Absurd new 419 scam
July 23rd, 2009
I guess that now that everyone knows what a Nigerian 419 scam is, its time for the scammers to take a new approach. I had an uncontrollable burst of laughter when I read this one, I’m sure its old news to spam-fighters, but I’d never seen it before:
From: EFCC <faridawaziri83@rocketmail.com> Reply-To: mrsfaridawaziri1@centrum.cz Subject: EFCC Date: 09-07-22 06:24 PM Hello, I am the boss of economic & financial crimes commission, we fight cyber crime fraud scam money laundering in Africa. Our commission has been in existences since 2004. Our duties are to stop internet fraud scam. As for today we have put a lot of fraudsters behind bars. we have recovered over $322 million from them, reason for writing you this letter is because your name was given to us by one of the fraudsters in the jail. Get back to us.
Thats just awesome in the “What, are you kidding?” department. Despite how absurdly funny I think it is, there are people out there that will get hooked by it, and they probably live in Florida.
