Re: OT: Utterly convincing spam
That sounds like some spammers/scammers have a sense of humour. Admittedly, it's quite funny - if you're not the idiot who's bank account is being emptied. On 22 March 2012 14:42, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: Patsy Mark? YGtBFKM. On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Ralph Smith m...@gatewayindustries.orgwrote: I recently missed an opportunity to obtain a 45 million dollar inheritance that was being held for me in an “ESCROW account with the HSBC Bank in London by order of the African DevelopmentBank”. My dithering over the uncertainty of replying with to the email with my name, SSN, bank account and routing information likely cost me dearly. ** ** I don’t know why I was hesitant, after all how could I doubt a message signed by “Dr Patsy Mark”? ** ** *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:37 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: OT: Utterly convincing spam ** ** do NOT fall for it ! Doctor Peter McWealth is related to Scrooge McDuck , and you know how fickle and nefarious those cartoon animals can be !*** * On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:54 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: I just received an email from the World Fund For Unclaimed Lottery Prizes, signed in the glorious name of Doctor Peter McWealth. I am thoroughly convinced of its authenticity, having read that name. The fact that the World Fund For Unclaimed Lottery Prizes' esteemed Doctor of Riches uses a Yahoo.com email address as well only makes me more determined to give them my bank details. The sad thing is, for this approach to have made it out there, means it must have worked at some point? Surely not? -- http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.ukhttp://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk/ IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER I certainly don't have time to monitor the content of e-mail sent and received via this account for the purposes of ensuring compliance with anyone's policies and procedures. I am pretty sure that somewhere in UK legislation there is some politically-correct drivel that stipulates I must never send or store e-mails or attachments that are obscene, indecent, sexist, racist, defamatory, abusive, in breach of copyright, encrypted, amusing, overly long, slightly opinionated, anonymous, likely to harm animals or hurt the feelings of an as-yet-unspecified or as-yet-nonexistent minority (such as extraterrestrial eggplants). Emails of this nature sent in or out of this account may be intercepted and stopped by the system, but it's a long shot. This being the UK, even if I was prosecuted for breach of said email guidelines, I'd probably walk with a suspended sentence anyway, but if I'd forgotten to pay my car insurance, I'd most certainly be hung, drawn and quartered. I am not responsible for any changes made to the message after it has been sent, in more or less the same way that cyclozine manufacturers aren't responsible for drug addicts mixing it with methadone and overdosing, so I'm glad I cleared the confusion up there nice and early. Where opinions are expressed, they are not necessarily mine. However, I don't make a habit of expressing other people's opinions for them, so you shouldn't take that statement as an indication that I am in the business of providing an opinion-expressing service. In the event that I did, this discourse would provide no guarantee that I would do it anyway, but I don't, so I won't. This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended addressee, or the person responsible for delivering it to them, aside from the fact that you've clearly got some level of unauthorised access to their account or are at least engaged in some sort of fraud, I'm obliged to tell you that may not copy, forward disclose or otherwise use it or any part of it in any way. To do so may be unlawful, and as you're already breaking the law, I am sure that bombshell makes you quake in your boots and turn yourself over to law enforcement immediately. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please advise the sender immediately. That would be me, and as I am clearly prone to sending emails to completely the wrong person, I should instantly be stripped of my status as a technical consultant and sent to do something more becoming of my stupidity, such as appearing on Big Brother, the X Factor or insert country name here's Got Talent. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmanager@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.comlistmana
Re: OT: Utterly convincing spam
I wonder if it was some paid translator somewhere... Sure, I'll translate this letter for you. And the best name for you to use is Patsy Mark. Mark Patsy also works if you need to mix up genders. It's a twofer... On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 10:45 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.comwrote: That sounds like some spammers/scammers have a sense of humour. Admittedly, it's quite funny - if you're not the idiot who's bank account is being emptied. On 22 March 2012 14:42, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: Patsy Mark? YGtBFKM. On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Ralph Smith m...@gatewayindustries.orgwrote: I recently missed an opportunity to obtain a 45 million dollar inheritance that was being held for me in an “ESCROW account with the HSBC Bank in London by order of the African DevelopmentBank”. My dithering over the uncertainty of replying with to the email with my name, SSN, bank account and routing information likely cost me dearly. ** ** I don’t know why I was hesitant, after all how could I doubt a message signed by “Dr Patsy Mark”? ** ** *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:37 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: OT: Utterly convincing spam ** ** do NOT fall for it ! Doctor Peter McWealth is related to Scrooge McDuck , and you know how fickle and nefarious those cartoon animals can be !