Another variant of the scam. This time allegedly from the UAE. Note the "offer is 100% risk free and is not a hoax" part!

A Moncton area resident was checking if she won the lottery at a corner store. The terminal said she won what seems like a trillion dollars, although the top prize was $20,000. The funny part is what Atlantic Lotto spokesman, Robert Bourgeois said (with added emphasis):

Here is another example of fake lottery scam. They ask for fees in relation to courier.

Researchers at Purdue University build a scientifically accurate 3D simulation of the World Trade Center tower when the airplane hit it.

Among their conclusions:

Here is a series of emails sent to us by a prospective victim. Her name is withheld for privacy reasons.You can see that the method in this case is charging courier fees upfront. In other cases, it is account opening fees, government fees, bribes, ...etc., but it is all the same: upfront money for a prize that does not exist.

Here is another scam email. The lottery is supposed to be in Belgium, but the address is in the Czech Republic.

It seems that some Arabic words are being used subconsciously for open source software projects.

Here are some recent examples.

I have wrote about Professor Robert Pape in a past article. He has been doing more speaking lately. The latest is speaking to a Muslim banquet and a Jewish audience in Cleveland. Details in this article on Cleveland Jewish News.

Avraham Burg, is an Israeli politician who was the former speaker of the Knesset from 1999 to 2003. He was also the chairman for the Jewish Agency for Israel, and the World Zionist Organization. In 2003, he wrote an article for The Yediot Aharonot (translated for the Guardian) titled: The End of Zionism. In that article he says that "...

The CBC asked the public to nominate and vote for the "Seven Wonders of Canada". Many worthy entries were nominated.The final list judged by the panel can be seen in the gallery of the Seven Wonders of Canada. Check the full list of nominees, with votes.