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[powercntrl]

I got another one of those annoying Nigerian scam e-mails again today.  I happened to have Xboxes on the brain at the time and the following was the result:

Greetings,

You propose an intriguing business agreement to which I will have to endeavor future thought.  Foremost in concern to me prior to the initiation of a financial transaction is the acquisition of a MS Xbox System.  I am in correct understanding that one cannot safely transfer funds online without a proper Xbox Live™ billing account.  Any assistance in the acquisition of a MS Xbox System would be most helpful in the formation of a business relationship.  Thank you and God bless.

In a message dated 1/3/1980 8:24:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, mohad_abachanig@(scammer's ISP deleted) writes:

> Mr. Mohammed Abacha.
> http://news.bbc.co.u...rica/468903.stm
> DEAR FRIEND,
>
> I am Mohammed Abacha, the eldest son of the late
> president of Nigeria, General Sani Abacha. I was
> falsely accused of murder and as such was imprisoned,
> but thanks to God, I have been released for my innocence.
> Well dear friend I need your
> assistance in transferring some of my money into your account,
> because the government is making plansto seize them,
> as they did to my fathers own.Please
> view this site and read it's content carefully,
> http://news.bbc.co.u...rica/468903.stm
> the amount is $25million in a Security Abroad. All
> that is needed is for me to instruct the company to transfer the funds to your
> account, I will remunerate you with 30% of the total funds
> transferred
> to your vital bank account as compensation for your
> assistance, To indicate your interest, contact my
> lawyer urgently and confidentially for more
> information and the roles you will play in this
> business. All the legal information concerning this
> Money will be sent to you as soon as we agree
> together. So I will get my private attorney to get you
> the needed information. If this proposal satisfies
> you, please contact my lawyer immediately
> with your full names, telephone and fax numbers to
> enable my lawyer to
> contact you. He shall handle this transaction from
> beginning to the end on my behalf.
> Looking forward to doing business with you.
>
> Thanks for your cooperation.
>
> Best Regard.
>
> Mohammed Abacha.

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If he takes the bait, I'll follow up to this thread...

[shavedrat]

I was born with a goat leg so if u help drive me to hawaii i will give u eleventy billion dollars, just because. thx

but wtf? that email is weeeeird
what does he wanna do? have access to ur account so he can steal ur money?

[Chicken Scratch Boy]

yeah now he knows that was a valid email adress, you're fucked

[powercntrl]

I get quite a few of these scams, somehow I get a feeling they use the DNS records for harvesting e-mail addresses since I never got them before I owned a domain.  At any rate, WordSpy has a pretty good writeup about scambaiting and links to sites with some pretty funny pictures of some scammers.

[Hoppy]

QUOTE (powercntrl @ Jan 27 2004, 06:46 AM)

That would be my honeypot e-mail address - it's *supposed* to get spam.  Interestingly enough, he hasn't written back.  That kinda sucks cause I was hoping to have some fun with him.

I guess you never heard the saying "Don't try to bullshit a bullshitter".