A new spam from gmail

"James Silverton" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

It's not an ng post but a new spam from a gmail address that I have
forwarded to my ISP but it's one I hadn't seen before.

Here are some highlights!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
We are a Corporate Financial Service Provider in Channels
Island. We had a customer who deposited 14.3 million pounds with
us and eventually died without any reference to a next of kin.

Since you share the same surname with this client, I want to
present you to stand in as the next of kin so that you and I can
benefit from this investment equally (i.e. 50% for you and 50%
for me). I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law.

If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly indicate your full
names, your private telephone, fax numbers and location where
the money will be remitted. I will instruct you on the next step
to take.

With friendly greetings,

Daniel Gelberg.
------------------------------------------------------------------

I admit that my surname *is* not very common (tho' by no means unique) but
I'll bet that some Icelanders with names like Sigurdsdottir, which change
from generation to generation, will get similar spams. In days gone by, it
was a ploy used by peddlers of family crests and 'histories': "Do you
know, Ms Sigurdsdottir, that you have an interesting family crest?"

I got something similar this morning but didn't bother to read it.

James Silverton said:

It's not an ng post but a new spam from a gmail address that I
have forwarded to my ISP but it's one I hadn't seen before.

Here are some highlights!...

That's nothing new at all. I get a few of those a week.

Check out this one:

This is the only way I could contact you for now,I want you to be
very careful about this and keep this secret with you until I make out
space for us to see. You have no need of knowing who I am or where I
am from.I know this may sound very surprising to you but it's the
situation.i have been paid some ransom in advance to terminate you
with some reasons listed to me by my employer.It's someone I believe
you call a friend, I have followed you closely for a while now and
have seen that you are innocent of the accusations he leveled
against you. Do not contact the police or try to send a copy of this
to them,because if you do, I will know,and might be pushed to do
what I have been paid to this is the 1st time I turn out to be a
betrayer in my job. I took pity on you,that is why I have made up my
mind to help you if you are willing to help yourself.

Now listen,I will arrange for us to see face to face,but before that,
I need $6000. I will come
to your home or you determine where you wish we meet;I repeat, do
not arrange for the cops and if you play hard to get, it will be
extended to your family.Do not set any camera to cover us or set up
any tape to record our conversation, my employer is in my control now.

Payment details will be provided for you to make a part payment of
$3000 first,which will serve as guarantee that you are ready to
co-operate,then one of my boys will deliver a copy of the video tape
to you that contains his request for me to terminate you(I tape
recorded our conversation),which will be enough evidence for you to
take any legal action against him.i advice you be fast about this
before he employs another person for the job. You will pay the
balance of $3000 once you receive the tape.

Warning; do not contact the police, make sure you stay indoors once
it is 7.30pm until this whole thing is sorted out,if you neglect any
of these warnings, you will have yourself to blame. You do not have
much time,so get back to me immediately Note:I will advise you
keep this to yourself alone, not even a friend or a family member
should know about it because it could be one of them.

contact me for now on this e mail: [email hidden]

Julie Bove said:

"James Silverton" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:21rOi.4222$44.3394@trnddc04...

Quoted message said:

It's not an ng post but a new spam from a gmail address that I have
forwarded to my ISP but it's one I hadn't seen before.

Here are some highlights!

<some snipping>

Looks like what we call a classic "419 scam" - been going on (and on)
for years 'round here. It's right up there with being emailed about
winning The <fill in country of your choice> Lottery - even tho' you
didn't buy a ticket or enter yourself... 😉 What amazes me is that some
actually people fall for this "bull-dust" - sigh...

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James Silverton said:

It's not an ng post but a new spam from a gmail address that I
have forwarded to my ISP but it's one I hadn't seen before.

Here are some highlights!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
We are a Corporate Financial Service Provider in Channels
Island. We had a customer who deposited 14.3 million pounds with
us and eventually died without any reference to a next of kin.

<snip>

My spam is better than your spam!

Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:47:34 -0400
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In article <R1sOi.685$yJ2.684@trndny01>,

Julie Bove said:

"James Silverton" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:21rOi.4222$44.3394@trnddc04...

Quoted message said:

It's not an ng post but a new spam from a gmail address that I have
forwarded to my ISP but it's one I hadn't seen before.

Here are some highlights!

<snipped>

Quoted message said:

I got something similar this morning but didn't bother to read it.

I never saw it. Must have gotten filtered into the spam mail.

I delete that [censored] daily.
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Remove both _ (underscores) to validate gmail e-mails.

