Random Spam

[Haljackey 17,241]

A few days ago I received the most random, creative spam email I have ever seen.  It is so wacky I actually read the whole thing just to get a good laugh. I thought you might enjoy it too if I posted it here, so here goes:

(prepare yourself)

---

From Danlintine Mboma

Avenue 5 Lot 172 Cocody Quarters

Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire

Good day Dear One,

 

Greetings and How are you today,I am Danlintine Mboma  would like

you to permit me to apply through this medium for your co-operation and 

to secure an opportunity to invest and do joint relationship and

business with you in your country.

 

I have a substantial capital I honourably Inherited from my late father

late Chief  Edward Mboma. 

who deal in Cocao-coffee platation and share from family Gold, diamond

Minining site.The Epmgigo rebels killed Him recently in poltical crisis

in our country that have resulted to war since this past two years.

 

I intend to invest this money in profitable areas in your country into

a very lucratives business venture of which you are to advise and

execute the said venture over there for the mutual benefits of both of us .

Most especially is for you to help me come over to your base if

possible for You be able co-operate with me to become my business partner in

your country and create ideas on how  money will be invested, properly

managed and the type of investment after the money  is transferred to

your custody with your assistance.

I inherited this sum from my late father  whom the rebels killed

because he was not supporting their selfish intrest to topple the president

Gbagbo the present president.Meanwhile, on indication of your

willingness to handle this transaction sincerely by protecting my Interests and

upon your acceptance of this proposal.I would  furnish you with the full

detailed information, procedure, amount involve is below and we shall 

mutually agree on your percentage interest or share holding for helping

me to secure the release of the deposit and investing the fund into a

lucratives profitable venture in your care.It is The sum of Seven

Million,Five Hundred Thousand USD $7.500.000USD I shall be glad to reserve

this respect and opportunity for you, if you so desire, but do urge you

to give the matter your immediate attention it

deserves.I want you to be rest assured that everything is in order and

legitimate it was due to the political

crisis in our country that have resulted to war which cause everybody

to find a way to get out the country,

that make's me to use this medium to request for your assistance hoping

that you will not let me

down.

This money is legitimately acquired by my late father from sales of

cocoa-coffee and diamond dealings.

Looking forward to your prompt response

email me danlintinemboma0@yahoo.co.jp

Thanks and God bless

---

Other than the horrible grammar and sentence structure, why does someone from Cote d'Ivoire have a Japanese email address? (.jp)

I remember the good ol'days when Spam was short for spiced ham.

Best,

-Haljackey

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Well, good news!

Ever since some spam company got shut down by the FBI (or whoever it was)... spam output got reduced by 70%.

[hamsterTK 93]

don't be a MUGU

[Duke87 1,070]

Uh, this isn't spam. Spam is random messages advertising random things like "You've just been entered to win an iPod Nano!", or enhancing the size of certain parts of the body.

This is what we'd call a scam. That one letter makes a difference.

The difference being that spam is annoying but harmless. Scams such as phishing scams are  attempts to actually victimize people via identity theft and whatnot.

....and I don't find this one funny. Seriously, you might wanna report that to the police.

[Streetwise 3]

When I get these, I report them to my ISP.

[Duke87 1,070]

That works too.

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

Well, that's more coherent than the spam I usually get lol

[Haljackey 17,241]

Originally posted by: Duke87 Uh, this isn't spam. Spam is random messages advertising random things like "You've just been entered to win an iPod Nano!", or enhancing the size of certain parts of the body.

This is what we'd call a scam. That one letter makes a difference.

The difference being that spam is annoying but harmless. Scams such as phishing scams are  attempts to actually victimize people via identity theft and whatnot.

....and I don't find this one funny. Seriously, you might wanna report that to the police.quote>

Heh, I never knew that .  I thought all pointless clutter in your inbox was considered spam!

Although I do have to agree with you, its so random its scary.

Best,

-Haljackey

[TheCrybKeeper 276]

I get similar letters in all five of my email boxes. Every one of them comes from UK and Africa with varying ISP and IP's. They usually try for 1000 to 10,000 initial investments and it's always about them or you getting millions back for the small investment you get suckered into.

Spam is not clearly defined anywhere on the web. Or, I should say, I am still looking....and playing with spam rules. Seems the majority of forums, chatrooms and the like, have no clear rules in place, that put bounderies on spam types. So, if a spammer is creative enough, there is almost nothing the spammer won't get away with posting.

I firmly believe in our solution, here at home: Create a place where spam is welcomed and the rest of the websites spam disappears completely. Yes, completely. No more extra policing by your moderators, as the spam is deposited in one location for easy watching. This is especially helpful, for those who are having major problems with moderation shortages. 

[astronelson 339]

I don't get spam or scams. No, seriously, my inbox doesn't have it, my junk filter doesn't have it. Why would this be?

[LarksTonguesInAspic 28]

One way to cut down on it is to have a separate email account used only for various website registrations and the like. It functions as a shunt for the spam generated by things like job searches, which can bring in a lot of hangers-on. That way my primary address doesn't get a lot of it.

The bogus 'business proposition' stuff is insulting, if I knew anything about hacking or viruses I would target each and every one of these a-holes with something that would destroy their hard drive.

[Duke of York 23]

Hmmm....What a mess...It is longer than the spam I recieve....And the grammer....lol.