha, I
wonder?

I think we all get it. I certainly get lots of that kind of spam and,
like you, I find some of the things they offer quite funny.

Currently, I'm getting ones telling me how much more attractive women now
find the sender, others offering me an opportunity to invest in some
record-breaking stock nobody ever hears of, or asking me for my bank account
details from banks I don't have accounts with!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
On 7/10/07 11:26, in article , "Serena
Blanchflower" wrote:

* Sacha wrote, On 07/10/2007 10:55:

The ones that make me laugh are the ones offering me cheap Viagra or
extensions to bits of anatomy that I don't actually have! Do other
women
get this junk or is it just because my name is spelt Sacha and not
Sasha, I
wonder?

I think we all get it. I certainly get lots of that kind of spam and,
like you, I find some of the things they offer quite funny.

Currently, I'm getting ones telling me how much more attractive women now
find the sender, others offering me an opportunity to invest in some
record-breaking stock nobody ever hears of, or asking me for my bank
account
details from banks I don't have accounts with!

The ones that amuse me are those offering property loans which can only be
applied for if you have a US zip code. Don't they realise what .uk means on
the end of my email address.

Mike

In article ,
"Muddymike" writes:
|
| The ones that amuse me are those offering property loans which can only be
| applied for if you have a US zip code. Don't they realise what .uk means on
| the end of my email address.

Ukraine.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Mary Fisher wrote:
"Muddymike" wrote in message
...
Wow am I the lucky one, I have just been notified that I have won the
Microsoft AOL Lottery DRAW and am going to receive £610,000.00 GBP:-)
Strange thing is the contact details are in Newbury Berks. and have a UK
phone number.

Mike

I keep winning this too. Must remember to collect some time ...

Mary



I must say that these people are getting more sophisticated. they are
now sending emails claiming that you are due a tax rebate (now that IS
plausible) giving an apparent Inland revenue web site.

"Muddymike" wrote ...
Wow am I the lucky one, I have just been notified that I have won the
Microsoft AOL Lottery DRAW and am going to receive £610,000.00 GBP:-)
Strange thing is the contact details are in Newbury Berks. and have a UK
phone number.


I was amazed to read the other day that this country lost about £3.2 billion
on these prepayment scams, or what we used to call "Nigerian" fraud in
Banking in the pre computer days. Yes, they have been around that long.
Amazing how people believe this sort of stuff, they've won a lottery they
haven't entered, someone they don't know is going to give them a big chunk
of a fortune if they help move it from one country to another, just send
£10,000 up front to show good faith, yeh right.
But £3.2 billion means a lot fall for it.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden

"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
On 7/10/07 11:26, in article , "Serena
Blanchflower" wrote:

* Sacha wrote, On 07/10/2007 10:55:

The ones that make me laugh are the ones offering me cheap Viagra or
extensions to bits of anatomy that I don't actually have! Do other
women
get this junk or is it just because my name is spelt Sacha and not
Sasha, I
wonder?

I think we all get it. I certainly get lots of that kind of spam and,
like you, I find some of the things they offer quite funny.

Currently, I'm getting ones telling me how much more attractive women now
find the sender, others offering me an opportunity to invest in some
record-breaking stock nobody ever hears of, or asking me for my bank
account
details from banks I don't have accounts with!
--

I get so little junk mail. I must get about about 4 a week. They all seem
to be about American festivities or fake watches. by the content and the
volume I must be doing something right compared to others.

Sasha is the Russian diminutive for both Alexander and Alexandra, so it is ambiguous, like Alex would be in English. Since the former is more common in Russia, there are more male Sashas than female ones. Likewise Misha being the Russian diminutive for both male and female forms of Michael is more likely to be male than female there. In Britain there is a general assumption that names ending in A are female, so these names are more often given to girls. This causes endless confusion for Italians called Andrea (Italian for Andrew).

One way that Sacha can arise is as the French spelling of Sasha.

The diminutive for Ivan (my name, but I'm not Russian) is Vanya.

On 9/10/07 09:22, in article ,
"echinosum" wrote:

Sacha;752786 Wrote:
Do other women
get this junk or is it just because my name is spelt Sacha and not
Sasha, I
wonder?
Sasha is the Russian diminutive for both Alexander and Alexandra, so it
is ambiguous, like Alex would be in English. Since the former is more
common in Russia, there are more male Sashas than female ones. Likewise
Misha being the Russian diminutive for both male and female forms of
Michael is more likely to be male than female there. In Britain there
is a general assumption that names ending in A are female, so these
names are more often given to girls. This causes endless confusion for
Italians called Andrea (Italian for Andrew).

One way that Sacha can arise is as the French spelling of Sasha.

The diminutive for Ivan (my name, but I'm not Russian) is Vanya.




Ah - I was under the impression that Sacha was the Russian diminutive for
Alexander and Sasha was that for Alexandra. I was actually christened
Sandra but my brother couldn't say that and purely by coincidence I ended up
as Sacha (my younger self's choice of spelling) Nobody ever calls me
Sandra, except my mother when she's cross and then I get the full soup and
fish!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'