Crack at a Spammer...
I did this quite some time ago, but the thought of Posting this here came only today....
Well, Sudar knows of some funny spam. Well, after I read that post originally on November 2005, I decided to read some of the Spam in my Yahoo Spam Box and see what's there. So, first up, I came across this :
Dear Friend, I cannot imagine the surprise this will bring to you, but please be rest assured it is with good faith and intentions from a friend in dare need of your assistance.This is to help us transfer the inheritance sum of US$7,700,000 (Seven Million Seven Hundred U.S Dollars) into your account or company's account, in which God will bless you for rendering a helping Hand to others. My name is Mr. kwame Jacobs, and I work with First Atlanta Company in Ghana and i am writing in respect of Mr.Choi Soohyun a customer who perished in a plane crash [Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers on board on August 6, 1997. I personally have watched with Keen interest Since the demise of this our customer to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no One has come to claim his funds of US$7,700,000, which has been with my company for a very long time. On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next of kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin. Below is the website of the plane crash, http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list/ For your efforts, I am prepared to offer you 30% of the total sum while 5% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the course of this Transaction, 5% for the less Privileged in the society and the Remaining 60% is for me and my Partners. Please note that this transaction is risk-free and the major thing I ask of you is to assure me the safety of the money when transferred to your account. Further Information and arrangement will commence as soon as trust, Confidence and good relationship is established. I shall be most grateful if you maintain the confidentiality required In this transaction. Do not hesitate to contact me for further Directives to enable us commence towards the conclusion of this transaction. Please respond to this mail using my email address : I wait for your prompt response. Thanks and God bless, kwame Jacobs.Well, a typical, classical African Spam. So, instead of just keeping it in my Spam Box, I just decided to give my feedback to the spammer :
Hi Dr. Patrick Allain, I think I am good enough to detect a Phishing attack like this. Spelling Mistakes, Wrong Capitalization and a great eye for Details mark a really good spammer. And, I saw all these here : You got the name of a Plane which Crashed, saw the list of the passengers who died, found the name of the man whose Country couldn't be determined, Harvested my eMail from somewher(probably my Blog), and sent me this Mail... Kudos to you man, but I'm not falling for this... On the Other Hand, I do have respect for your abilities, and I think you could put them to good useAnd, I actually got a reply for this from that spammer! :
thank you alot mr yuri.well i do not have much to write since you are convience inside you that it is a game. thats ok .but for accepting me as a friend,i appreciate it and will keep intouch with you. kwame jacobsNot to be outdone, I replied to this as well :
More spelling mistakes.. Dude, you've gotta get a Spell Checker if you wanna convince people that you're serious:PWell, maybe that guy's abandoned that email ID, but I'm still to get a Reply for this.... Spam is so much fun, isn't it ?:D
1 Comments:
IT quizzers know this email as the - 419 scam :)
Spam is not fun!! :D
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