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And my black and white cat too...
Feb. 12th, 2008 10:22 amI usually delete mails offering me huge sums of money in return for brief access to my bank details and PIN number, but the other day I got this one and something about it really touched my heart.
Please help us
Hello Friend,
My name is Mrs. Holly Payne, I am from South Wales in United Kingdom. I am sorry to contact you by this means but I and my family are facing difficult time in claiming our late father's deposited funds in a security company in Holland. We need your help to assist us as a beneficiary to claim the funds. We are willing to reward you with Seven Million Dollars from the total funds of Twenty Million Dollars. I will like to tell you more about the whole process, please reply me back at xxxxxxxxxxxx@yahoo.de , as soon as I get your response I shall give you the whole details. Peace be unto you and your family.
I mean - the poor woman. She lives in South Wales. Surely that is enough to excite sympathy in even the most cynical of people. Moreover, she is plainly mentally confused - She lives in Wales (currency = pound), has money in a Dutch bank account (currency = Euro) and is offering US Dollars if I mail her on a German email address. Surely there's nothing to be suspicious about in that sort of behaviour? How could I not reply?
Thanks to the miracle of anonymous hotmail accounts and internet cafes it's possible to contact people pretty much untracably these days and so I thought...what have I got to lose?
Obvoiusly, the internet is full of charlatans and shysters and it pays to take care so I decided to adopt a false persona myself - I hope they won't notice my inspiration.
Dear Ms. Payne
I received your note and your plight touched me. I can understand the difficulty in transferring goods from one country to another as I work for the postal service - Mrs. Goggins and I run the Post Office here in Greendale and you wouldn't believe the difficulties that we sometimes have getting the mail through! I sometimes wonder if my black & white cat is the only thing between us and disaster!
In transferring your money, you should consider getting a MoneyGram transfer form from your local post office - I can certainly advise you on how to do so.
Yours,
Pat Clifton
I'll let you know if I get a reply.
Please help us
Hello Friend,
My name is Mrs. Holly Payne, I am from South Wales in United Kingdom. I am sorry to contact you by this means but I and my family are facing difficult time in claiming our late father's deposited funds in a security company in Holland. We need your help to assist us as a beneficiary to claim the funds. We are willing to reward you with Seven Million Dollars from the total funds of Twenty Million Dollars. I will like to tell you more about the whole process, please reply me back at xxxxxxxxxxxx@yahoo.de , as soon as I get your response I shall give you the whole details. Peace be unto you and your family.
I mean - the poor woman. She lives in South Wales. Surely that is enough to excite sympathy in even the most cynical of people. Moreover, she is plainly mentally confused - She lives in Wales (currency = pound), has money in a Dutch bank account (currency = Euro) and is offering US Dollars if I mail her on a German email address. Surely there's nothing to be suspicious about in that sort of behaviour? How could I not reply?
Thanks to the miracle of anonymous hotmail accounts and internet cafes it's possible to contact people pretty much untracably these days and so I thought...what have I got to lose?
Obvoiusly, the internet is full of charlatans and shysters and it pays to take care so I decided to adopt a false persona myself - I hope they won't notice my inspiration.
Dear Ms. Payne
I received your note and your plight touched me. I can understand the difficulty in transferring goods from one country to another as I work for the postal service - Mrs. Goggins and I run the Post Office here in Greendale and you wouldn't believe the difficulties that we sometimes have getting the mail through! I sometimes wonder if my black & white cat is the only thing between us and disaster!
In transferring your money, you should consider getting a MoneyGram transfer form from your local post office - I can certainly advise you on how to do so.
Yours,
Pat Clifton
I'll let you know if I get a reply.
