Thursday, July 16, 2009

Thank you (muchas gracias)

Like an army of cyberspace Zorros - without the Antonio Banderas accent or cheesy one-liners - you have come to my rescue. Thank you. An Unquiet Day is now the proud home of 55 members. I'm not sure how I can repay you, but if you have any questions about the media world or story ideas, I will be glad to try and help.
Oh, I know. Perhaps I should share out the 1 316 463, 00 UK Pounds I won today. That's... let me do the calculation... R18-something million... divided by 55... R335 000 each... not bad... and who says the Internet is only for porn.
Of course, we have to verify the winnings. I have my suspicions... and they all lead to Nigeria. You see, I received an email today that announced:
"Dear winner
Please find the attachment and send your information to your claims agent immediately
Thank you,
Uk NATIONAL LOTTERT"
Attached was a fairly nice looking Word document with a fancy background. Apparently all valid email addresses in the world were chosen for the draw and I was the lucky winner. "Congratulations! Congratulations!" the letter shouted.
There were a whole bunch of codes, to make it look official, and some telephone numbers to call to claim your prize. I wondered how many poor old people across the world were busy dialling...
"LOTTERT"? Seriously? Can't they at least get 4 lines right? Can they spell "419 scam"? Do they know how Caps Lock works?
Anyway, it's not like we don't have stupid fraudsters in SA. I am busy investigating a KZN businessman on trial for defrauding the Department of Education of R200-million. He allegedly had an insider, got a huge tender and was hired to buy textbooks and stationery for distribution to schools. He promptly opened another company and used one business to sell to the other business and sent the invoices to the government. What was he thinking? That no one would make the connection? Eish.

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