2004-01-13 10:59 UTC Confusing spam
Maybe I've missed something. I don't know. Or maybe this is a joke. I just got a spam with the subject line This letter can only define Nigeria Scam, a.k.a 419
, which starts off explaining what 419 spam is, saying that much of Nigeria's government is corrupt, and so forth. Fair enough, I thought (curious as to the goal of a spam that explained some of the story behind 419 fraud, even if this wasn't even close to an accurate explanation). Maybe this is ironic educational spam from some well-meaning, although confused, spam fighter.
Then I read paragraph 5:
The point I am making is nothing more than asking you to handle a pure deal of approximately USD$50,000,000.00, which will take approximately two weeks to conclude from here. Then the funds clear in any account of yours after 72hrs upon the remittance.
What? I'm confused. I thought you just said this was a scam?
Maybe they are trying to increase the bar, so that only very gullible people fall for these scams?