18 August 2005

Spam

So I was in Poland last week, and therefore did not post. Aren't you lucky! But I'm back now, so, let's get Bobbing.

Right, today I'm tackling the subject of lying and scamming crap 'eads.

The following e-mail is from a certain Mr. Al-Karmu, obviously a very important man at the Central Bank of Iraq.

Hello/Dear,

I am Mr. Abu Al-Karmel, I am working in Economic Development and
Foreign contract payment Operations Department, in the Central Bank of Iraq
(CBI).

My aim of writing you is to seek for your kindness assistance to allow
me quickly transfer the sum of US$15.million dollars, into your
account. It
will interest you to know how this huge sum amount of funds came
about.About two days before the United State and British, bombing began,
Saddam Hussein, ordered his youngest son, Qusay, to remove the sum of
US$1.billion (£640 million) from the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) The cash
which was loaded on to three lorries.

That memorable day Qusay and a senior aide to the former president
Saddam Hussein delivered the instruction in person to the bank's governor
of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI). And the money was removed without
proper official documentations. The money was not debited. It was just
remove from the foreign reserve vault. This illegal withdrawer created
opportunity for our staffs working in the foreign payments department. We
hastingly remove from the vault the sum of US$75.million, which we
shared among ourselves working in the department, five in number. My share
was US$15.million, the deal which was absolutely successfully.

Then,after the fall of Saddam,a Finance Company based in Jordan
assisted me to move the fund as a Bond Deposit into Bank in UK.Due to recent
probe in our Apex Bank,i decided to leave and i am under cover in
SENEGAL -AFRICA

What I needed now is your "TRUST" HONESTY and TRANSPERENCY" since i
would want you to receive the money into an account from the U.K Bank.I
will also front you in any kind of investment that we might decide to
enter later.

As a matter of fact,if i am convinced and with your declaration of
interest in this deal,then,i will tell you the procedures to follow.For
security of this transaction,i do hereby implore you to treat and maintain
it with absolute confidentiality.

Please,if you are not dispose to assist,kindly destroy this letter for
the sake of Humanity.

Looking forward to your urgent response.
Best Regard
Mr. Abu Al-Karmel


They're basically saying "here, have a lot of money, no strings attached." Now... Having read a website genuinely devoted to scamming the scammers, I know that quite a few rich people live in Senegal...

Well, supposedly rich. But what gets me, is what he wants from me.

What I needed now is your "TRUST" HONESTY and TRANSPERENCY" since i
would want you to receive the money into an account from the U.K Bank.

Well let's see now.
  • TRUST - He most certainly doesn't have THAT! Everybody knows of this type of scam. So no trust from me.
  • HONESTY - As if I'm going to be honest. Even if I DID reply, and he asks me to send all my credit cards including pin codes, in an inconspicuous bag, I wouldn't tell him the truth. I'd tell him somebody else's details. Aren't I nice to myself!?
  • TRANSPARENCY - Less said, the better. But this has gone to pot anyway, so I'm a-gonna say loads! Simply because I can. He appears to be asking me... To be a sheet of glass, or a ghost. I don't really want to be either, seeing as they would require my DEATH. Bad Mr. Abu Al-Karmu! Bad!
And, as I'm not "dispose to assist" I am to "destroy the letter for the sake of [...] Humanity." It's a shame I've posted about it then. It's the end of humanity as we know it, and it's all my fault.

There's something strangely gratifying about that thought...
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