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ChattyCathy wrote on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:58:07 +0200:

C> Julie Bove wrote:
??>> "James Silverton" <[email hidden]> wrote in
??>> message news:21rOi.4222$44.3394@trnddc04...
??>>> It's not an ng post but a new spam from a gmail address
??>>> that I have forwarded to my ISP but it's one I hadn't
??>>> seen before.
??>>>
??>>> Here are some highlights!

C> <some snipping>

Oh certainly! It went to my Spam folder that I sometimes look at
to see if there is anything new or needs forwarding to the ISP.
There are a few well-intentioned posts that appear there so
automatic deletion is not always safe. Believe it or not, tho'
I've told them over and over again, one is my Health Insurance!

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

James Silverton wrote:
-

Quoted message said:

I admit that my surname *is* not very common (tho' by no means unique)
but I'll bet that some Icelanders with names like Sigurdsdottir, which
change from generation to generation, will get similar spams. In days
gone by, it was a ploy used by peddlers of family crests and
'histories': "Do you know, Ms Sigurdsdottir, that you have an
interesting family crest?"

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

The sad part is that people actually respond to spam (or they wouldn't
keep doing it).

There is a local guy who responded to the similar nigerian "we need your
money to release the money held by Col Sminkleboon" solicitation and
lost a lot of money.

James Silverton said:

Oh certainly! It went to my Spam folder that I sometimes look at to see
if there is anything new or needs forwarding to the ISP. There are a few
well-intentioned posts that appear there so automatic deletion is not
always safe. Believe it or not, tho' I've told them over and over again,
one is my Health Insurance!

That's even more annoying.... we've set up separate email addy's for all
our "service providers" for the self-same reason. - <sigh>. Shouldn't be
necessary, but it is...
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Garlic: the element without which life as we know it would be impossible

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sqwertz said:

James Silverton said:

It's not an ng post but a new spam from a gmail address that I
have forwarded to my ISP but it's one I hadn't seen before.

Here are some highlights!...

That's nothing new at all. I get a few of those a week.

Check out this one:

<snipped>

That one was rather scary.

Hope you turned that one in to the FBI?

Believe it or not, they really do listen.
--
Peace, Om

Remove both _ (underscores) to validate gmail e-mails.

"Human nature seems to be to control other people until they put their foot down." -- Steve Rothstein

In article <[email hidden]>,

George said:

James Silverton wrote:
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Quoted message said:

I admit that my surname *is* not very common (tho' by no means unique)
but I'll bet that some Icelanders with names like Sigurdsdottir, which
change from generation to generation, will get similar spams. In days
gone by, it was a ploy used by peddlers of family crests and
'histories': "Do you know, Ms Sigurdsdottir, that you have an
interesting family crest?"

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Quoted message said:

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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Quoted message said:

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

The sad part is that people actually respond to spam (or they wouldn't
keep doing it).

There is a local guy who responded to the similar nigerian "we need your
money to release the money held by Col Sminkleboon" solicitation and
lost a lot of money.

Answering those e-mails can be a lot of fun if you are bored:

http://www.geocities.com/marxistdetective/taunting.htm

;-)
--
Peace, Om

Remove both _ (underscores) to validate gmail e-mails.

"Human nature seems to be to control other people until they put their foot down." -- Steve Rothstein

Julie Bove said:

"James Silverton" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:21rOi.4222$44.3394@trnddc04...

Quoted message said:

It's not an ng post but a new spam from a gmail address that I have
forwarded to my ISP but it's one I hadn't seen before.

Here are some highlights!
--------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------- We are a Corporate Financial Service
Provider in Channels Island. We had a customer who deposited 14.3
million pounds with us and eventually died without any reference to
a next of kin.

Since you share the same surname with this client, I want to
present you to stand in as the next of kin so that you and I can
benefit from this investment equally (i.e. 50% for you and 50%
for me). I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law.

If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly indicate your full
names, your private telephone, fax numbers and location where
the money will be remitted. I will instruct you on the next step
to take.

With friendly greetings,

Daniel Gelberg.
------------------------------------------------------------------

I admit that my surname is not very common (tho' by no means
unique) but I'll bet that some Icelanders with names like
Sigurdsdottir, which change from generation to generation, will
get similar spams. In days gone by, it was a ploy used by peddlers
of family crests and 'histories': "Do you know, Ms Sigurdsdottir,
that you have an interesting family crest?"

I got something similar this morning but didn't bother to read it.

My favorite so far, which I didn't get directly, was from Pope John
Paul II's widow.

--
Dan Goodman
"You, each of you, have some special wild cards. Play with them.
Find out what makes you different and better. Because it is there,
if only you can find it." Vernor Vinge, _Rainbows End_
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George said:

The sad part is that people actually respond to spam (or they
wouldn't keep doing it).

