Spam for Dummies
I got a piece of spam yesterday that I think I'm perfectly fine with, even though it got through my spam filter. This one is from "City Bank" in Lagos. Pretty routine except it has a Sept. 11 twist.

ATT CEO,
I am the manager of Foreign Account Department of the City Bank Plc. I am writing you this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out this transaction. We discovered an abandoned Sum of US$20Million (TwentyMillion U.S Dollars) in an account that belong to one of our foreign who died the recent terrorist attack in UNITED STATE of AMERICA. Since this development, we have advertising for his next kin or any close relation to come forward to claim this money, but nobody came to claim To this effect, I and two other officials in my department have decided to look for a trusted foreign partner who can stand in as the next of kin to the deceased and claim this money. We need a foreign partner ... .

Why am I OK with this scam? Because anyone who answers it deserves to lose their entire retirement savings. Not only are they gullible but they're trying to profit from Sept. 11 victims. Real classy. And by the way, who are the people buying stuff from spammers? If those three in a thousand people never bought anything from spammers, this whole e-mail junk mail would drop off considerable.
- posted by Amy @ 1/22/2004 08:35:00 AM