Friday, October 17

Recently I've been peppered ...

... inundated even with scam phishing emails. Here’s 4 of the most recent. I must say, I find the little smile at the bottom of each email quite a friendly touch.

From: Mrs. Felicia Morgan' dickyb33@charterinternet.net
To: x
Subject: Reply

good day to you and the family. I am going in for a cancerous operation now. I am scared. I just willed you Sixty Thousand Pounds for charity work. Your name was chosen from a thousand email balloting. Contact my lawyer for more details. Mr. Francis (williamfrancis_chambers@yahoo.it). pls pray for me. Felicia
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Sorry Felicia, I don’t pray and if I actually received the £60,000, I’d not be using it for charity work (except the kind that starts at home of course).

From: jessi04@centrum.cz
To: unlisted-recipients:
Subject: HELLO

HELLO
I PRAYED BEFORE THIS REQUEST DO NOT SURPRISE I WANT TO COME IN YOUR COUNTRY, TO STAY IN YOUR PLACE MY PARENTS WHERE DIED BY FOOD POISON AND MY UNCLE SEND ME PARKING EVEN TREATING TO KILL,I NEVER KNEW THAT HIS THE ONE RESPONSIBLE OF MY PARENTS DIED DUE TO HIS PLAN TO COLLECT BOTH LAND,I HAVE LEAVE TO THE NEIGBORING COUNTRY WHERE MY FATHER BASE BEFORE HE DIED,WERE HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF($7.2M)SEVEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS HERE IN BAMAKO MALI CAPITAL ,THE BANK DIRECTOR MR NORMAN MERSERE ASK ME TO INFORM TRUST FORIEGNER DUE TO AGE FACTOR AM ONLY 20YRS OLD,TO STAND FOR EASY TRANSFER AND INVESTMENT,SHOW ME LOVE PLEASE AM TIRED OF BEEN IN HELPLESS ZONE, I WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOUR.......THANKS.
FROM..JESSICA KONE.
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Jessica, I feel for you, really, what a terrible uncle, but no, I’ll not be showing you any love I’m afraid. I’m beastly like that.

From: jack@ns.sympatico.ca
To: info@winner.org
Subject: File Your Claims

Contact: Mr.Harry Bricks for the claims of £1,000,000 GBP which you have won in NATIONAL-LOTTERY.
Provide your Names,Address,Age,Occupation,Tel,Country.send to Email: mr_harrybricks@yahoo.co.uk
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Harry, babe, I just don’t feel comfortable accepting a lottery prize when I didn’t buy a ticket, much as I’d love the £1,000,000.


From: PAYMENT DISBURSTMENT DEPARTMENT info@scamvictims.org
To: x
Subject: REF/PAYMENTS CODE: SCBK/06654


PAYMENT DISBURSTMENT DEPARTMENT 2007/2008 SCAM VICTIMS
Dear Beneficiary,
This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the UNITED NATIONS and WORLD BANK to pay 291 victims of scam £450,000GBP each. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, send a copy your response to the Registrar Mr Tony Henry, EMAIL:(paymentdisburstmentdepartment@yahoo.co.uk)
Best Regards
Mr Colin Bruce
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Colin, thanks for your kind invitation but, I really don’t think qualify as a “victim”, really, peppering with silly scam span doesn’t qualify as persecution in my book.
Do people really fall for this crap?

2 comments:

Roo said...

Yes they do! We know somone ( a co-worker of Peter's) that fell for it.

The same person that works for an international bank! And no, we have no idea how he could have been that stupid either!!

Ms Brown Mouse said...

Roo, perhaps this is why banks are in so much trouble!