In my inbox: From: Vincent Appiah <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Urgent Attn: Please and a good day to you, I have an important information for the owner of this email id, but first of all, I want to ensure if this email is still valid, I want you to confirm if this email is correct and is being checked by only you so that I will proceed to let you know what information i have for you. I am taking this measure in other not to make any mistake because of the sensitivity of the information i have for you. Awaiting your urgent response. Vincent Appiah ... Obviously these scams are to confirm active email addresses.. why not just tell me I've won $1,000,000 in the Canadian lottery and have me respond to that? oh wait, never mind, that was done last month.
What do they need more than knowing you're an opener? :wink: And there's no WAY you got a email about the Canadian lottery because I got that and already sent my money to claim my prize...I'm still waiting but they guaranteed I'd get it! So it's cool...
I have gotten one of the more interesting mutations of advance fee scam last week. Someone messaged me on Skype posing as a long lost relative with the same last name, asking for a typical Nigerian prince transaction. This makes a lot of sense because you can find real names on Skype and lots of people who would not fall for "rich stranger" trick might be more open to a "rich relative".
Damn you guys discovered how I truly remove hard bounces :-( Vincent Appiah is my alias I use when troll Weight Watchers looking for hungry, hungry hippos.
It's amazing, some of these email would look legit if it wasn't for the broken english or bad grammar. How about the... Dear NULL I love that one.
LOL right there with: Hello $fname $lname Hi $email Thats it from now on I'm hiring pakis to write my content because nothing is as good as: "Hello, my very fine english would like to inivite your presence for our great offer"
