Friday, May 23, 2008

419?

I received this e-mail:
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Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Strasse
223 Windsor Road,
Willesden Green,
TW6 2AA England
Product Origin: Raw Materiel
Nature of Business: Exporter & Importers

Headline: We are looking for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our costumers.

Description: We are co-operation who on raw materiel export into The Region Of America, Mexico, Canada, Europe Asia. Please if you are interested forward to us your phone number and your full contact addresses to this company.

Company Name:--
Company Position:--
Banking Name:
Full name:---
Age:---------
Address:-----
Zipe Code:---
City:--------
State:-------
Country;-----
Phone:-------
Fax----------

Thank you,
MR JAMES MARK
CEO RESIDENT
Copyright(C)2008,BP COMPANY CO.LTD All Rights Reserved
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I think this is a great opportunity. Problem is I can never remember my zipe code. And while I've never been to England, I'm pretty surprised to learn that they have street names like Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Strasse.

Oops. Looks like the e-mail content is copyrighted! Guess I'm screwed now.

1 comment:

Robin said...

I love the copyright notice too, of course. There was some dickwad who'd send me email at my blog's email address with a copyright notice and reservation of rights at the bottom.

It was hilariously stupid.

Most people don't realize why there are spams of email that appear to be ordinary business solicitation, without the offer to give away free money - that it is to get verifiable business addresses and contacts to use in 419's.