Best of Junk Mail, September 2016
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Getcha spool macs here!
I have no idea what a spool mac is. Well, I do now, by the miracle of Google. They’re a big cable reel thing. A spool, if you will. However, like Bar Gratings, I’m clearly the place to get some spool macs from. Or so the email I got this morning suggests: From: glen johnson Date: 11 November 2011 07:12 Subject: order Hello, Am Mr Glen Johnson and i will like to order spool macs from your company,can i have …
Reeling in a scammer Pt 2: Fish On!
I got an email back today: Hello, I will like you to send me the list of GAME CONSOLES you have available and their prices,so i can choose the one that is most suitable for me. Regards So I sent this in return: Dear Mr Henry Here is a list of the GAME CONSOLES in our stocks. All prices are priced in US DOLLERS. NEW NINTENDO WII WHITE $200 NINTENDO WII BLACK $220 ZII CONSOLE $100 ITEK $60 SEGA XBOX …
Reeling in a scammer
This never works, but it’s always worth a go to see how far things progress. Earlier this week, I got the following email: Hi Sales, Am Mr Henry Romans. I want to place an order from you. I know the difficulties encountered when shipping internationally, But that will not be a problem because i am registered with a shipping company whom i have used severally without any delay nor problems with my goods. Before i place these order, i want …
Selling Bar Gratings
I got a very strange email yesterday: From: clement boot Date: 8 March 2010 12:15 Subject: Order Dear Customer Service My name is Rev Clement Boot with the Boot’s & Company Inc and i am sending this email to your business as per regards to the order for some ((Bar Grating)) . I will want you to send me an email response back with the types of ((Bar Grating))that you carry as well as their prices that you carry in …
Best Nigerian scam email in ages
What I like about this, is that not only do I get an huge cash sum, but I bag myself a gen-you-wine Nigerian woman into the bargain! See also the amazing nonsense about my file (marked X!) and the released disk (painted RED!). From: ¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć janejames08@gmail.com Subject: ¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć Jame J Date: ¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć 5 June 2009 14:20:52 BST To: ¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć Undisclosed recipients: ; Reply-To: ¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć janejames01@hotmail.co.uk I am Miss Jane James.. a computer scientist with central bank of Nigeria. I am …
Emails from the Dawn of Time #2
Here’s another one, this time from 2002: Hello andy i think that your site is amazing, i love you pro wife simulator, however it is only amzing for animals such as slugs (it could be amazing for a snail but it is not likly due to there higher standards). You SUCK Wow! I bet I was well upset when that appeared in my inbox.
Emails from the Dawn of Time #1
Today, I decided that having a 1GB Outlook .pst file with all my emails in was a bit of overkill, and decided to archive some. I’ve kept virtually all of my emails ever since I left Uni in 1999, and even forwarded on some from there, so I’ve got a few from 1997. Anyway. In the process of doing the backing up, archiving, and then checking the archive, I had a read through some old messages, and here, for your …