Sometimes, spam is just weird
Dec. 19th, 2008 08:44 amLast night, I received an email purporting to be from the FBI...
...telling me that I had won the lottery:
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI Seattle Division
1110 Third Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101-2904
Attention: Fund Beneficiary,
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has discovered through our
intelligence Monitoring Network that you eligible to receive the sum of
$2,000,000.00 USD from the National Lottery Program.
Please contact the Head of Operations Dr. Malcolm Edey, Spring Bank Plc.
Dr. Malcolm Edey (Head of Operations)
International Remittance Department
Telephone: +xxx x xxx xxxx
Facsimile: +xxx x xxx xxxx
E-Mail: xxxxxx@xxxxx.com
If you need to contact me at any stage please do not hesitate to call (xxx)
xxx-xxxx.
Sincerely,
Laura M. Laughlin (Special Agent-in-Charge)
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I x'd out the contact information.
...telling me that I had won the lottery:
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI Seattle Division
1110 Third Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101-2904
Attention: Fund Beneficiary,
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has discovered through our
intelligence Monitoring Network that you eligible to receive the sum of
$2,000,000.00 USD from the National Lottery Program.
Please contact the Head of Operations Dr. Malcolm Edey, Spring Bank Plc.
Dr. Malcolm Edey (Head of Operations)
International Remittance Department
Telephone: +xxx x xxx xxxx
Facsimile: +xxx x xxx xxxx
E-Mail: xxxxxx@xxxxx.com
If you need to contact me at any stage please do not hesitate to call (xxx)
xxx-xxxx.
Sincerely,
Laura M. Laughlin (Special Agent-in-Charge)
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I x'd out the contact information.