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Post by schwung on Nov 21, 2005 22:38:18 GMT -5
This one was worthy of sharing. This guy seems to have forgotton midway through his email what "item" he was interested in purchasing...
Hello,
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My name is Thomas Frisby ,am U.S citizen but am presently in Austrlia to
monitor a business transaction on behalf of my company.
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I'm sending this mail in respect of the ad you placed on the net
concerning the horse.I am interested in purchasing this puppy . I will
like to know the price of the puppy.
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Payment will be made via cheque which will be issue by my cousin on my
behalf after which a delivery agent will be sent over to pick- up the
puppy for delivery.
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Mail me as soon as possible so that we can make further arrangement on
this transaction. Also let me know the present conditon of the puppy, a
picture of the puppy will also be a plus advantage.
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Awaiting your response.
Thomas Frisby
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Post by rainydayride on Nov 21, 2005 23:51:54 GMT -5
I got a new one today... with a zip file attached. (no, I didn't open it)
Subject: "Your IP was logged"
Dear Sir/Madam,
we have logged your IP-address on more than 30 illegal Websites.
Important:
Please answer our questions!
The list of questions are attached.
Yours faithfully,
Steven Allison
*** Federal Bureau of Investigation -FBI-
*** 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 3220
*** Washington, DC 20535
*** phone: (202) 324-3000
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Post by schwung on Nov 22, 2005 0:38:48 GMT -5
ooh RDR - how did you get on THAT email list?  |
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Post by rainydayride on Nov 22, 2005 12:18:30 GMT -5
oh my! this morning I have the CIA after me!
(and this Steve Allison sure gets around)
"Dear Sir/Madam,
we have logged your IP-address on more than 30 illegal Websites.
Important:
Please answer our questions!
The list of questions are attached.
Yours faithfully,
Steven Allison
++++ Central Intelligence Agency -CIA-
++++ Office of Public Affairs
++++ Washington, D.C. 20505
++++ phone: (703) 482-0623"
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Post by schwung on Nov 22, 2005 13:52:50 GMT -5
Haha...well I checked my junk mail and sure enough I've been scanning illegal websites also. Maybe I should just turn myself in at the local precinct, seeing as how I've been "outed" already...
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Post by rainydayride on Nov 22, 2005 15:30:57 GMT -5
Well, I hope they've been entertaining.
I can't quite figure out what an illegal site might be.... unauthorized file sharing? something a bit more sinister?
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Post by rainydayride on Nov 23, 2005 12:43:46 GMT -5
Well this explains it (Earthlink finally started screening them out yesterday)
"Anti-virus and e-mail security companies warned Internet users Tuesday about a new variant of the Sober worm that was flooding e-mail servers around the world, with help from zombie machines infected by earlier editions of the same worm.
Sober.AG is the latest in a long line of mass e-mail worms.
It appeared Monday, after machines infected with older variants began spamming out the new version in a massive e-mail flood.
The e-mail messages use a variety of subterfuges to trick recipients into opening the virus attachment, including messages that pretend to come from the FBI and CIA, security firms said Tuesday.
E-mail security vendor MessageLabs of New York City said it blocked more than 2.7 million e-mail messages with the new Sober variant since around 7 p.m. GMT on Monday in what it called a "major offensive." "
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