Scam 6: This is just getting sad...

[Tama]

Seriously, I could come up with something better in my sleep!


Today's bonehead was an email telling me about some money I was due to inherit, and that some other person had come forward and said that they were my next of kin and that I had died in a car crash. Blah blah, submit your info and such to get your money.

This is all standard stuff. Until I see this winner's email address:

spam@*********.***

(unimportant parts omitted)

[Amina516]

It appears they've just stopped trying. Lol.

[Kit-Ginevra]

Lol I had a similar one trying to telling me there was a problem with my bank account.I might have paid more attention if the subject line had not started *THIS IS A SUSPICIOUS MESSAGE* Well,thanks for the heads up :P

[protege]

The best ones start off with "this is not a scam..."

Seriously?

[dalesys]

The best ones start off with...

"I am not a crook..."

[MoonCat]

I had one that started out, "Dear Respected Victim."

Yeaah, no. *delete*

[Argus]

I might have paid more attention if the subject line had not started *THIS IS A SUSPICIOUS MESSAGE*

It's quite possible that at some point the email went through a filter that added that phrase. For example, spam email sent to my ISP tends to get marked {SPAM?} at the start of the subject (which is annoying when I need to reply to a false positive).

[Racket_Man]

That is ALMOST as good as when the phone rings and the caller ID displays:

999-000-0000
SPAM

YES this has happened to us. The above is REAL.