Monday, May 22, 2006

Er...I'm rich.

This arrived in the mail this morning. I'm sure you've found something like this in your inbox at some point of time. I have to admit it is quite funny. Take a look...and I tell you what...it gets funnier!


From: INTERNATIONAL PRIZE/AWARD
To: sandeep.mancha@gmail.com
Date: 21-May-2006 19:48
Subject: From (Mrs. Church Galloway.) 2nd Category Winner

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE/AWARD DEPARTMENT
DAYZERS LOTTERY AWARD
REF: OHS/2061986708/01
BATCH: 19/018/IHV /NL

Sir/Madam
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the
6/5/06 of May, 2006..
Your e-mail address attached toticket number 0577465846629 with serial number 3732-8 drew lucky
numbers 04-89-12-75-36 which consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of Euros 500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Euros).

CONGRATULATIONS!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential
until your claims has been processed and your money Remitted to you and this is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 70,000 company and
50,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes
place every five year. We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our next five years of 50
million United States Dollars International lottery.
To file for your claim, please contact our Fiducial Agent:

DAYZERS TRUST AGENCY
Name: MR.FERNANDO SMITH
Email:dayzersagency205@netscape.net
Tel: 0031-620-912-112
Fax:0031-847-536-829
web-site www.dayzers.nl

Our fiducial agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon
as you contact him.This promotion was organised by some eminent personalities from all over the world to
promote software companies and it takes place annually.Please remember that all winning must be
processed not later than 7th of June 2006 or when authentic proof is given for the delay of filing your
winning claim.
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full names,your country, your private
Telephone and fax number, your reference/batch numbers etc in any correspondences with us or our
designated agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this programand also thank you for being part
of our promotional lottery program.Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely Yours,
Mrs. Church Galloway.
Lottery Co-ordinator .


Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be using Dayzers Lottery addresses, but are
not from The Dayzers Lottery.PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO: OUR HEAD OFFICE
DEPT:dayzersagency205@yahoo.com © 2006 NL Dayzers Lottery. All rights reserved.


So I mail back informing them that I recieved this email. I left my mobile number in there just to make things a little more interesting. I left it to them to either accept my mail as reporting 'Fraudulent emails'...or as some moron who things he's rich!

I just got off the phone 10 minutes ago...it was long distance...the man said he was calling from the Netherlands. He told me I've been mailed the forms etc and I'm supposed to follow instructions they've provided in the email. Thats what I could make out through the heavy accent. Whether it is the Netherlands or some other country I do not know. All I know is that it was an international number because my phone couldn't trace the number.

I went online and did some research...and I found these pages...

http://www.lindqvist.com/iscams/index.php?ID=2112

http://www.hoax.cz/cze/index.php?action=hoax_detail&id=509

After which I check my mail to find this...
dayzersagency205@netscape.net
to me
More options 17:35(3 hours ago)
DAYZERS LOTTERY AGENCY
OUR REF: 05/AMSTEL003164/EU
YOUR REF:477505NL EU/EMAIL505/EU05.
Tel:0031-620-912-112
Fax:0031-847-536-829


Attn:Sandeep Philipose Mancha,


Congratulations!!

For being one of our dayzers lottery programs winners. Attached is a note that explains the requirements and procedure for your winning claims and an application form to be filled. signed and returned to us by e-mail or fax. You are expected to called us between 9am-7 pm monday to friday and saturday 9am to 2 pm.

Thank you.

Regards,
Management,
Mr.Fernando Smith
Claim Processing Officer.

...And here are a couple of screen shots of the documents they have sent...lol!

The Notification


The Form
Thank you Mr.Strange Dutchperson who blew up his money on calling a poor man living in a Calcutta. Unfortunately, I won't be sending you 720 Euros. Call me.

Sunday, May 14, 2006

Fort Minor - Kenji



My father came from Japan in 1905
He was 15 when he immigrated from Japan
He worked until he was able to buy - to actually build a store

Let me tell you the story in the form of a dream,
I don't know why I have to tell it but I know what it means,
Close your eyes, just picture the scene,
As I paint it for you, it was World War II,
When this man named Kenji woke up,
Ken was not a soldier,
He was just a man with a family who owned a store in LA,
That day, he crawled out of bed like he always did,
Bacon and eggs with wife and kids,
He lived on the second floor of a little store he ran,
He moved to LA from Japan,
They called him 'Immigrant,'
In Japanese, he'd say he was called "Issei,"
That meant 'First Generation In The United States,'
When everyone was afraid of the Germans, afraid of the Japs,
But most of all afraid of a homeland attack,
And that morning when Ken went out on the doormat,
His world went black 'cause,
Right there; front page news,
Three weeks before 1942,
"Pearl Harbour's Been Bombed And The Japs Are Comin',"
Pictures of soldiers dyin' and runnin',
Ken knew what it would lead to,
Just like he guessed, the President said,
"The evil Japanese in our home country will be locked away,"
They gave Ken, a couple of days,
To get his whole life packed in two bags,

Just two bags, couldn't even pack his clothes,
Some folks didn't even have a suitcase, to pack anything in,
So two trash bags is all they gave them,
When the kids asked mom "Where are we goin'?"
Nobody even knew what to say to them,
Ken didn't wanna lie, he said "The US is lookin' for spies,
So we have to live in a place called Manzanar,
Where a lot of Japanese people are,"
Stop it don't look at the gunmen,
You don't wanna get the soldiers wonderin',
If you gonna run or not,
'Cause if you run then you might get shot,
Other than that try not to think about it,
Try not to worry 'bout it; bein' so crowded,
Someday we'll get out, someday, someday.

As soon as war broke out
The F.B.I. came and they just come to the house and
"You have to come"
"All the Japanese have to go"
They took Mr. Ni
People didn't understand
Why did they have to take him?
Because he's an innocent laborer

So now they're in a town with soldiers surroundin' them,
Every day, every night look down at them,
From watch towers up on the wall,
Ken couldn't really hate them at all;
They were just doin' their job and,
He wasn't gonna make any problems,
He had a little garden with vegetables and fruits that,
He gave to the troops in a basket his wife made,
But in the back of his mind, he wanted his families life saved,
Prisoners of war in their own damn country,
What for?
Time passed in the prison town,
He wanted them to live it down when they were free,
The only way out was joinin' the army,
And supposedly, some men went out for the army, signed on,
And ended up flyin' to Japan with a bomb,
That 15 kilotonne blast, put an end to the war pretty fast,
Two cities were blown to bits; the end of the war came quick,
Ken got out, big hopes of a normal life, with his kids and his wife,
But, when they got back to their home,
What they saw made them feel so alone,
These people had trashed every room,
Smashed in the windows and bashed in the doors,
Written on the walls and the floor,
"Japs not welcome anymore."
And Kenji dropped both of his bags at his sides and just stood outside,
He, looked at his wife without words to say,
She looked back at him wiping tears away,
And, said "Someday we'll be okay, someday,"
Now the names have been changed, but the story's true,
My family was locked up back in '42,
My family was there it was dark and damp,
And they called it an internment camp

When we first got back from camp... uhh
It was... pretty... pretty bad

I, I remember my husband said
"Are we gonna stay 'til last?"
Then my husband died before they close the camp.