WTF (Paranoia???)

4X541N7 · Post by **4X541N7** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:01 am

So...

I get this E-Mail today...I can't figure out the motive...It's either a hacker, or con of some sort....

Or...It's from the Government (Not to put on my paranoid hat...)...I could go on-and-on about why...But some of the shit I say is enough...

So...What the fuck do ou guys make of this?

FROM THE DESK OF ROBERT TAYLOR

Dear sir,
I KNOW THIS WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BECAUSE
YOU DO NOT KNOW ME I AM MR ROBERT TAYLOR, THE SON OF THE
FORMER LIBERIA PRESIDENT MR. CHARLSE TAYLOR. I AND
MY FAMILY IS ON EXILE .

I GOT YOUR CONTACT IN MY SEARCH FOR AN HONEST PERSON WHOM I CAN CONFIDE IN.I WANT YOU TO HELP ME CLEAR THIS PACKAGE THAT IS ALREADY IN AMERICA WHICH I SHIPPED THROUGH DIPLOMATIC MEANS WITH THE HELP OF A DIPLOMAT BUT THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE IS $11,000,000.00ALL IN $100.00 BILLS,
BUT THE DIPLOMAT DOES NOT KNOW THAT IT IS MONEY THAT
I HAVE IN THE PACKAGE.

ALL I WANT YOU TO DO FOR ME NOW IS THIS,GIVE ME YOUR
MAILING ADDRESS,YOUR PRIVATE PHONE AND FAX

I WILL GIVE YOU THE CONTACT OF THE DIPLOMAT AND I
HOPE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU WILL HAVE 30%
AND 70% WILL BE FOR ME.MY IDENTITY MUST NOT BE REVEALED TO ANYBODY.
IF THIS ARRANGEMENT IS OKAY,

OTHER MODALITIES WILL BE DISCUSSED AS SOON AS YOU
GET BACK TO ME INCLUDING SENDING OF THE KEYS TO THE
BOXES TO YOU .
AS SOON YOU INDICATE YOUR INTEREST.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
ROBERT TAYLOR.

______________________________

WTF?!?

paintedbird · Post by **paintedbird** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:04 am

definately a scam

vinylpirate · Post by **vinylpirate** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:11 am

My dad got the same email (different names), a few months ago... they want your contact information so that they can sell it.

abreeskye · Post by **abreeskye** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:13 am

I've gotten those before too...

And always wondered....wtf are they going to do with my phone number, address, and name?

Couldn't they already get that shit?

I mean, I know it's some sort of scam....but what are they trying to "get"?

4X541N7 · Post by **4X541N7** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:47 am

abreeskye wrote:I mean, I know it's some sort of scam....but what are they trying to "get"?

That was my question...I'm psuedo-paranoid...So, I added the USSG in there...

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:55 am

You haven't heard of that scam?

I was getting those emails like, 7 years ago.

Check Snopes, they have an article about it.

http://www.snopes.com

B_Ko · Post by **B_Ko** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 4:40 pm

I'd do it. I'd use my 30% of his elenty bajillion dollars to buy internet stocks and x-ray specs.

The Lizard Princess · Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:54 am

hmmm.....

The Lizard Princess · Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:56 am

There after money...I get like ten of those aday.....Just delete and run a virus scan every week.......its probably from where you signed up to some website and they sold your info......

iblis · Post by **iblis** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 1:29 pm

Just either mark it as "spam" if your e-mail client/server allows it, or (if you're cool) mark their ip block and redirect all incoming mail from them to /dev/null.

In fact, redirect all incoming mail to /dev/null. If they're not sending messages over an encrypted connection, you don't need to read it.