> -----Original Message----- > From: Soren.J.Winslow@private > > I just had to pass this on along..... It is hilarious. > > http://www.joshmadison.com/humor/spam_response.asp > > Soren Here's my favorite response from an ISP I sent in a complaint to regarding a 419 (Nigerian) scam letter. Jerry Wheeler --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Outblaze Abuse Desk" <abuse@private> Hello Thank you for contacting the outblaze.com abuse desk. The account you reported is now terminated, along with today's quota of sundry other Nigerian generals, bankers, engineers, attorneys and relatives of dead dictators. Outblaze is one of the largest providers of webmail services in the world. As a responsible ISP, we hate spam, and we do not allow our network to be abused by spammers. There is only one thing that we hate more than spammers - 419 (nigerian) scam artists abusing our systems. Please see http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/ for more about this well known scam. Our acceptable use policy can be found at http://www.outblaze.com/antispam/index.html Thank you for reporting this incident. Please feel free to report further incidents of abuse originating from our users to us at abuse@private We encourage you to use http://www.spamcop.net to send out automated spam complaints, if you face difficulties complaining manually to each spam you receive. Thank You Outblaze Abuse Desk ----- Original Message ----- One of your customers is apparently engaging in highly illegal activities, as evidenced by the appended email I received. Please do what you can to put an end to this person's attempts at fraud and confidence games and stop his email messages to this address. --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "garuba isa" To: garubaisa@private Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 03:55:32 -0500 Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE. URGENT ASSISTANCE. GARUBA ISA & ASSOCIATES 45,RUE BOULEVARD COTONOU,BENIN REPUBLIC E-MAIL:garubaisa@private DEAR Sir. MY NAME IS GARUBA ISA ESQ, I AM A PRIVATE ATTORNEY AND I HAVE A CLIENT WHO IS INTERESTED IN INVESTING SOME GOOD MONEY IN YOUR COMPANY. MY CLIENT IS A VERY IMPORTANT AND PROMINENT PERSON WHO HAS MANDATED ME TO CONTACT YOU OR YOUR COMPANY FOR A VERY IMPORTANT BUSINESS TRANSACTION. MY CLIENT IS BY NAME MRS. MARYAM ABACHA AND SHE IS THE WIFE OF A LATE MILITARY HEAD OF STATE IN NIGERIA. HER HUSBAND LATE GENERAL SANNI ABACHA MADE A LOT OF MONEY THROUGH OIL PROCEEDS DURING HIS TENURE IN OFFICE. INFACT, IT WAS DISCOVERED AFTER HIS DEATH THAT HE WAS WORTH WELL OVER $720.5 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS AND SOME OF THIS MONEY WAS RETRIEVED AFTER HE DIED WHILE SOME WAS RECOVERED FROM OFFICIALS THAT SERVED UNDER HIM DURING HIS REIGN AS PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA. THE TRUTH OF THIS CASE IS THAT MY CLIENT DESPITE THE PROBLEM SHE IS GOING THROUGH NOW, SHE STILL HAS A LOT OF MONEY IN HER POSSESSION WHICH SHE INTENDS TO INVEST OUTSIDE OUR COUNTRY. WHAT MY CLIENT NEEDS FROM YOU NOW IS A RELIABLE ACCOUNT WHERE SHE CAN TRANSFER SOME MONEY, POSSIBLY INVEST IN YOUR COMPANY. SO SHE HAS AGREED THAT I SHOULD MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR THE TRANSFER OF $45.5 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS WHICH IS IN A SECURITY VAULT IN COTONOU, BENIN REPUBLIC IN WEST AFRICA. HOWEVER, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO COME DOWN HERE FOR THE CONCLUSION OF THE TRANSACTION. YOUR PRESENCE WILL BE NEEDED TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT IN YOUR NAME WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE DEPOSITED FOR ONWARD TRANSFER TO YOUR ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY. OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, MY CLIENT WILL BE WILLING TO MOVE THE BOX CONTAINING THE MONEY THROUGH DIPLOMATIC MEANS TO EUROPE, WHERE YOUR PRESENCE WILL ALSO BE NEEDED. PLEASE NOTE THAT I AND MY COLLEAGUE CANNOT PERFORM THIS DUTY TO AV! OID EXPOSURE. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE FREE TO NEGOTIATE YOUR MODE OF COMPENSATION EVEN IF SHE INTENDS TO INVEST THE MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY. PLEASE, DO NOT HESITATE TO INDICATE YOUR VIEW OF THIS REQUEST BY CONTACTING ME IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL, SO THAT THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE FOR THE MONEY TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY. DUE TO THE PRESENT SITUATION OF MY CLIENT, I WOULD BE HAPPY IF THIS REQUEST CAN BE KEPT A SECRET. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THERE IS NO RISK INVOLVED. I HOPE MY CLIENT WOULD BE HAPPY INVESTING WITH YOU. PLEASE KINDLY CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY ON MY ABOVE E-MAIL ADDRESS. REGARDS, GARUBA ISA ESQ. -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup
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