Can't spammers do better than this [censored]?

[Saturn_Fan]

Received this spam in my email box this afternoon. After reading this, I wonder if these "girls" write these themselves.

"Hi my new friend!!!!!!!!! I am very glad that now I can to write you the letter on your mail box. Very much it would be desirable to learn you better, to tell to you as much as possible about itself. I would like to remind you that you did not forget that you have given me the e-mail address on a site of acquaintances called $#%^#@.com. I will start to tell to you a little about myself, my name Albina, I live in Russia in settlement Medvedevo. I the beautiful harmonous girl, my growth 178, weight 58 my age 31 year . I very much love sports and often run, happens that at me turns out to go to an exercise room, I try to hold the figure in a good condition. Very much I like to listen to music, I love an opera Nikolay Baskov, Monserat Kabale. I as very much like to visit picture gallery, I very much love painting. My hobby reading of books, I like to read, for the life I have read set of books. It seems to me to be clever in this world it is necessary to read informative stories. I very much would like that you as has more told to me about myself. Has sent the photos. I will be very glad to read your letter. I hope that you will write to me soon. With heat your Albina"

I got a chuckle from the last line.

 

[Tempest]

Is she hot?

You might be able to learn her better...

 

[Saturn_Fan]

She is such a bad spammer, she forgot to attach the pictures she mentions.

I guy at work, let's call him "Jim" actually fell for this [censored]. It started off with an email like the one I posted and eventually he ended up sending the "girl" about 1200 bucks for plane tickets for her to get to the U.S. As expected, she received the money and he never heard from her again. Felt bad for the guy. He was in his 60's and lonely. He had three different degrees and was an engineer, but he couldn't understand this very obvious scam.

 

[SaturnIonVue]

Obviously a spam-scam. We all have to make a living somehow. lol. Even then, I bet her written English is a heck of a lot better than most all of us are in written Russian! I think she has great musical taste too!

 

[Gary Allan]

Originally Posted By: Saturn_Fan
She is such a bad spammer, she forgot to attach the pictures she mentions.

I guy at work, let's call him "Jim" actually fell for this [censored]. It started off with an email like the one I posted and eventually he ended up sending the "girl" about 1200 bucks for plane tickets for her to get to the U.S. As expected, she received the money and he never heard from her again. Felt bad for the guy. He was in his 60's and lonely. He had three different degrees and was an engineer, but he couldn't understand this very obvious scam.


Another member got this type of scam. He knew from the beginning what the deal was. Played it up for as long as he could for fun.

 

[Saturn_Fan]

Originally Posted By: Gary Allan
Originally Posted By: Saturn_Fan
She is such a bad spammer, she forgot to attach the pictures she mentions.

I guy at work, let's call him "Jim" actually fell for this [censored]. It started off with an email like the one I posted and eventually he ended up sending the "girl" about 1200 bucks for plane tickets for her to get to the U.S. As expected, she received the money and he never heard from her again. Felt bad for the guy. He was in his 60's and lonely. He had three different degrees and was an engineer, but he couldn't understand this very obvious scam.


Another member got this type of scam. He knew from the beginning what the deal was. Played it up for as long as he could for fun.


I played up one of the Nigerian buy my used car but you must pick up from a third party scam, and it was a hoot. These con artists have precious time invested in continuing emails with me a dozen times, but when I got bored, BAM!, I unleashed on the dude.

PS: I can never understand why these used car swindlers post the most unbelievable car deals mostly on Craig's List.

Example: A 2005 Toyota Tacoma 4x4, loaded and in pristine shape with 60K on it for 4500 bucks. Something more believable might be a non-existent 2005 Tacoma for 9-12K. Point is, if the car doesn't exist in the first place, why do they not post prices that are still great deals, but then maximize their profit from scam.

 

[eljefino]

Originally Posted By: Saturn_Fan

PS: I can never understand why these used car swindlers post the most unbelievable car deals mostly on Craig's List.

Example: A 2005 Toyota Tacoma 4x4, loaded and in pristine shape with 60K on it for 4500 bucks. Something more believable might be a non-existent 2005 Tacoma for 9-12K. Point is, if the car doesn't exist in the first place, why do they not post prices that are still great deals, but then maximize their profit from scam.


And almost always a toyota, honda, lexus, or VW. The pictures with palm trees in the background give them away up here.

Also the robot gives the state where the town should be in the title/location description.

 

[Saturn_Fan]

Originally Posted By: eljefino
Originally Posted By: Saturn_Fan

PS: I can never understand why these used car swindlers post the most unbelievable car deals mostly on Craig's List.

