I always find the "Nigerian" spam email funny, as it comes in so many variations these days. This one was interesting;
Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal
ethics although, I wish to use this medium to get in touch with you first
because it's fastest means. I am John Bernard an external auditor of a
well known bank here in the United Kingdom.
...
I have secretly discussed this matter with a top senior minister official
of the federal ministry of finance here
I liked how the speed of email correspondence and the ethics of the financial transaction were traded off against each other. Not normally what I'd call morally equivalent actions, but perhaps that's just me ...
And shouldn't an external auditor at a well known bank in the United Kingdom know that there is no ministry of finance, let alone a federal ministry in the United Kingdom? But 35% of 15 million pounds ... that's worth thinking 'bout.
Posted by robe0419 at April 24, 2006 02:34 PM | TrackBackI love reading these things. We all get them and the best part for me is that someone actually sits down somewhere in the world and crafts these things--over and over again, always changing the circumstance just a tad. Icing to that,I can imagine, is the person that believes this rubbish and provides appropriate bank information to the crooks. (Insert over-used P.T. Barnum quote here.)
Posted by: duncan at April 24, 2006 08:14 PM