Some of them would. There are very, very, very stupid spammers.

--
Dan Goodman
"You, each of you, have some special wild cards. Play with them.
Find out what makes you different and better. Because it is there,
if only you can find it." Vernor Vinge, _Rainbows End_
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mirror: http://dsgood.insanejournal.com
Links http://del.icio.us/dsgood

Omelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sqwertz said:

James Silverton said:

It's not an ng post but a new spam from a gmail address that I
have forwarded to my ISP but it's one I hadn't seen before.

Here are some highlights!...

That's nothing new at all. I get a few of those a week.

Check out this one:

<snipped>

That one was rather scary.

Yep - people threatening VIA email to kill you if you don't pay
them $6,000 is pretty serious, IMO.

-sw

James Silverton said:

It's not an ng post but a new spam from a gmail address that I
have forwarded to my ISP but it's one I hadn't seen before.

Here are some highlights!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
We are a Corporate Financial Service Provider in Channels
Island. We had a customer who deposited 14.3 million pounds with
us and eventually died without any reference to a next of kin.

Since you share the same surname with this client, I want to
present you to stand in as the next of kin so that you and I can
benefit from this investment equally (i.e. 50% for you and 50%
for me). I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law.

If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly indicate your full
names, your private telephone, fax numbers and location where
the money will be remitted. I will instruct you on the next step
to take.

With friendly greetings,

Daniel Gelberg.
------------------------------------------------------------------

I admit that my surname *is* not very common (tho' by no means
unique) but I'll bet that some Icelanders with names like
Sigurdsdottir, which change from generation to generation, will
get similar spams. In days gone by, it was a ploy used by
peddlers of family crests and 'histories': "Do you know, Ms
Sigurdsdottir, that you have an interesting family crest?"

I got one of these a few days ago. Since they do not tell you the
name, who knows.

I got a message from the widow of Yasser Arafat asking me to help her
get money out of some country. And if I had actually won all of the
lotteries that people claim I have I would be richer than Bill Gates.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

James Silverton said:

It's not an ng post but a new spam from a gmail address that I
have forwarded to my ISP but it's one I hadn't seen before.

Here are some highlights!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
We are a Corporate Financial Service Provider in Channels
Island. We had a customer who deposited 14.3 million pounds with
us and eventually died without any reference to a next of kin.

Known as the Nigerian 419 spam, VERY common, and of course, completely
bogus.

IF you bite, they need $$ for this, $$ for that, and then one day,
they disappear with your money, and you're left feeling stupid (AND
rightly so).

--

Lumber Cartel (tinlc) #2063. Spam this account at your own risk.

This sig censored by the Office of Home, Land & Planet Insecurity...

Remove XYZ to email me

The Kat said:

James Silverton said:

It's not an ng post but a new spam from a gmail address that I have
forwarded to my ISP but it's one I hadn't seen before.

Here are some highlights!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
We are a Corporate Financial Service Provider in Channels Island. We had
a customer who deposited 14.3 million pounds with us and eventually
died without any reference to a next of kin.

Known as the Nigerian 419 spam, VERY common, and of course, completely
bogus.

In fact, the 419 Coalition website claims they've been around since the
early 1980s, via one medium or another.

http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/

More history here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud

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Omelet said:

Quoted message said:

There is a local guy who responded to the similar nigerian "we need your
money to release the money held by Col Sminkleboon" solicitation and
lost a lot of money.

Answering those e-mails can be a lot of fun if you are bored:

http://www.geocities.com/marxistdetective/taunting.htm

;-)

I can't find the site that had a guy toying with a Nigerian spammer for
over a year. It escalated to the guy asking for pictures of the scammers
family and then declaring he was smitten with the "daughter" and as part
of the deal he wanted an arranged marriage with her.

Blinky the Shark said:

The Kat said:

James Silverton said:

It's not an ng post but a new spam from a gmail address that I have
forwarded to my ISP but it's one I hadn't seen before.

Here are some highlights!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
We are a Corporate Financial Service Provider in Channels Island. We had
a customer who deposited 14.3 million pounds with us and eventually
died without any reference to a next of kin.

Known as the Nigerian 419 spam, VERY common, and of course, completely
bogus.

In fact, the 419 Coalition website claims they've been around since the
early 1980s, via one medium or another.

http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/

More history here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud

I know someone who actually got the written version of the Nigerian scam
in the mail. It was well done and official looking and the guy was
convinced he hit the lottery until we talked him out of it.

The Kat said:

IF you bite, they need $$ for this, $$ for that, and then one day,
they disappear with your money, and you're left feeling stupid...

Not just *feeling* stupid.

-sw