email hoax

Yesterday I fell for an email scam, requiring me to forward a mail to 10 friends, CC-ing to J.Sainsbury and in return I would be awarded a £60 Sainsburys voucher. I am not normally so naive. In fact I actively take the piss out of people who are. Now look who's laughing. Not the one with the email inbox full of spam, that's for sure.

Some hoaxes are relatively sophisticated; the Ebay ones for instance are extremely well constructed. As are the Paypal, Barclays and other worldwide banks ones. However it's usually the request for a PIN number that is a giveaway (amongst many other clues of course). I am embarrassed at having fallen for a crappy scam and apologise to those 10 friends who will now likely be bombarded with more spam and viagra ads.

I might start posting some of my favourite spam mails. I have a rich and varied selection of these types:

Dear Freind,

I am a widow to Dr. Professor Bajaggarrra of Cote D'Ivoire, Africa. He recently died and deposited a VERY LARGE sum of money into a metal box. etc etc.

I know you are God fearing person and I trust that you will assist me in returning this money to an orphanage. For this I will give you 20 million (TWENTY MILLION) US dollars ($).....



Thanks, Friend.

Moon. xxx