Friday, April 23, 2010

Spam!

urgent!!
...
From:
Lee <lekshawlk@mail2world.com>
...
Add to Contacts
To:****************

My  name is Lee Kiang, Attorney at law. A deceased client of mine, that shares
the same last name as yours,who died as the result of a heart-related
condition in March 12th 2008.
I have contacted you to assist in distributing the money left behind by my
client(US$19 milliondollars) is lodged in the bank.

Regards
Lee Kiang
EMAIL: leekiall.java@sify.com


Here is a nice example of spam. For some reason my email is receiving a lot of it... Anyways a gullible person would believe that they had just gotten 19 MILLIONS DOLLARS! But a logical person would realize that this is only an attempt by some leech to screw a random person out of money. Making big promises to the gullible can be a great way to get rich. As was the theme of a previous blog post, this is exactly what many modern-day religions do. But, for some reason, spam is looked down upon, but religious-spam is revered (Mormons being one great example).


 

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