So... the account approval barrier has been down for several days now. I, in my new position of impunistic power, have watched closely for the spam onslaught. Yet none has appeared I know of, unless somebody else is catching them... I've yet to see even one. Maybe the spammers took my advice and went to hell. I don't know. I've just seen nothing.
This is very serious, My Name is Mr Tony Mensah, From the Republic of Togo, I will like to ask for your assistance to resolve and transfer into your account the total sum $18.5 Million Dollars.
Now my questions are:- 1. Can you handle this project? 2. Can I give you this trust? 3. What will be your commission? Your full names Your phone/fax number
If you can sponsor and handle this project consider it and get back to me as soon as possible But if you are not interested do not bother to respond.
We've got a spam baiter here in the UK. He writes back saying he belongs to a religious order and will only respond to their request if they send him a photo with them painted with weird symbols on the bodies holding a toilet seat over their head with upside down spectacles on and their tongue hanging out to appease his religious deity. And they do. I'll try and find a link for it. It creased me up. ----------
In my first few days as deputy D, I've deleted only 1 spam post which was sex related,.... that was a TOUGH decision, but somebody has to do it.... ---------- DutchBones Tube
I caught one earlier in the week. some of the guys caught it first and asked so where are the new moderators? I deleted the spam and their posts for good measure. I don't do complaints
That 419 site was pretty cool. I loved where he had the spammer posing with the Mi. Eric Shun company logo. That was awesome. I used to have a mail account, Erwin Bachforelle, was the alias, where I used to mess with spammers like that. Oh, to have free time to waste spammer time again...
I am a coffee enthusiast (o say the lest- ny espresso machine and grinder have a street value greater than I paid for my car!0. I also have a well-respected coffee website. Becasue of that I get a lot of spam, and teh ocassional Phishing scheme. I saved my favorite:
----------------------------------------------- Hello, I am Marry Jerry with the Marry and Sons Enterprice Company Limited and i have contact you to know if you sell Pasquini Livia 90 Espresso Machine and if yes i will like you to mail me with the sizes that you do have so that i will mail you back the sizes that i will like to order and that will be pick up from your location and also the type of payment you do accept...Looking forward to hear from you. --------------------------------------------
That machine only comes one size, and I looked up the company and it does not exist. So I sent the following reply:
I found your business proposition interesting, to say the least. What sizes are you interested in? Small, medium, large, extra large? What colors are you interested in? I need to know specifics before I can reply further. Please send an address where I can reach you by mail, and I will need a genuine business E-mail address.
Thank you for visiting my website. -------------------------------------------
Well, can you imagine, they wrote back:
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Hello, Thank you very much for your interest in my order and i will like to order 4 pieces of the large size and then the color also i need is color white and i will like you to mail me back the total price of the 4 and that will be pick up from yor location and also what type oof payment do you accept...Looing forward to hear from you
Thank you Marry Jerry --------------------------------------------
So I replied:
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Marry,
Your letter of the 11th received. I had previously requested that you supply me with a business address and phone number through which I could contact you. I am a bit concerned because I have done a search for your business on the Internet and cannot find any information about you nor your business. From my search it seems that your business does not exist. Please supply me with that information. Without it no further relationship between us can exist:
Business Name:___________________________________
Name of Contact Person:_________________________
Title of Contact person:___________________________
Business Address (physical Location):
Street Number_________________________________
City:_________________________________________
Country: _____________________________________
Postal Code___________________________________
Phone Number (+ country code)_____________________
Business Banking Contact to Verify Above Information (no specific financial information will be requested):
Bank Name : __________________________________
Account Representative: _____________________
Phone Number: _______________________________
Looking forward to your reply. ---------------------------
