Friday, October 26, 2012

Two Wongs Don't Make a Right--Especially in Internet Scams

This one eked through the spam filter, gave me a chuckle:
Good Day Sir,
Thank you very much for your email, let me introduce myself again, I am Francis Yue-Cheong of (Shanghai Commercial Bank Ltd,Hong Kong) before the U.S and Iraqi war our client Mr.Ashraf Taysir Shaker Alqawasmi a business merchant made a fixed deposit of USD27.3m for 2Yrs where i was the only one that knew about his deposits. Upon maturity during the war in 2003, Ashraf, his wife and only daughter died in a bomb blast that hits His Residence. Investigations showed that he didn't declare any next of kin. As a foreigner,I want you to stand as the next of kin to claim the fund because according to the laws of my country at the expiration 8years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim the funds. I have an attorney that will prepare all the documents to back you up as the next of kin to Mr.Ashraf Taysir Shaker Alqawasmi. Please reach me only on my email with your full names, age, current occupation, Physical address, direct telep hone and fax numbers to enable th
Regards,

Francic Yue-Cheong Wong
Admiral General Ashraf Taysir Shaker Alqawasmi--wasn't that the name of Sasha Baron Cohen's character in The Dictator? ;)

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