Man Submits Drawing in Lieu of Payment, Film At 11.

I have a scam question. Has anyone seen this one before? How does it work?

Subject: OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION.
OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION
The MICROSOFT EMAIL PROMO TEAM is glad to announce that
after a successful completion of the PROMO DRAWS on the
13th November 2008,your e-mail address,attached to winning
numbers:(55) (73) (14)(41) (36) (29) won in the Tenth
lottery category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
?150,000,00(One Hundred and Fifty Thousand British Pounds
Sterling) in cash credited to file REF NO:MSW-L/008-28793,
BATCH NO:2008MJL-05, this is from a total prize money of
?3,750,000 (Three Million,Seven hundred and Fifty Thousand
British Pounds Sterling),shared among the Twenty five (25)
international winners in this category.
All participants were selected through our Microsoft computer
ballot system drawn from 167,000 Names,as part of our
International "E-MAIL" Promotion Program for our prominent
MS-WORD users all over the world and for the continuous use
of the internet. You are adviced to contact the claims
processor with the details below via his e-mail address :
NAME:  Allen Schuetz
EMAIL: m_______.s______@yahoo.com.hk
TEL:  +44 703 5552789


PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO
CLAIM  YOUR WINNINGS:
1.Full Name....................................
2.Address:....................................
3.Phone:...............Fax:...................
4.Country:....................................
5.Sex/Gender...................................


In order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications,please
remember to quote your reference and winning ticket number in
all correspondence with  your claims officer.Your secret pin
code is ML*******.Be warned that cases of double claims and
unwarranted abuse of this program  will be legally pursued.

My sister is curious.

But I have West Wing day dreams.

me three. I may yet fill out the form.

Kansas City and public transportation just don't mix.

Not widely and certainly not where you live. There are some areas of the city where people do rely heavily on the bus system. If you worked downtown I'll bet you could find a park & ride bus. My mom did that (from Lee's Summit) when she still worked downtown.

Listen up, people: walking to the middle of the road to huff and stomp your feet does not make the bus arrive more quickly

I've never understood those people. Dude you are in the turn lane. Cars will run you over.

Listen up, people: walking to the middle of the road to huff and stomp your feet does not make the bus arrive more quickly

My knees complain more standing still than walking, and if I look for the bus from the middle of the road, I can see further and can make a more informed decision about whether or not it's worth waiting for.

I'll take a guess, ita. Sister provides the information. Mr. Scheutz or somebody connected with him contacts sister about her winnings. There's a catch -- she has to pay taxes on the winnings, or something like that.

But Mr. Scheutz doesn't want Sister to be unable to claim her winnings. So he'll send her a cashier's check. She is to cash the check (receiving cash, that is) at her bank and wire the funds to somewhere, Hong Kong at a guess from the e-mail address.

Unfortunately, the cashier's check is no good, the bank takes the money back from Sister's account, and Mr. Scheutz is long gone.

A little more detail on that kind of scam.

Come in and Worship "God"

You can tell this isn't for a Unitarian Universalist congregation. We replace the quote marks with an asterisk. (*Or such deity or lack thereof to which you may feel moved to offer worship, appreciation, or supplication. Or you could just come by for the music and coffee. We're easy.)

I've never understood those people.

I also get a little irritated by all the people who rubberneck on the El platform. Dude, the El is loud. You will not miss it pulling into the station.

Kansas City and public transportation just don't mix.

They had a great streetcar system when my dad was growing up there in the '30s.

You will not miss it pulling into the station.

...but sometimes it is fun to spot the little headlight racing toward you! t /sometimes is five