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Your favorite scam/phishing attempts

Apr 27, 2011#1

Espy

So Chibi's thread the other day reminded me of this awesome email I got the other day at my shop:

From: Maxwell Jonson <akmax00000000@gmail.com> (Check out this sweet and TOTALLY LEGIT email addy!)
Subject: Tea Inquires
Hello Owner,
Am Mr.Maxwell Jonson, and am inquiring about some Tea products.At the moment i will like you to send me an e-mail with the type of Tea Products you got in stock with there prices.Or email me back with your website for me to view the type of Tea products list and I'll choose the type and quantity i want to order.And also let me know the type of credit cards you do accept as payment.Thank you and waiting to hear back from you soon.

Kind regards.
Mr.Maxwell Jonson.

To which I replied thusly:

Hi there Am Mr. Maxwell Jonson. Am Mr. Neil Patrick Harris, AKA Dr. Doogie Howser, MD. We sell NInja Tea. It's tea that is handpicked by ninjas in Japan. Since it is tea that is very selectively picked by ninjas in Japan the cost is very high. Price per pound tends to be around 300 dollars (American Money). While this may seem expensive you must understand that this is very special Tea product. Ninja tea is highly regarded and dangerous.
We take all major credit cards including the most exclusive Diners Card, which you would be pre-approved for should you desire to apply for one. I would be happy to take your personal information to apply you for a exclusive Diners Card should you desire.
Thank you and most high regards,
Mr. Neil Patrick Harris, AKA Dr. Doogie Howser, MD.

Unfortunately in the few hours between getting and sending the reply google had already shut his account down.

How about everyone else? Any funny or awesome scammer/phishing stories?

Apr 27, 2011#2

CrimsonSoul

I give you http://www.419eater.com

Apr 27, 2011#3

Gared

The weirdest one I ran up against, weird because of the contact method, was a bunch of Nigerians using MCI's IPRelay service (online service for facilitating communication between deaf and hearing individuals) to call a friend of mine's father's business and attempting to order 500 spark plugs over the phone, to be shipped to them in Nigeria. Sadly, he had neither the time, nor the inclination, to scam bait them.

Apr 28, 2011#4

Wasabi Poptart

Good Day,This is a personal email directed
to you. I would be needing your attention on an urgent, pending business project .
Contact me for detailed information.
Regards,
Hu Guanglie

Apr 29, 2011#5

fade

Nothing specific, but they are always trying to biggie my penis.

Apr 29, 2011#6

MindDetective

I tried to find Kris Straub's songs he wrote from people's spam e-mails. He basically put them to music (hilariously!) but you have to buy and download his second album to get them now, it seems.

Apr 29, 2011#7

Sparhawk

I always like the "Bank of America" emails, constantly telling me something is wrong with my account there. Of course there is something wrong with my account there, I don't have one. Never will with BoA.

Apr 30, 2011#8

Wasabi Poptart

fade said:
Nothing specific, but they are always trying to biggie my penis.

They want to embiggen mine, too. :eek:

Apr 30, 2011#9

Frankie Williamson

I literally just got off the phone from an international number from someone with VERY heavy African accent of some sort who was apparently a rep from Microsoft asking me to install a program onto my computer. I strung her along for probably 15-20 minutes, getting her to repeat every single instruction over and over and over and over again. She was very frustrated by the end until she transferred me, and by transferred I mean handed the phone over over, to her supervisor. He caught on much faster that I was fucking with him sadly.

Apr 30, 2011#10

CrimsonSoul

I just got a NOTUCE of a dell desktop ready to be shipped to me
Added at: 21:49
Yes, that word was the only one in caps in the e-mail subject

Apr 30, 2011#11

Tress

I just got this gem from "Amazone Shop":

Replica Watches, Bags, Jewelry, Phones & Accessories at rock bottom prices!

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May 1, 2011#12

Sparhawk

Tress said:
I just got this gem from "Amazone Shop":

May 1, 2011#13

Emrys

My head just asploded.

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