waitingman: (Idiot!)
I have an old e-mail account that is more of a giant spam net these days than a working account, though there are still a few things that come through to it that are somewhat important...

This morning, along with a possible job opportunity & some genuine notifications, was this little beauty:

Hello

I am Mr Thabo Mbeki the former South Africa President. Sir.

In confident can I Invest a total of $150M in your company. Please if interested this should be 100% risk free and there should be a total confidential transaction. Please let me know if you are interested. More so you will be required to come to South Africa to sign the payment with my bank in which I'll present you as an Investor. I am waiting to hear from you.

Mr Thabo Mbeki'
Thabo Mbeki docdiane@cryptogroup.net


So the old ANC chairman, corrupt politician & AIDS denialist is now associated with a crypto company?? Times must be tough, Thabo, old man, for you to want to give little old flooring estimator me $150M, obviously on the understanding that my somewhat dormant company-of-one will soon radically expand internationally, go absolutely gangbusters on the Stock Exchange & you'll get your investment back. Oh yes... absolutely you will!!

I'm booking 2 tickets on South African Airways as we speak... Business Class, of course... See you in Jo'burg Thabo & don't forget the cheque!!!!!
waitingman: (Default)
Catching up on & clearing out the e-mail accounts from the last 2 weeks, this little gem cropped up in the inbox of the accout that I only keep for a couple of things, as it's become a spam-magnet with occasionally interesting results...

My name is Jeff Bezos, an American technology entrepreneur, investor,
and charity Donations. I'm the founder, CEO and president of
Amazon.com, Inc. I believe strongly in giving while living’ I had one
idea that never changed in my mind ? that you should use your wealth
to help people and i have decided to give $2.500,000.00 Two
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, to randomly selected
individuals worldwide. On receipt of this email, you should count
yourself as the lucky individual. Your email address was chosen online
while searching at random. Kindly get back to me at your earliest
convenience, so I know your email address is valid.

You can visit this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos

Do make sure you provide me with your complete information below, so
that I will forward it to my selected payout bank for disbursement.

Full Name:
Country:
City:
Age:
Occupation:
Sex:
Mobile/Tel:

Reply Back For More Information: jefferyprestonbe3@gmail.com

Best Regards,
Mr Jeffrey Preston Bezos Billionaire
CEO of Amazon


I do like that his job description includes the title 'Billionaire'... & that he uses a gmail address

It does make me wonder how many people would be gullible enough to fall for this. Once upon a time I wouldn't have thought very many - but with what I've seen in the last few years... I have no doubt there'll be more than enough
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