Ummm I donno how it relates to Wikinews, he is the one spamming us :-)
If I had a nickel for every one of these e-mails I get in ALL my
accounts, I would be rich just from that alone :-)
Jason
Brianna Laugher wrote:
Um....
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
2) How does this relate to Wikinews?
regards,
Brianna
On 20/11/2007, *Brian McNeil* <brian.mcneil(a)wikinewsie.org
<mailto:brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org>> wrote:
Mr Robert,
You really should vet the people you choose to try and entangle in
these hair-brained "pretend-to-be-the dead-relative" emails.
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 London where you will attempt to extort vast sums of
money from me – which I do not have.
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".
No Regards, no respect.
Brian McNeil.
-----Original Message-----
*From:* Mr. Franklin Robert [mailto:bvhg@myway.com
<mailto:bvhg@myway.com>]
*Sent:* 20 November 2007 00:09
*To:* frankrobert0(a)yahoo.co.uk <mailto:frankrobert0@yahoo.co.uk>
*Subject:* PLEASE LET US HANDLE IT TOGETHER..
//5th Floor Cannon Bridge House ///
//25 Dowgate Hill //
//London, EC4R 2SB //
//United Kingdom//
//Attention Friend: ///
//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 //
//http://www.cwn.org.uk/business/az/a/agco/2002/01/020104-air-crash.htm//
//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. //
//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.//
//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 //
//franklin_robert01(a)yahoo.co.uk
<http://uk.f266.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=franklin_robert01@yahoo.co.uk>//
//Best Regards, ///
//Mr.Franklin Robert //
//Chief Auditor///
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