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09 May 2012

The continuing adventures of The Spanish Prisoner

FROM: Jenny Beets
TO: undisclosed-recipients
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 9:42 AM
Subject: WILLED 14.258M IN YOUR NAME


Hello,

My name is Mrs. Mellisa Lewis, I am 59 years old and I was diagnosed for cancer for about 2 years ago. Am sorry to contact you in this manner
but please bear in mind that i find your contact in international
directories with World Health Organization. I will be going in for an operation later today. I decided to WILL/DONATE the sum of $14,258,000.00 USD (Fourteen Millions Two Hundred and Fifty Eight
Thousand United States Dollars) to you for the good work of the Lord.

Contact My Lawyer with this email:
Name: Barr Talal Salim
Email: barr.tsalim@e-mail.ua

Contact him and inform him about the WILLED 14.258M in your name by
quoting my personal reference number JJ/MMS/953/5015/GWRL/316US/UK. As
soon as you contact him with this details quoted above, he should be
able to recognize you and help in claiming this amount from the securities company where I deposited the funds.

Mean while you are advised to keep this mail and it contents
confidential as i really want my wish accomplish at the end of the day.
Please do pray to God for my recovery.

God Bless you.
Regards,
Mrs. Mellisa Lewis.

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4 comments:

WTF said...

THIS IS A HOAX. I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THIS DYING BITCH NAMED BONNIE WOLF HUGHES. IRONICALLY SHE IS HAVING THE SAME F-ING SURGERY AND IS THE SAME AGE. THE REST IS IDENTICAL TO THIS ONE. DON'T REPLY TO THIS NONSENSE.

Vleeptron Dude said...

Hiya WTF

Relax, Vleeptron's hobby is posting all the Nigerian scam e-mails we get.

"The Spanish Prisoner" is the name of the very first widespread scam of this kind, and dates, I think, from circa 1920. Wikipedia should have a wiki on "The Spanish Prisoner."

It may be nonsense, but the reason millions of these scam e-mails keep getting sent is because a small percentage of recipients fall for it and send money.

Actually we'll never know how many fall for it, because the suckers are too ashamed to tell the cops (or to tell their wife what they did with their life savings).

Anonymous said...

Is there any way to stop this? I get them sent automatically to my spam box, but I'd like them to stop altogether.

Vleeptron Dude said...

Hi Anonymous!

No. No way to stop these scam e-mails. Ever. You're stuck with them.

BUT ... whatever you do ... don't get so pissed off at one of these scam e-mails that you reply, even just to scream FUCK YOU!

When they sent the scam e-mail, they didn't know anything about you, they didn't know you were a real live person.

If you reply, suddenly they know stuff about you and your e-mail account which they can use to do nasty things to you.

So never REPLY to one of these scam e-mails.