It’s not a good sign…
…when an email starts with the phrase “I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax and you need to treat it serious.”
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…when an email starts with the phrase “I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax and you need to treat it serious.”
Perhaps it was a request to make yourself a millionaire by sending $$ to a Nigerian bank account, Nigeria being the origin of many such hoaxes.
I am reminded of an old Mad Magazine parody of Richard Nixon: “In my sincerest insincerity…”
That’s what I thought, too, considering the use of “serious” vice “seriously”. It has 419 scam written all over it, at least in the opening sentence.
Let’s try that again:
LOL.
Speaking of 419
They take the time to actually lead these bastards on, and see
1) If they can get them to spend money and time jumping through hoops to get the payoff from some “sucker”.
2) How outrageous a picture can they get them to pose for (including some signage which is, “warning”, obscenely worded)
A couple of my favorites:
Story
Picture
and —
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Picture
While I would not suggest reading too many, read a couple at a time and you’ll wind up in
stitches.
This one is probably one of the best
In which Gillian Anderson (yes, of The X-Files) contacts this John…