Example: A 2005 Toyota Tacoma 4x4, loaded and in pristine shape with 60K on it for 4500 bucks. Something more believable might be a non-existent 2005 Tacoma for 9-12K. Point is, if the car doesn't exist in the first place, why do they not post prices that are still great deals, but then maximize their profit from scam.


And almost always a toyota, honda, lexus, or VW. The pictures with palm trees in the background give them away up here.

Also the robot gives the state where the town should be in the title/location description.


LOL@ the palm tree pictures. Nobody said the scammers were smart. And I too have noticed that it is almost always the makes you mention that are involved with the scams.

 

[Footpounds]

"Her" English sounds like it was run through an online translation program.

 

[oilyriser]

I've corresponded with several russian marriage scammers, and most of them were sending their emails from Wisconsin or California.

 

[wavinwayne]

It seems as such glorious young lady, as with the heat wanted would be to greatly much meet you and to exchange the images of on-line to as it sent you k.

 

[Drew99GT]

I've found that Craigslist is the most scammed site on the internet. If you look at the employment ads, there are a bazillion fake employment ads that take you to supposed real employer's websites where you apply - ie give them EVERYTHING it takes to steal your identity.

Like this: tell me this doesn't look a wee bit fake...

Oops, a blatantly obvious one posted today is already gone!

 

[drivewaytech]

Originally Posted By: oilyriser
I've corresponded with several russian marriage scammers, and most of them were sending their emails from Wisconsin or California.


How can you tell were their emails came from? Well, unless they said that they were in Wisconsin or California.

 

[Gary Allan]

Originally Posted By: wavinwayne
It seems as such glorious young lady, as with the heat wanted would be to greatly much meet you and to exchange the images of on-line to as it sent you k.


She took the Arnold Schwarzenegger "Conan the Barbarian" finer English speaking course - Eastern Block addition. "We bust d-hem up goo-d, huh"?

 

[oilyriser]

IP address in was owned by an ISP in Green Bay, and one in California.

 

[Saturn_Fan]

Originally Posted By: Drew99GT
I've found that Craigslist is the most scammed site on the internet. If you look at the employment ads, there are a bazillion fake employment ads that take you to supposed real employer's websites where you apply - ie give them EVERYTHING it takes to steal your identity.

Like this: tell me this doesn't look a wee bit fake...

Oops, a blatantly obvious one posted today is already gone!



C-List has gotten worse over the past few years as its popularity has risen. I will say one thing though from personal experience. If you are honest and set your prices right on there, you can make some money on certain items. I have made about 10K on there selling everything from outboard motors to four wheelers. The fact that it is still free to post really must be taking a chunk from Ebay. I had an outboard and a Kawasaki four wheeler on there that sold within two hours for the motor and 24 hours for the four wheeler.

But they do have some work to do there on better filtering out very obvious con men.

 

[drivewaytech]

Originally Posted By: oilyriser
IP address in was owned by an ISP in Green Bay, and one in California.


Wow, I really just don't know much about computers. Didn't know you could determine who owns an IP address. However, I sure can find my way to BITOG, and that my friend is whats important.

Now if I could just figure out the darn search function.

 

[eljefino]

A start is the allmighty traceroute (windows tracert) command:

go to start-run type cmd (pulls up command shell)

tracert bobistheoilguy.com

real ip is http://69.64.89.243

ends at phoenix.abac.net

pull up a browser, hit abac.net's homepage

their offices are in kansas

yadda yadda.

 

[OVERKILL]

I got this puppy today!

Originally Posted By: Mr wang chan

Subject: Re: Legitimate Offer!!!‏
From: Mr wang chan ([email protected])
Sent: September 19, 2008 2:27:51 PM
Reply-to: Jaffry Bin Zakaria,,,6054 ([email protected])

Dearest friend,

Dear friend,
I am sincerely Sorry for bugging into your privacy, it's due to a business deal in my bank value at 21.5Million us dollars, as a foreigner l can present you as the beneficiary to the inheritance since there is no written will by the deceased who Died at the Israeli checkpoint in jerusalem, as the director of system l have been following the records. However l am the only one aware of the funds and investigation so far in my bank due to my investigations.

l am Mr wang chan an Executive director working with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), this opportunity will be of mutual benefit to the two of us. I would provide you with all the necessary documents to lay claims and also I would avail you with the modalities we shall follow once I hear from you Because of my position in office, please endeavor to keep to yourself issue concerning this proposal. If you are interested, kindly get back to me with your full contact information's and phone number via this email : [email protected]

Upon your response l will give you more details about this transaction, if not interested you can delete this mail.

Mr wang chan


Sounds legit eh?

 

[Vilan]

Everybody Wang Chan tonight...