spam

[egypturnash]

I just got my first-ever Nigerean Money Transfer spam. Well, this one is from Timothy Nkono, of South Africa, but it's the same scam.

I feel soiled!

Comments

[tabriscoonz.livejournal.com]

I didn't start getting those until after my friend Jym went to work in Nigeria. I had to give Jym a stern talking to about giving my email out to rich Nigerian princes while he was abroad.

[martes.livejournal.com]

But do you get the penis-enlargement spam? I get lots of that!

[riose.livejournal.com]

So, did you have any fun with them?

This person in Amsterdam had a bit of fun... and even got a few photos!
http://www.geocities.com/a_kerenx/seko.html

[ultraken.livejournal.com]

I got one of those at work a week or two ago.

[neillparatzo.livejournal.com]

I got a real sleazy email on Friday claiming to be PayPal. They wanted me to visit some URL (a real URL on www.paypal.com!) for a "periodic account verification". It sounded unusual, so I checked the headers, and it turns out the email came from some host in .lt (Lithuania).

I guess the latest scam is to create new accounts, then try to bait people into entering in their bank info. This is scarily clever, because it almost caught me. :(