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    Are you even trying? Part 2

    I posted a while back about this scam email I got that said to please open the attachment because of something or other. This recent one tops that.

    This one has a 1kb attachment and its message is simply this:

    Open the attachment.


    My Guide to Oblivion

    "I resent the implication that I've gone mad, Sprocket."
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  • #2
    I got that one too. Talk about lazy. They can't even be bothered to give us some lame story to read first.

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    • #3
      Yeah, if I'm going to waste my time at least give me a sob story or something to fancy about, like getting $xx million from a foreign prince or...something!
      My Guide to Oblivion

      "I resent the implication that I've gone mad, Sprocket."

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      • #4
        If it weren't for the fact that you should never respond to these in any way, I'd be tempted to email back and tell them their Jedi mind control isn't working.

        "I'm not the sucker you're looking for."

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        • #5
          I've been so tempted to respond on a number of occasions to ask how many people actually fall for these. Why is it you shouldn't reply? It shows someone is there?
          My Guide to Oblivion

          "I resent the implication that I've gone mad, Sprocket."

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          • #6
            It tells them that it's a live email and that someone is opening the emails. You would get flooded with more scams if they know that.

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            • #7
              What arcus said -- and verified, working, live emails are worth MONEY to spammers. That's half the reason for sending things like that out.
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              • #8
                Plus there could be something nasty in that attachment. I never open those.
                When you start at zero, everything's progress.

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                • #9
                  Me either. I just wish they'd put up a decent story in the body of the email to read if they're going to pull this crap.
                  My Guide to Oblivion

                  "I resent the implication that I've gone mad, Sprocket."

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                  • #10
                    with this level of intelligence, I'm waiting for them to send one that has an attachment called Virus.exe.

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                    • #11
                      Quoth Tama View Post
                      Me either. I just wish they'd put up a decent story in the body of the email to read if they're going to pull this crap.
                      An editor at salon.com took a humorous look at some of the better stories that come with these heartfelt pleas: "Some poor souls do fall for the scam, but we’ll get to that in a moment. The truth is I’ve fallen for them, too — not for the scam part, but for the writing, the plots (fragmented as they are), the characters, the earnest, alluring evocations of dark deeds and urgent needs, Lebanese mistresses, governments spun out of control, people abruptly 'sacked' for 'official misdemeanors' and all manner of other imaginative details all delivered in a prose style that is as awkward and archaic as it is enchanting." (Douglas Cruickshank)

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