I just got this one: “I am Special Agent,Fred Jones and am in Nigeria as an FBI delegate that has been delegated to investigate this fraudsters who are in the business of swindling Foreigners that came for transaction in Nigeria . Please be informed that during my investigation I got to find out that there is a huge sum that has been assigned in your name.Regard FRED JONES”
This one is real for sure.
ISTR a supermarket tabloid whose writers apparently couldn’t come up with an even marginally-plausible “Elvis Is Alive!” story. Its front page story that week was “Elvis Dies at 59!”
I’ve gotten several of those. I just delete them with the rest of the garbage in the junk mail folder.
The ones that hack me off are the guys pretending to be Army or USMC personnel trying to move money they “found” in Iraq. Anyone who impersonates our military guys should be shot.
And I don’t care if it’s ‘hungry’ Ethiopians, Nigerians or Irish Travelers running a con; or if it’s some guy telling a drunk chick he’s a SEAL or a Green Beret.
Shoot them. Soon. And often.
If someone ever starts flooding email servers with Greek spam, what are the odds that the spammers will be actual members of the Greek government?