Thursday, 11. March 2004
I know I have
written about 419 emails far too much already, but I just
have to share this with you.
By now I am sure we've all seen enough of those plaintive little epistles from close friends or relatives of deposed African dictators. You know, the type that solicit your urgent assistance in moving large quantities of cash out of some African country for some complex reason and in return for
a slice of the action.
Seems that the word is beginning to spread that these huge piles of cash they tell you about may actually be a complete fabrication!
Yes, really! That $15 million that
Mr Tabo Nteme wants you to help him shift
doesn't really exist!
This sets the scene for the latest 419 email to hit my spamtrap this morning. It stood out immediately as it was substantially larger than typical spam messages and
had an attachment icon right by the subject in the in-box view. My first thought was that a 419er may have been infected with some virus and was now sending that out as an unintended extra feature of his letter of introduction.
But no. On opening the email, what do I find but the usual plain text saga (littered with inexplicably sporadic use of caps lock) about the death of a husband and the need to flee a country (yada yada yada), but with a single, rather large .JPG attachment at the end.
Long story short (voice from the back -- "too late!"); that jpeg image is reproduced to the right here for your edification.
Have we been too hasty? Does the money really exist? Someone give me a hand with these bags...
* Forgive me,
Jerry Maguire.
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