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Posted by Federation Shipmaster (Member # 15) on :

Here's the email I got:

Congratulations applicant #452609!
You have been selected from all entries sent in during the last year as the Fan of the Year!
By receiving this honor it entails that you participate in the festivities of our upcomming Washington/Baltimore convention.
The convention will take place October 14th at the USAir Arena.
During the convention you will be asked to receive your award of Fan of the Year on stage from the winner of the previous year, Brent Hutchings.
You will receive a two year subscription to Star Trek Magazine along with a full authentic Klingon War costume worn by Warf during filming of Star Trek: The Next Generation, during the third season.
You will also get the chance to meet William Shatner AND Patrick Stewart!
Remember, to receive your awards, you must be present at the USAir Arena on October 14th.
Failure to attend will result in forfeit of your winnings and lifetime ban from the Startrek Fanclub!
Please Respond via e-mail to to confirm attendence.
Thank you, we hope to see you at the convention.
~StrTrkMdrtr308

Now, is this real? I don't remember applying.

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

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and lifetime ban from the Startrek Fanclub!

This part is highly suspect. I think this is the ruse to make you attend.

Why such drastic measures?

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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :

That, and the misspelling of Worf.

Plus if it is real, why use a screen name and not a real name?

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Posted by Sidewinder (Member # 50) on :

Wouldn't they include a phone number that you could contact them at? And, where is the big company name? I mean, there is a lot of a good things happening there. Costume from Worf, meet Patrick and William...sounds like it is a little too good to be true...

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Posted by Alpha Centauri (Member # 338) on :

The entire message sounds just like those dot com companies that frequently spoil my e-mail account with messages like:

"You have been the lucky one selected out of three million persons to win $4,232,573,677,246,844,746,832!!! You only have to answer one simple question: How to you spell DECEPTION? If you answer the question correctly, you're a rich man!"

OK, this is fictional. But I think it's spam mail.

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2376.

Posted by Federation Shipmaster (Member # 15) on :

Even the email address seems fake: [email protected]
That web address doesn't exist, and the Fan Club doesn't have it's own page, really.

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

D-E-C-E-P-T-I-C-O-N

*looks at it*

Bugger.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Where do you go to get Trek themed spam? All I ever get is stock tips in Spanish and leads on really cheap Zantax.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

And porn. Always porn.

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Posted by SCSImperium (Member # 397) on :

I'm riddled with weight loss ads. "Lose hundreds of pounds in just hours"

As B.T. Barnum said, "a sucker is born every minute." Or was that "never underestimate the simplicity of humans"?

And about the Trek convention invitation, I've seen better written spam.

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Tolstoy, on a more objective note.

Posted by Federation Shipmaster (Member # 15) on :

Ah....this in just last night....joke by my friends. I was wondering why I couldn't email the place. I don't really care, seeing as I don't really like ST much anymore and I haven't watched an episode since Equinox I.

*DUCKS*