** ** On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:54 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: I just received an email from the World Fund For Unclaimed Lottery Prizes, signed in the glorious name of Doctor Peter McWealth. I am thoroughly convinced of its authenticity, having read that name. The fact that the World Fund For Unclaimed Lottery Prizes' esteemed Doctor of Riches uses a Yahoo.com email address as well only makes me more determined to give them my bank details. The sad thing is, for this approach to have made it out there, means it must have worked at some point? Surely not? -- http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.ukhttp://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk/ IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER I certainly don't have time to monitor the content of e-mail sent and received via this account for the purposes of ensuring compliance with anyone's policies and procedures. I am pretty sure that somewhere in UK legislation there is some politically-correct drivel that stipulates I must never send or store e-mails or attachments that are obscene, indecent, sexist, racist, defamatory, abusive, in breach of copyright, encrypted, amusing, overly long, slightly opinionated, anonymous, likely to harm animals or hurt the feelings of an as-yet-unspecified or as-yet-nonexistent minority (such as extraterrestrial eggplants). Emails of this nature sent in or out of this account may be intercepted and stopped by the system, but it's a long shot. This being the UK, even if I was prosecuted for breach of said email guidelines, I'd probably walk with a suspended sentence anyway, but if I'd forgotten to pay my car insurance, I'd most certainly be hung, drawn and quartered. I am not responsible for any changes made to the message after it has been sent, in more or less the same way that cyclozine manufacturers aren't responsible for drug addicts mixing it with methadone and overdosing, so I'm glad I cleared the confusion up there nice and early. Where opinions are expressed, they are not necessarily mine. However, I don't make a habit of expressing other people's opinions for them, so you shouldn't take that statement as an indication that I am in the business of providing an opinion-expressing service. In the event that I did, this discourse would provide no guarantee that I would do it anyway, but I don't, so I won't. This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended addressee, or the person responsible for delivering it to them, aside from the fact that you've clearly got some level of unauthorised access to their account or are at least engaged in some sort of fraud, I'm obliged to tell you that may not copy, forward disclose or otherwise use it or any part of it in any way. To do so may be unlawful, and as you're already breaking the law, I am sure that bombshell makes you quake in your boots and turn yourself over to law enforcement immediately. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please advise the sender immediately. That would be me, and as I am clearly prone to sending emails to completely the wrong person, I should instantly be stripped of my status as a technical consultant and sent to do something more becoming of my stupidity, such as appearing on Big Brother, the X Factor or insert country name here's Got Talent. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business
Re: OT: Utterly convincing spam
Amusingly, GMail marked my message as spam. I have unmarked it but wonder if I am now going to get a load of mails from Patsy Mark of HSBC. On 22 March 2012 14:45, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: That sounds like some spammers/scammers have a sense of humour. Admittedly, it's quite funny - if you're not the idiot who's bank account is being emptied. On 22 March 2012 14:42, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: Patsy Mark? YGtBFKM. On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Ralph Smith m...@gatewayindustries.orgwrote: I recently missed an opportunity to obtain a 45 million dollar inheritance that was being held for me in an “ESCROW account with the HSBC Bank in London by order of the African DevelopmentBank”. My dithering over the uncertainty of replying with to the email with my name, SSN, bank account and routing information likely cost me dearly. ** ** I don’t know why I was hesitant, after all how could I doubt a message signed by “Dr Patsy Mark”? ** ** *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:37 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: OT: Utterly convincing spam ** ** do NOT fall for it ! Doctor Peter McWealth is related to Scrooge McDuck , and you know how fickle and nefarious those cartoon animals can be !** ** On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:54 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: I just received an email from the World Fund For Unclaimed Lottery Prizes, signed in the glorious name of Doctor Peter McWealth. I am thoroughly convinced of its authenticity, having read that name. The fact that the World Fund For Unclaimed Lottery Prizes' esteemed Doctor of Riches uses a Yahoo.com email address as well only makes me more determined to give them my bank details. The sad thing is, for this approach to have made it out there, means it must have worked at some point? Surely not? -- http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.ukhttp://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk/ IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER I certainly don't have time to monitor the content of e-mail sent and received via this account for the purposes of ensuring compliance with anyone's policies and procedures. I am pretty sure that somewhere in UK legislation there is some politically-correct drivel that stipulates I must never send or store e-mails or attachments that are obscene, indecent, sexist, racist, defamatory, abusive, in breach of copyright, encrypted, amusing, overly long, slightly opinionated, anonymous, likely to harm animals or hurt the feelings of an as-yet-unspecified or as-yet-nonexistent minority (such as extraterrestrial eggplants). Emails of this nature sent in or out of this account may be intercepted and stopped by the system, but it's a long shot. This being the UK, even if I was prosecuted for breach of said email guidelines, I'd probably walk with a suspended sentence anyway, but if I'd forgotten to pay my car insurance, I'd most certainly be hung, drawn and quartered. I am not responsible for any changes made to the message after it has been sent, in more or less the same way that cyclozine manufacturers aren't responsible for drug addicts mixing it with methadone and overdosing, so I'm glad I cleared the confusion up there nice and early. Where opinions are expressed, they are not necessarily mine. However, I don't make a habit of expressing other people's opinions for them, so you shouldn't take that statement as an indication that I am in the business of providing an opinion-expressing service. In the event that I did, this discourse would provide no guarantee that I would do it anyway, but I don't, so I won't. This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended addressee, or the person responsible for delivering it to them, aside from the fact that you've clearly got some level of unauthorised access to their account or are at least engaged in some sort of fraud, I'm obliged to tell you that may not copy, forward disclose or otherwise use it or any part of it in any way. To do so may be unlawful, and as you're already breaking the law, I am sure that bombshell makes you quake in your boots and turn yourself over to law enforcement immediately. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please advise the sender immediately. That would be me, and as I am clearly prone to sending emails to completely the wrong person, I should instantly be stripped of my status as a technical consultant and sent to do something more becoming of my stupidity, such as appearing on Big Brother, the X Factor or insert country name here's Got Talent. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise
