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Exultate Justi
Friday, September 26, 2008
 
One Millinon Dollas!


While I've always gotten my share of "Nigerian scam" emails (like the rest of you), I've never actually been insulted by the laziness of one before. Look, people, if I'm supposed to hand you my bank and SSN info, I expect a little effort on your part. This won't cut it:

OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE,
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA,
COMMITTEE ON ISSUING OF FOREIGN ATM CARD
2ND FLOOR, SENATE HOUSE,
WUSE 2, ABUJA, NIGERIA
ourRef: FGM/SNT/STBYour Ref:.......

We are pleased to informed you that you have been selected as one of the
lucky beneficiary of ATM

card creadited with $1,000,000:00(one millinon us dollas). This is proudly
sponsored by European

union organization, word Health organization,The united nations
organization and the Nigeria govt

in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament in conjuctinon with the
millenium development

goal with the aim of uplifting the stanrdard of living and eradicating
poverty all over the

world.

to claims your ATM Card contact MR PROF. DAVE HASKIT HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
ATM CLAIMS(OFFICE OF THE

SENATE HOUSE) with the following informaFull
Name:.............................
Residential Address:......
Age:.................
Sex:..............
Occupation:....................
Country:..................
Telephone:........
Next Of Kins..........
Winning Batch No:(W-342-8876,U-500-32).

Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be using
The ATM GRANT/AID addresses, but are not from The ATM GRANT/AID Board
house,So beware!!!.

Once again congratulations...
PROF. DAVE HASKIT
E-mail:atm_paymentoutlet@yahoo.com.hk
TEL: +2348083068651
FAX: 052256601133
KINDEST REGARDS,
JOHN COLLINS
SECRETARY ON (WEST AFRICA PANEL UNIT)
Oy, where to begin?

First off, rule number one for Nigerian scam artists should be obvious: don't actually refer to bloody Nigeria in the email!

Second: though we've all come to expect hilarious typos and creative butchery of the English language, is it too much to ask for just a wee bit of proofreading? "One millinon us dollas"? Really? Again - a little effort goes a long way.

Third: under no circumstances should you ever actually broach the subject of scams in your emails. Pretty much a dead giveaway. "Here! Send me your info, and I'll give you a millinon dollas! I'm not a scam artist, either!!" Yeah...doesn't work very well, does it?

Lastly, could you at least have gone to the trouble of obtaining an email address outside of a Hong Kong domain?

Better luck next time, my friends at the "Senate House".

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