Spam Email

[AddleBoy]

Lately, I've been getting a lot of scam emails about money this and money that, and I find them somewhat amusing so I thought I'd post them here. It'd be funny if these were true, though.


This one was already in all caps

ATTN: THE BENEFICIARY,


RE: REMITTANCE OF YOUR OVER DUE PAYMENT

WE ARE SENDING THIS MESSAGE IN LINE WITH BANKING REGULATORY ACT 1989 AS AMENDED IN 1999 SECTION 208 SUB SECTION 26 PARAGRAPH 78, CUM THE RESTRUCTURING WE ARE TRYING TO PUT IN PLACE AT THE APEX BANK FOR A MORE EFFICIENT AND WORKABLE SYSTEM.
WE ARE EQUALLY GLAD TO INFORM YOU THAT THE PRESIDENCY TOGETHER WITH THE HOUSE OF SENATE HAS UNDER A JOINT MEETING RECENTLY CONCLUDED WITH THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA APPROVED VIA THIS PAYMENT RELEASE ADVICE NO. PRS-OXXYS- CHIPS 10/Y2K, TO PAY INTO YOUR DESIGNATED BANK DETAIL AS STATED;
Bank of America
Tarpon Woods Boulevard
BANK ROUTING
A/C NAME: JORGER PERZ
IT MUST BE CLEAR TO YOU THAT THE MINISTRY DOES NOT FIND IT FASCINATING IN THE EVENT OF PAYMENT INTO A WRONG ACCOUNT NUMBER AS IT ENTAILS CANCELLATION AND RECOMPUTING OF THE ENTIRE TRANSACTION. THUS YOU ARE REQUIRED TO APPROVE AND AUTHORISE OR OTHERWISE, THE FINAL REMITTANCE OF YOUR APPROVED SUM WILL MADE INTO THE ABOVE STATED BANK ACCOUNT DETAIL AS SEEN IN YOUR FILE.
YOU ARE HEREBY REQUESTED TO CONFIRM THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE ABOVE ACCOUNT DETAIL TO AVOID PAYMENT OF FUND INTO A WRONG ACCOUNT. YOU ARE HEREBY INFORMED THAT WE HAVE LESS THAN 72 BANKING HOURS FOR THIS CONFIRMATION FROM YOU. AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM FROM YOU, WE SHALL EFFECT YOUR PAYMENT ACCORDINGLY THROUGH OUR AFFILIATE PAYING BANK. WHEN MATTERS ARE CLEARED AND REGULARISED AS SUCH, WE WOULD NOT TOLERATE DELAY, UNCOMPROMISING AND NON-ATTITUDES FROM YOU WHICH OF COURSE IS NOT IN YOUR OWN BEST INTEREST. WE DO HOPE YOU APPRECIATE OUR POSITION AND ENDEAVOUR TO SERVE YOU
PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO SOME FRAUDLENT OFFICIALS IN THIS GOVERNMENT WE HAVE DECIDED TO CONFIRM THE ABOVE INFORMATION FROM YOU BEFORE EFFECTING THE PAYMENT.

Who the heck is Jorger Perz?

Hello,
i am Barrister Tan Zheng,an attorney at law.A deceased client of mine whose last name and yours are the same died as a result of a heart related condition in march 12th 2007.His health condition was due to the death of all his family members in the Tsunami disaster on the 26th of December,2004 in Sumatra Indonesia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake

My late client left behind in his bank account a fixed deposit of nineteen million dollars(19 million dollars),which is about to be confiscated by the bank if no next of kin is presented.I am the only one who knows he has no next of kin.This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and i from any breach of law.I await your responce.Thanks

EMAILzhengtan83@yahoo.com.hk).

Best Regard
Barrister Tan Zheng

Do you guy's get very many spam emails?

 

[CassinoChips]

The Wikipedia link makes it more official!

Yeah, I get them all the time too. I've gotten the Nigeria ones a bunch, and lately I've been getting the Bank of America "enter your information to reactivate your account" phishing scams quite often. Which is strange, considering I don't actually have an account at Bank of America.

Honestly, I don't know what's more sad, the fact that something like 20% of Nigeria's economy is sustained by these types of scams, or the fact that enough people fall for these scams that something like 20% of Nigeria's economy is sustainable by these scams.

...... .... I'm not entirely convinced that last sentence was in English.

Meh.

 

[AddleBoy]

Which is strange, considering I don't actually have an account at Bank of America.

I actually do have an account with Bank of America, so I had to read it twice just to make sure.

 

[Ilyena]

Honestly, I don't know what's more sad, the fact that something like 20% of Nigeria's economy is sustained by these types of scams, or the fact that enough people fall for these scams that something like 20% of Nigeria's economy is sustainable by these scams.

I'm going to go with the latter on that one. Especially if all of those Nigerian scams have such utterly terrible grammar.

And yes, I get lots of spam. My gmail spam folder is full of messages with subjects like "Find out if Bankruptcy is the right option for you" and "Is your Thyroid making you fat?"

 

[Bambi]

i never get shit like that , my friend gets them all the time though xD

 

[Jack's Smirking Revenge]

I've been getting a ridiculous amount of e-mails like that since about October. Before then I never got anything of the sort though.
Yet another downside of turning 21. ):