GREAT SPAMS (AND SUBSEQUENT E-MAIL INQUIRIES) OF THE INTERNETThis doesn't approach anything like the brilliance of the
Amber Forever Chatlogs, but that guy spent months doing that, and what you're about to read is, so far, a once-off thing.
This arrived in my work e-mail on Friday morning:
From: ALLIED SURVEY MINING [alliedsurveymining@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: 6:45 AM
Subject:
Dear Customer,
Allied Survey Mining is registered small scale mining company in Ghana, we have a concession of about 300 acres where we min Gold.
Presently, we have safely kept 500kg of alluvia gold dust whis is ready for sale.
We are in the process of purchasing mining equiments for our mining activities therefore we seek for a serious and capable buyer who is willing to purchase at lease 250kg.
Any interested buyer should contact our company through this address and your services shall be rendered.
Thank you. Amponsah,
Commercial manager
On a whim, I wrote back:
From: [Me]
Sent: 6:48 AM
To: 'alliedsurveymining@yahoo.co.uk'
Subject: RE:
Dear Amponsah,
Can I give you my credit card number?
WWB
To my surprise, I received the following only minutes later:
From: Allied Survey company [alliedsurveymining@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: 6:58 AM
Subject: RE:
Why are you talking about your credit card number for what do I use it for.
all I need is a capable buyer who is ready to purchase our guld dust.
You can contact me on 00233-244-766192
Thank you.
Amponsah
So I replied:
From: [Me]
Sent: 7:05 AM
To: 'Allied Survey company'
Subject: RE:
Ampsonah:
Can you afford to pass up this a special one-time-only offer? Act now -- supplies are limited!
What would I use gold dust for? I have plenty of dust in my apartment as it is. Sometimes it makes me sneeze.
Cheers,
WWB
And that was that. Nothing further was heard from the Allied Survey Company.
Perhaps I had Mr. Ampsonah all wrong. Maybe he had no interest in emptying my bank account in exchange for nonexistent services. What if he really had more gold dust than he knew what to do with, and embarrassed by the riches, wanted nothing more than to share his good fortune?
I am so ashamed.
posted by WWB at 7:36 PM |