Re: OT: Utterly convincing spam
Gmail has been doing that for some of my messages coming from Sunbelt for a while now. I adjusted the filter to account for it (filters now have an option to never mark something coming from a source as SPAM). On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 12:32 PM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.comwrote: Amusingly, GMail marked my message as spam. I have unmarked it but wonder if I am now going to get a load of mails from Patsy Mark of HSBC. On 22 March 2012 14:45, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: That sounds like some spammers/scammers have a sense of humour. Admittedly, it's quite funny - if you're not the idiot who's bank account is being emptied. On 22 March 2012 14:42, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: Patsy Mark? YGtBFKM. On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Ralph Smith m...@gatewayindustries.orgwrote: I recently missed an opportunity to obtain a 45 million dollar inheritance that was being held for me in an “ESCROW account with the HSBC Bank in London by order of the African DevelopmentBank”. My dithering over the uncertainty of replying with to the email with my name, SSN, bank account and routing information likely cost me dearly. ** ** I don’t know why I was hesitant, after all how could I doubt a message signed by “Dr Patsy Mark”? ** ** *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:37 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: OT: Utterly convincing spam ** ** do NOT fall for it ! Doctor Peter McWealth is related to Scrooge McDuck , and you know how fickle and nefarious those cartoon animals can be ! On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:54 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: I just received an email from the World Fund For Unclaimed Lottery Prizes, signed in the glorious name of Doctor Peter McWealth. I am thoroughly convinced of its authenticity, having read that name. The fact that the World Fund For Unclaimed Lottery Prizes' esteemed Doctor of Riches uses a Yahoo.com email address as well only makes me more determined to give them my bank details. The sad thing is, for this approach to have made it out there, means it must have worked at some point? Surely not? -- http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.ukhttp://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk/ IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER I certainly don't have time to monitor the content of e-mail sent and received via this account for the purposes of ensuring compliance with anyone's policies and procedures. I am pretty sure that somewhere in UK legislation there is some politically-correct drivel that stipulates I must never send or store e-mails or attachments that are obscene, indecent, sexist, racist, defamatory, abusive, in breach of copyright, encrypted, amusing, overly long, slightly opinionated, anonymous, likely to harm animals or hurt the feelings of an as-yet-unspecified or as-yet-nonexistent minority (such as extraterrestrial eggplants). Emails of this nature sent in or out of this account may be intercepted and stopped by the system, but it's a long shot. This being the UK, even if I was prosecuted for breach of said email guidelines, I'd probably walk with a suspended sentence anyway, but if I'd forgotten to pay my car insurance, I'd most certainly be hung, drawn and quartered. I am not responsible for any changes made to the message after it has been sent, in more or less the same way that cyclozine manufacturers aren't responsible for drug addicts mixing it with methadone and overdosing, so I'm glad I cleared the confusion up there nice and early. Where opinions are expressed, they are not necessarily mine. However, I don't make a habit of expressing other people's opinions for them, so you shouldn't take that statement as an indication that I am in the business of providing an opinion-expressing service. In the event that I did, this discourse would provide no guarantee that I would do it anyway, but I don't, so I won't. This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended addressee, or the person responsible for delivering it to them, aside from the fact that you've clearly got some level of unauthorised access to their account or are at least engaged in some sort of fraud, I'm obliged to tell you that may not copy, forward disclose or otherwise use it or any part of it in any way. To do so may be unlawful, and as you're already breaking the law, I am sure that bombshell makes you quake in your boots and turn yourself over to law enforcement immediately. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please advise the sender immediately. That would be me, and as I am clearly prone to sending emails to completely the wrong person, I should instantly be stripped of my status as a technical consultant and sent to do something more becoming of my stupidity
RE: OT: Utterly convincing spam
We use Postini, and it regularly quarantines messages from this list. John Hornbuckle, MSMIS, PMP MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Utterly convincing spam Gmail has been doing that for some of my messages coming from Sunbelt for a while now. I adjusted the filter to account for it (filters now have an option to never mark something coming from a source as SPAM). On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 12:32 PM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.commailto:kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: Amusingly, GMail marked my message as spam. I have unmarked it but wonder if I am now going to get a load of mails from Patsy Mark of HSBC. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
