E-mail scams >_<

[vinny]

but sending them fake info is the funnest part!

[Bloonan]

You've done that? What did you type?

[Cassini90125]

I would give them the name and address of whoever was most annoying to me at the time. Unfortunately when responding to an email ad, be it a scam or legit, that confirms to the sender that it's a legitimate email address, and the amount of junk email you receive increases a hundredfold overnight. It's best to simply delete the garbage without responding and be done with it.

[vinny]

Originally Posted by Cassini90125

I would give them the name and address of whoever was most annoying to me at the time. Unfortunately when responding to an email ad, be it a scam or legit, that confirms to the sender that it's a legitimate email address, and the amount of junk email you receive increases a hundredfold overnight. It's best to simply delete the garbage without responding and be done with it.

LOL thats so funny, i'v done that before to back stabbing friends and my old boss

[Lynnie]

I get these every so often, but I think I got one worth sharing today.

Dear Friend,

It has been long we communicate last, am so sorry for the delay, I want to Inform you that your cheque of ($850.000.00) Which my boss asked me to mail to you as soon as you requested it, it is still with me. But due to some minure issue you fails to respond at the Approprete time, and presently the cheque is with me here in BENIN REPUBLIC. Though i had a new contact from a friend of mine who works with one security company here in BENIN REPUBLIC that will deliver you your cheque at your door step with a cheeper rate, which the company said that it will cost you the sum of $98 usd,

So you have to Contact them and register with them right now.Only what you will Contact them and send your full information such: Your directcelphone Number, Home or Office: Address to Avoid wrong Delivery, You should also tell the Company to give you the Information and how you will send them the Delivery fee ($98 usd) Immediately you Contact them before the cheque $850.000.00 will be delivered to your Door step.

Below is the Courier Company contact address: IMPEX SECURITY COMPANY CONTACT PERSON: REV MARK KELLY, EMAIL:impexdubenin111@myway.com
Please do get back to me as soon as you have contacted the security company so that i can be able to submit
your cheque to them immediately.

Thank you.
Mr. Joseph Martin

It might almost look "real", but the obvious fact that they address me as "Friend" even though they supposedly have a cheque written out to me, and also the spelling and grammar errors, makes it highly suspicious. And pay $98 to have a cheque delivered? Yeah, suusssspiiiiiiiiiiciouuuuuuuuuss!!

[Cassini90125]

The spelling errors are a dead givaway; it's impossible to take anyone who spells that bad seriously. Print it and post it on the office wall so your co-workers can point at it and laugh.

[Cassini90125]

This gem arrived in my inbox about 10 minutes ago:

Third International Program Organization
> Bangkok Branch Office
> Address: 3 Rajdamnern Avenue
> Bangkok 10200 Thailand

Congratulations from our members of staff. We are
Third International Program Organization, You
don't have to purchase
a ticket to enter this lottery, your email
indicating you as a winner
in the lottery programs held by the T.I.P.O.
All 100 winning email addresses were randomly
selected from a batch of 25,000 international
emails each from Canada, Australia, United States,
Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as
part of our international promotions program which
is conducted annually.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
- complete the registration which is
free...with a woman ...
name , gender , e-mail with a female name/gender
- for
verification. ..

(Link removed)

CONGRATULATIONS!
CONGRATULATIONS! !!! Once again from all members of
our staff and thank you for being a part of our
International Promotions program.
We wish you continued good fortunes.
Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Kenji Midori
President
T.I.P.O.

This classic piece of literature was written by a "woman" who calls herself Carmen, who has been spamming a huge number of Yahoo! groups for years, always with links to singles sites designed to part lonely people from their money. That's the case here as well. Pretty reprehensible, if you ask me.

I responded, by the way, but the rules prohibit posting that kind of language.

[kageri]

Oh, way to go, Lynnie! You didn't respond at the Approprete time and now you've lost yourself $850.000.00. >[

[vinny]

i just thought of something, this had to of happen one point in time. what would happen if one of these was real? XD

[Cassini90125]

Originally Posted by vinny

i just thought of something, this had to of happen one point in time. what would happen if one of these was real? XD

Nothing. Not responding to a real offer nets the same result as not responding to a scam.