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We’ve all received them.

In fact, you may have received a couple of them earlier today. Maybe even a few minutes ago. Or perhaps a few of them are piling up in your various mailboxes even as you read this. Barring a few “extraordinary” cases, most of these “messages” come bearing good news. In fact, they could be even incredibly, amazingly, wonderfully fantastic news. 

The only problem is that they’re almost always, too good to be true.

Just like everyone else, I dislike spam emails. In fact, I barely even bother clicking on the folder so neatly marked SPAM in my various email accounts. But the thing is, spammers just get more and more creative. The marketing geniuses that they are, ever so often a couple of their too-good-to-be-true offers bypass the clearly less-than-perfect spam scanning software and end up in my Inbox. 

And if some of those emails in my Inbox are to be believed: 

• I’ve just won 2 Million Euros in a lottery held by ....hold your breath….Google Incorporation. No, not the fake Google who is based in Mountain View, California. The REAL Google Incorporation in Amethyst House, South Africa. Now, it takes me by surprise obviously. After all, I've never played the Google Lottery. But they explain everything so clearly in the email. The winners were chosen randomly from a pool of public emails.

Imagine that! Winning a lottery without even playing it.

• If I act promptly, I have the unique opportunity to pocket $100Million from the account of a recently deceased African leader, who died in a plane crash along with all his family, thereby leaving no next of kin. All I need to do is give them my bank account details and they’ll transfer the entire amount. No questions asked. And we say people are selfish and mean.

 We should really stop being so judgemental of world leaders who mysteriously happen to die along with their entire families, without so much as a will.

• I’ve just been pre-approved for the prestigious American Xpress Centurion credit card, which by the way is invitation only. I have to add that this makes my day. It feels amazing because I’ve never been pre-approved for anything in my life. Even my wife did not pre-approve me - I had to p?u?r?s?u?e? woo her for 2 years before she said yes for a cup of coffee.

I feel ya, Joey! 

• Apparently, the Bank of 'Murica has contacted me because their Account Review team has identified some unusual activity on my account. I’ve been credited $500,000 from an unknown source and they have put on a temporary hold on the money. All I need to do to verify the account is click on the link that they’ve added and fill in my account details and they’ll release the funds. After all, who wouldn’t want a bank that puts a hold on fraudulent transactions?

Now if only, I had an account with them, I’d be $500K richer. 

• My laptop (or tablet or phone or whatever it is that connects me to my email) is a money-making machine. In their own words, it is “Fast Cash, Minimal Work, No-Risk”. And here’s the deal clincher - I can work from anywhere. That’s awesome, isn't it? It is so convenient for me to make those millions quickly, through minimum effort while I’m cruising in the Caribbean on my $150Million yacht.

Which I won just a few minutes back, because….no surprises….my email address just got lucky. 

So, forget about forwarding hundreds of good-luck chain emails and working hard to make ends meet. The solution to your secure future is at your fingertips.

All you need is a simple little email address. So just click on the link and enter your bank account details. Your million-dollar-revenue generating email address is waiting for you

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