I just opened some snail mail that I received earlier today. It was one of those letters that said I’d won something. Hmmm what could it be I asked myself.
Obviously I wasn’t that curious about it because I waited about four hours before I opened it.
The letter proclaimed on the front that I was a “Grand Slam” winner.
I’ve apparently won the Grand Slam in our Canadian Lotto 6/49 lottery. All I have to do to claim my prize is send $10 to an Australian address.
The letter doesn’t say how much I won. I’m supposed to trust them and send them my money with no idea if I’ve apparently one a dollar or a million dollars.
Trouble is, our lottery doesn’t function online and there’s nothing called a Grand Slam in the 6/49 lottery.
Sounds like a scam eh? A quick Google search confirmed that it is indeed a scam.
The letter came from Singapore but I’m to return it to Haplin Data Services in Runaway Bay Australia.
Sure … sure I will.







Well, isn’t that sweeeeet? Scum around the world unite! How come YOU get all the good mail? All I ever get are shoe catalogues and credit card applications. Oh, and warnings that my student loan needs to be consolidated IMMEDIATELY (too late guys, government’s got it) and that the extended coverage on our car is ABOUT TO EXPIRE!!! Well, in about 2 years or 10 thousand miles. What do they think we are, idiots? I’m gonna have to give them an extra-spitty raspberry and two farts for lack of originality and research. Tsk tsk.