Comments | filkertom: Keeping Up With The Nigerians

filkertom

Keeping Up With The Nigerians

Feb 17, 2006 15:55

It's that magic time, time for Best Spam Of The Week, in this case an apparent money laundering scheme in which you get to be the unwitting dupe:

( Behind the cut.... )

spam, funny

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ericcoleman February 17 2006, 21:03:07 UTC

Can I put this in my bankscamspam community ... this is new, I've never seen this variant before.

filkertom February 17 2006, 21:04:50 UTC

'Course. It's really a tawdry little laundering scheme, innit?

ericcoleman February 17 2006, 21:37:18 UTC

well ... it's new anyway, I have never seen an art variant before ...

and say the name outloud a couple of times ...

darthparadox February 17 2006, 21:53:27 UTC

That's definitely up there with "Ford Prefect" on the list of fake Britons named after cars.

Somebody must think he's clever.

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wcg February 17 2006, 21:10:18 UTC

Sometimes I'm tempted to collect all the free unsolicited dada poetry that people are sending me. But I usually just hit the delete button.

Random Phrase Poetry pickledcritter February 18 2006, 06:49:41 UTC

I've actually had the same thought. It's really pretty weird, but for the last couple of months I've been getting spam containing passages obviously created by a random word/phrase generator, but the stuff I've been getting has been strangely evocative and surreal at the same time (dadaist is an excellent way to describe this newer stuff I've been getting ( ... )

hughcasey February 17 2006, 21:56:54 UTC

Best spam I've ever seen ( ... )

This is my favorite parody ericcoleman February 17 2006, 23:04:01 UTC

It's too long to post here ... but it is darn funny

http://community.livejournal.com/bankscamspam/1719.html#cutid1

Goose. Gander. Sauce. scruffycritter February 17 2006, 22:26:41 UTC

This screams for some savvy 9 year old with the stones to create a phony identity and agree to do it, but then keep all the money for himself.

Re: Goose. Gander. Sauce. armb February 18 2006, 14:36:17 UTC

Keep all what money? It's a scam, there will be no money to keep.

Re: Goose. Gander. Sauce. scruffycritter February 18 2006, 21:17:33 UTC

I figured the scam was in getting you to be a money launderer. Youre getting postal money orders. Youre not going to pay them out before they clear.

I figured it would work great until you got busted by the Feds for working with a drug-cartel.

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ericcoleman February 17 2006, 23:04:19 UTC

I want a copy of that ...

admnaismith February 18 2006, 01:52:16 UTC

Heh. I read that at first as, "I emailed the moon..."