To my friends that make sport out of scamming the scammers...
This was in my spam filter today. The only reason I even looked it was the return e-mail address indicated it was from Clear Channel communications.
I have several friends who take great enjoyment from yanking the chains of scammers. One of them even got a Nigerian scammer to deposit $500 in an account he set up just for this purpose. (He took us all to dinner on it.) This post is for them.
From: ClaireVaillancourt [ClaireVaillancourt@clear-------.com]
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Dear Winner,
We are delighted to inform you that your E-mail address has won a consultation prize from the UK International promotion programme EMAIL DRAW,Your Email appears to be one of the 7 Lucky Winners of £1,856,652.
Please Contact your Claims Personnel with the informations below for the processing of your Claims;
Contact Person: Mr. Dauler .K.
Email Address: claimsdaulerk023@live.com (WARNING: Don't click or write to this address unless you know what you are doing.)
1. Full Names.
2. Residential Address.
3. Occupation.
4. Tel/Fax.
5. Date of Birth.
6. Nationality.
Please note that if you are below 18 years of age and you receive this, you will be automatically disqualified from your winning claim.
Vaillancourt Claire.
Let the games begin.
"There's a sucker born every minute."
- David Hannum describing P.T. Barnum's part in the Cardiff Giant hoax