So, what’s the dumbest scam or spam on the Internet this week?

An email from presi.unlp.edu.ar which should be the domain name for an academic organisation in Argentina.

However, it claims to be from the Qatif Group of Companies (which doesn’t exist) and Qatif is a municipality in Saudi Arabia – not Argentina.

The email tells me they have a business proposal for me although they don’t know my name as the email is sent to Undisclosed Recipients i.e. the names were in blind cc box.

This is just a stupid phishing email

A website called spamnesty.com thought this was a good one to follow up on and replied to the email.

The message they then received gave a stupid story about the a writer being a lawyer in the United Arab Emirates and he has $5 Million to channel through a foreigner’s bank account and they will receive $1 million for their involvement

Spamnesty tried to get more information and requested a phone conversation. The scammer then gave up replying.

The stories they tell are such obvious lies, but sadly some people fall for these scams and lose  money.

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So, what’s the dumbest scam or spam on the Internet this week?

An email titled “Make a Living with Your Wood Working Skills”

Well, I’ve made simple things like cupboards but nothing to get paid for.

The email says

Woodworking Made Easy

Construct Over 16,000 Items from Wood

I assume these are the same 16,000 plans that have been advertised ad nauseum by spammers as shed plans, now just called items.

The following day another version of the email arrived

Best ideas for Wood Working

Shop for Him Because He Has Everything

Because he doesn’t have this.

I can’t imagine your typical Billionaire who has “everything “ being overjoyed at receiving 16,000 plans for wood working.

These scammers need a new line.

So, what’s the dumbest scam or spam on the Internet this week?

An email from koromamicheal @hotmail.com who says he is in Senegal.

He wants to sell ‘raw gold’ and ‘rough diamonds’ to me.

How wonderful. I just happen to have the necessary $60,000 for a 45 carat rough diamond and I will be happy to send it to him and expect my diamond by return of post.

‘Raw gold’ means straight out of the ground basically before it’s been cleaned and purified. I’ve cleared out my closet so I have space for a couple of tonnes please.

And don’t forget my 45 carat rough diamond so I can have a go at grinding and polishing it myself.

Would anyone reply to such a dumb email?

Sadly the answer is Yes , otherwise scammers wouldn’t send out this kind of message

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So, what’s the dumbest scam or spam on the Internet this week?

An email supposedly from Paypal Service and it says there’s a suspicious transaction on my account so they’ve had to block my account and I need to click the link to login and verify the transaction is fake.

But the email is actually from twelvecupcakes @twelvecupcakes.com

I ask you – twelvecupcakes.com  The scammers make no effort to pick a domain name that sounds like it’s connected to PayPal.

Perhaps the scammers first intentions for her ill-gotten gains will be twelve cupcakes.

Could anyone not recognise this as a scam?

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So, what’s the dumbest scam or spam on the Internet this week?

An email from Yelena that says “Hey – tell me your mobile number – Marina from Russia”

She seems to have a problem knowing her own name.

It goes on. “Hello dear, do you remember how we communicated?.

Long ago you could not see. I am Marina – from Russia. Let’s talk, I’m waiting”

The English grammar is odd – probably deliberately so to put off most people and leave just a few gullible ones to respond.

The message actually came from a man’s email address – “Oswald”

An unusual name but a woman sending out such a message from a man’s email address.

Could this possibly be a scam ?????????

Could anyone not see it’s a scam ?

Presumably if they send out enough millions of these messages they will collect a few mobile numbers and names.

Pathetic.

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