Hi i love you plz send money okee?
An interesting variation on the 419 scam, this instant message was waiting for me when I got home from being out with friends on Friday:
[17:56] annacarealot: Hello......It might surprise you how I got contact with you,I got through profile and i found you there i will like to chat with you online now,well my name is Anna Smith from IN, 5'5fth tall single seeking for real one.. when i went through ur profile i really liked it and found both of us %99 compatible,the only %1 missing is that right now am not home...am in a sadness in a hospital having problem with the hospital bill somewhere in africa and i need your help to come back to the state.am ready to pay you back you can email me directly if you can pls help me out ok annacarealot@yahoo.com
I went ahead and reported the message to Yahoo's abuse team. I can't imagine many people would actually take such obvious bait, but, just in case. Still, it's kind of funny. :)
[17:56] annacarealot: Hello......It might surprise you how I got contact with you,I got through profile and i found you there i will like to chat with you online now,well my name is Anna Smith from IN, 5'5fth tall single seeking for real one.. when i went through ur profile i really liked it and found both of us %99 compatible,the only %1 missing is that right now am not home...am in a sadness in a hospital having problem with the hospital bill somewhere in africa and i need your help to come back to the state.am ready to pay you back you can email me directly if you can pls help me out ok annacarealot@yahoo.com
I went ahead and reported the message to Yahoo's abuse team. I can't imagine many people would actually take such obvious bait, but, just in case. Still, it's kind of funny. :)