I'm really hoping what they say about asian boys being good at math is true. I gave him the receipts and he seemed to really enjoy the task. I'm going to have him look over my 401K plan to see if he has any suggestions on that too.

A number of friends expressed concern over my recent blog entry regarding email messages Hui-Hui has received regarding large foreign lottery winnings and shady sounding deals involving the movement of large sums of money.
Do not worry; we are aware these are scams. And now we’re aware my sarcastic sense of humor is not as broadly appreciated as I like to think it is.
If you have received messages like these and were wondering what they’re about you can read about these scams on the FRAUD WATCH INTERNATIONAL website.

This is something we have been told very many times. We heard it a lot before we went to China to get him. People saying it mean it mostly as a compliment to Tina and me. Or sometimes they mean he is fortunate to be able to leave the orphanage and have a family. While people saying this mean the very best by it, it's considered to be inappropriate language in the adoption community. The thinking is that you wouldn't normally say this to a new parent of a biological child, and as a child grows and is able to understand things being said around them, hearing this repeated again and again can make them start to feel like a life-long charity case. When people say this to us Tina and I are always quick to respond that we feel we are the lucky ones, and if you've met Hui-Hui you would know that this is true!
But the thing is, Hui-Hui really is A VERY LUCKY BOY! In fact, in the time he's been home with us it appears he has potentially come into almost $37,000,000!
Hui-Hui has his own email address and in the last four months he has received the following messages. We are looking into the best way to execute these transactions to optimize his earnings. We figure the whole college fund thing is going to be completely taken care of!
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INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM
MADRID SPAIN
FILE REFERENCE NO:
PP2005-001-MLI
BATCH: 1505/004NL
TO WINNERS IN OUR PROGRAM
We wish to congratulate you over your success in our computer balloting sweepstake held recently.
This is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it.
However,your email address was attached to ticket number 10CBG3471913; with serial number 19034 draw the lucky numbers 1-9-74-31, which eventually won the lottery in the first category of the draws. This entitled to a cash award of €500,000.00 ( FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS). This is from total prize money of €15,000,000.00 distributed
to winners from 1st to 3rd categories.
Note that this program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group of philanthropist, industrialists from the internet ware industry and some other big multinational firms who wish to be anonymous.
To begin your claim, please contact the claims coordinator
Mr. Mack George
TEL: +34676020575
Email address: cristinadie1@netscape.net

Yours Faithfully,
MRS. CRISTINS ROSA

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FROM THE DESK OF DAYZERS E-MAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPT.

REF: S23/15/40/12/29/
BATCH: 54/010/0-PD

RE: EMAIL
WINNING CONFIRMATION NOTICE:

We are glad to inform you that your E-mail address appears as the confirmed Winner of our last Dayzers email lottery program held on the 30th November 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 216-365-787 with Serial number 34/15/65 drew lucky numbers 32-15-54-35-47, which Consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved For a lumpsum ayment of EUR 500.000.00 euros.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This promotional program takes place every year. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system rawn from over 100,000 companies and 50,000, 000 ndividual email addresses and names from all over the world.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. We ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims
has been processed and your money remitted to you. To file for your claim or for further details, please contact our agent:

CONTACT NAME:
VAN BOMAN
CITY/ COUNTRY:AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
FREE SERVICE NUMBER:
0031-616-140-156
EMAIL:dayzersinfo002@netscape.net

In respect of our commitment towards helping the less previledge, we ask that you voluntarily contribute 1% of your Global winnings to any charity organization you desire at your convinience.

Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 24th of December 2005. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Vanessa
J. Smith

This email and its attachments are confidential and may contain legally privileged information. You should not disclose the contents to any other person. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system.
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My Dear,

Compliments.

I am Madam Joyce Rssll,Account Director in Post Bank Netherlands, and I represent the former C.E.O of an Oil Company in Russia. I seek your partnership in using your name and informations to Re-Profile Ten Million United States dollars(10,000,000.00), kept in a finance firm located in Europe .You will be offered 20% as management fee for investment in your country or outside your country in which you will advice me.

If you are interested, write back WITH YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION LIKE PHONE AND FAX NUMBER,YOUR FULL NAMES AND ADDRESS.by Email: joycerssll@netscape.net and I will provide further details.

I look forward to your reply.
Regards,
Madam Joyce Rssll. www.postbank.nl


FROM: MR.JOSEPH NGOBE.
TEL: +27-8-333-7753-3.
EMAIL: jogobe01@sify.com.
Or jogobe01@yahoo.com
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ATTN: DIRECTOR/CEO.
REQUEST FOR URGENT TRANSFER.

In my quest for a reliable and trusted partner for a highly important and lucrative venture cum investment, I came across your contact as a reliable partner for this venture. I am Mr. Joseph Ngobe, one of the senior Accountants of AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA). To highlight you on this proposal, there is an account opened in this bank since 1980 till 1990 after which, nobody has operated on this account again till date. After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr. Ben Andreas, a foreigner, and a miner at Kruger gold co., a geologist by profession who died since 1990. No other person knows about this and my investigation further proved to me that his company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved as he made it his personal account. The money outstanding before his death was (USD 26 Million) Twenty Six Million United States Dollars. I am now contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a national with a local bank account here. But can only be approved to any foreign account because the money is in US dollars and the former owner, a foreigner. I implore you to act as foreigner and beneficiary to the fund as I will then intimate you on the processes abound as well as procure all the necessary documents required to lay claim to the money.

If you are capable and willing to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit I shall highly appreciate. I need a trusted person like you in this transaction because I do not want to make mistakes; I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in the office I can effect transfer of this money to any foreigner's reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my arrival in your country for disbursement. On the alternative, you can come down here to South Africa for us to meet one to one.

Send me your private telephone and fax numbers upon receipt of this proposal, if you genuinely want to assist and be a co-partner. I will also wants us to meet face to face, to enable us sign a binding agreement. As soon as you receive this money into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the fund will be safe. I will proceed to your country for onward percentage distributions and investment. I need your full co-operation to make this work because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner, who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you later immediately. I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this business, for your assistance, 25% of the total amount will be accrue for you, 70% for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of the transfer.

I implore you to maintain the absolute confidentiality of this transaction.
Your earliest response is urgently awaited.
Truly Yours,
Mr. Joseph Ngobe.