Um....<br>1) Do you always give spam this much attention? isn't insulting spammers a waste of time? (isn't even *reading* spam a waste of time?) and<br>2) How does this relate to Wikinews? <br><br>regards,<br>Brianna
<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 20/11/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brian McNeil</b> <<a href="mailto:brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org">brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Mr Robert,</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">You really should vet the people you
choose to try and entangle in these hair-brained "pretend-to-be-the
dead-relative" emails.</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I am a reporter… yes, a journalist.
I have done investigative work on what is casually referred to as the "Nigerian
419 advance fee fraud". I have no intention of meeting you in some dark
and dingy corner of </span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">London</span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">
where you will attempt to extort vast sums of money from me –
which I do not have.</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">You certainly don't know my
background, and likely obtained my email address from a spam list. I suggest
you shop for stupid people's email addresses at "Retards 'r'
us".</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">No Regards, no respect.</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Brian McNeil.</span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Mr. Franklin Robert
[mailto:<a href="mailto:bvhg@myway.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">bvhg@myway.com</a>] <br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> 20 November 2007 00:09<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:frankrobert0@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">frankrobert0@yahoo.co.uk</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> PLEASE LET US HANDLE IT
TOGETHER..</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><em><i><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">5th Floor Cannon Bridge House </span></font></i></em><i><font color="black"><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;">
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<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">25 Dowgate Hill </font></i></em><br>
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">London, EC4R 2SB </font></i></em><br>
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">United Kingdom</font></i></em><br>
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<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Attention Friend: </font></i></em></span></font></i><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"><br>
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Please accept my sincere apologizes
if my email does not meet your business or personal ethics. I will first
introduce myself as Mr.Franklin Robert, the Chief Auditor with NATWEST
BANK PLC, LONDON-UK. One of our accounts, with holding balance of £12.500
000,000 (Twelve Million Five Hundred thousand pounds Sterling) has been
dormant and last operated for years ago. From my investigations, the
owner of the said account,Is a foreigner by name Mr. John Shume Jda who
died along with his entire family in crash at Birmingham Airport on 4th
Jan,2002.View this website for verification </font></i></em></span></font><font color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><a href="http://www.cwn.org.uk/business/az/a/agco/2002/01/020104-air-crash.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
<em><i><font color="#003399" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 51, 153);">http://www.cwn.org.uk/business/az/a/agco/2002/01/020104-air-crash.htm</span></font></i></em></a><br>
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</span></font><em><i><font color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: black;">Since then, nobody has done anything as regards the
claiming of this money,as he has no family member that has any knowledge
as to the existence of either the account or the funds; I have
confidently discussed this issue with some of the bank officials and we
have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with. </span></font></i></em><font color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><br>
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</span></font><em><i><font color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: black;">My proposition to you, is to seek your consent to
present you as the Next of kin and beneficiary of this late client,So
that the proceeds of this account valued a huge sum shall be paid to you,
and then we can share the amount on a mutually agreed percentage of 30%
for you,while 60% for me and others involved, 10% shall be used for
miscelenious expenses while the remainder shall be given to a reputable
charity home because the money is owned by a deceased person.</span></font></i></em><font color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><br>
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</span></font><em><i><font color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: black;">This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles
as the fund is legitimate and does not originate from drug, money
laundry, terrorism or any otherillegal act, funds will be released to you
after necessary processes have been followed.Let me hear from you as soon
as you get this message,so we can proceed kindly reply at </span></font></i></em><font color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><br>
</span></font><em><i><font color="#003399" face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153);"><a href="http://uk.f266.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=franklin_robert01@yahoo.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
franklin_robert01@yahoo.co.uk</a></span></font></i></em><font color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><br>
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</span></font><em><i><font color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: black;">Best Regards, </span></font></i></em><i><font color="black"><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;"><br>
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Mr.Franklin Robert </font></i></em><br>
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Chief Auditor</font></i></em></span></font></i></p>
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