Spam Clogging up the Internets
I just got this crazy spam. I’m posting it here as a warning to others: Do not attempt this!
Dear American:
I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude.
I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of 800 billion dollars US. If you would assist me in this transfer, it would be most profitable to you.
I am working with Mr. Phil Gram, lobbyist for UBS, who will be my replacement as Ministry of the Treasury in January. As a Senator, you may know him as the leader of the American banking deregulation movement in the 1990s. This transactin is 100% safe.
This is a matter of great urgency. We need a blank check. We need the funds as quickly as possible. We cannot directly transfer these funds in the names of our close friends because we are constantly under surveillance. My family lawyer advised me that I should look for a reliable and trustworthy person who will act as a next of kin so the funds can be transferred.
Please reply with all of your bank account, IRA and college fund account numbers and those of your children and grandchildren to wallstreetbailout@treasury.gov so that we may transfer your commission for this transaction. After I receive that information, I will respond with detailed information about safeguards that will be used to protect the funds.
Yours Faithfully Minister of Treasury Paulson
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September 27th, 2008 at 11:27 am
I volunteer for a consumer advocacy group, and it is amazing that even after hundreds of warnings about these scams, people still fall for them or for a myriad of variations. Another scam going around now that several people have fallen for in this area is the phony bank call, claiming that the person who is being called has fallen victim to bank employee fraud, and to assist the bank, they need to immediately place their bank debit and/or credit cards in an envelope along with the PIN numbers and theirsocial security number, place in their mailbox for pickup by Federal Express. They are to do that while the ‘bank’ waits on the phone. Once the victim follows the instructions, they are to come back on the line to complete the process. Needless to say, the crooks have, by then, taken their ‘gift’ from the mailbox and are long gone. By the time the victim realizes they’ve been scammed, their bank account has been drained. I never cease to be amazed at the gullibilty of people, even without the promise of some fantastic return!
Aiyana