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What the! ^^ I got an email almost exactly like that once
What did you win? XD
Wow! Isn't it ironic how us 3 are winners?
And there are only 9! Weird!
I can't wait to decide how to spend my Euro's!
Its a stupid lie no $$ is actually given
I got the same 1 to buch of cr@p
Cessna's rule!
Here's another canful
THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION
In Conjunction with the International Monetary Fund
WORLD BANK FACT-FINDING & SPECIAL DUTIES OFFICE
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
TEL: +44-7040107776
Dear Sir/ Madam.
I am Rev. Father Thomas Rhodes, a senior staff with the World Bank fact
finding & special duties office. I am writing you this letter because
cool penny is better than millions of dollars. It is better for one to
live and die poor honest man than a rich dishonest one.I and the chief
security
officer (CSO) of this organization have arranged with an officer in
computer section engineer Peter Cliff to bring out part of your total
pending payment sum amounting to US$10 million.
Why we did this is because according to information gathered from the
bank's/security computer, you have been waiting for a long time to
receive your money without success. As I found out that you have almost met
all the statutory requirements in respect of your pending payment, your
problem is that of interest groups. A lot of people are interested in
your payment and those people are merely doing paper works with you and
that explains why you receive fax and phone messages from different
people everyday.Also we found out that some of the officials of the
parastatals have been extorting a lot of money from you with the pretext
of helping you receive your money. I can assure you that this may last
for years yet nothing happens if you do not do away with those
officers that you call your partners. And for security reasons do not tell
anybody that you have your money until you receive cash at your door
step.
The money is in a security-proof box weighing 75kg. Yesterday we went
to four courier companies to make arrangements on how to ship them by
courier to you. Dhl, ems, FedEx, ups all said that they must open the
boxes for inspection by the customs before shipment. This is something we
want to avoid because the box is padded with synthetic nylon and to
open it, you have to cut the pad before you will meet the button that
you will press to open the dial code-lock. There is no way you can open
the box and be able to close it again because it was padded with
machine.
We told the courier services that the box contained film materials and
when open will spoil the materials. We did not declare money because
courier does not carry money. Today a friend of mine who is diplomat
disclosed to me that there is a security courier service they use to send
diplomatic materials and information from one country to another. It
has diplomatic immunity and consignment cannot be checked by any
customs anywhere in the world. I have met the officials of the security
courier service andconcluded shipping arrangement with them, which they
will commence as soon as I have your go ahead order. The diplomat will
help me so we do not have any problem.
We have concluded that you must donate Five Hundred Thousand United
States dollars (US$500,000.00) to charity here in London as soon as you
reeive your money. To this effect, you will send us a promissory note for
Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars (US$500,000.00) along with
your address for sending the box by courier.
Please maintain topmost secrecy as it may cause a lot of problems if
found out that we are using this way to help you. Do not ever tell
anybody about this until you have your money. I want to help you because
something in me is telling me that you are an honest person. When you
conclude this and you send our promise, we will help to ship the final
part of your money to you.
God be with us as we wait for your reply. Please do not fail to call.
Yours faithfully,
REV. FATHER THOMAS RHODES.
You have to be kidding... Does anybody fall for this stuff?
@ Tankster
No offence but your not a n00b,
use the edit option please ! 8(
Me too!
I just wish they wouldn't try to stealth it in so much so that my e-mail filters could do their job. Freaky spellings and supposed messages from friends are just plain wrong. It should be obvious that if I don't want Viagra, I don't want v1agra, v|agra or vlagra either (as if!!!).
Anyway, that's something I'd like to see a little more true in advertising applied to and make such spammers accurately describe their product, spelling and all.
^I hate those intentional misspellings especially... I just got this one-
Hello
VaAvLlldUlM p v$u1k,t2 s 1 n
V y IcAkGmRaAp n$q3v,c7 n 5l
CzIqAvLrI g S h b$ w 3x, a 3z3k
and many other
It makes it pretty difficult to keep up on filters... I gave up. I had way too many to manage anymore. I think we should get paid for the spams we get. I heard about a proposed e-mail tax. Spammers would have to pay to send the bulk emails. Probably unenforceable, too.
Here's a story on it . It includes a little statement I'd like to see...
Scelson threw his own spam prevention idea into the mix. He advocated that all e-mail applications include a "no bulk e-mail" box that customers can check, forcing bulk e-mail to bounce back to the sender. "It costs no money on AOL's end and no money on our end," he said. "The system I proposed costs no money and gives the power back to the people...
@ Tankster
No offence but your not a n00b,
use the edit option please !
Are you KIDDING me lonewolf?
Did you think for one second I was serious?
It's a JOKE.
@ Tankster
No offence but your not a n00b,
use the edit option please !
Jeez, whatever happend to good ol sarcasm?
I could tell it was an attempt at a joke... Am I the only one?
On topic... The only spam I ever get is from you guys :P
Tankster double posted this:
Wow! Isn't it ironic how us 3 are winners?
And there are only 9! Weird!
I can't wait to decide how to spend my Euros
I believe Lone was referring to that, but other than that, I don't know... I vote for misunderstanding between what Lone said and Tankster thought he meant.
Back on track... I'll take spam, eggs, sausage and spam...
whether I like it or not...
Last edited: Thursday, February 16, 2006 at 6:37:22 PM
If I double posted, he would say use the delete option
And what does have to do with being a "n00b"? Could it be possible I hit submit one too many times?
Whatever.
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I was checking my E-mail after school when I stumbled apon this clever message and a few virus prone downloads:
DAYZERS NEDERLANDS
Website: www.dayzers.nl
PALEISSTRAAT 5, 2514 JA, THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS.
REF: DNL/2651046GD003708
BATCH: 241/00319/DNL
Sir/Madam,
AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily notify you of the draw of the Email Lottery Ballot / World Gaming Board Sweepstakes program held on the 31th of January, 2006. Your email address attached to ticket Nr: DNL02301487904/05 drew Lucky Nrs: 05-11-44-37-10-43, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of One Million Euro only in cash credited to file REF Nr: DNL/2651046GD003708. This is from a total cash prize of Nine Million Euro only, shared amongst the nine winners in this category.
All participants were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer Ballot System drawn From over 1000 unions that are listed online. Microsoft Corporation, names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which takes place every three years. Payment authority of your prize - One Million Euro only already paid and insured in your name with our accredited Paying bank will be issued to effect immediate / swift transfer in the mode you will prefer and designate, upon satisfactory report on verification and validation recommendations provided by our accredited Claims Security Agent Department. To file for your claim, please contact our Claim Agent; Dr. Jay Collins: The Foreign Service Manager of INTERCONTINENTAL TRUST SECURITY AND CARGO SERVICES on Tel: + 31-61-561-3220. E-mail: Intertrustsecuri@netscape.net
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claim is processed and your money remitted to you and remember to quote your Reference and Batch numbers in all your correspondences. This is part of our precautionary measures to avoid unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All winnings must be claimed not later than 28th of February, 2006. After this date, all unclaimed funds will be withdrawn.
Congratulations once more from all our members of staff.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Hellen van Marsh.
Lottery Coordinator Sweepstakes International.
Website: www.dayzers.nl
What a card! XD