Part of a scam email I was sent. The sender name caught my attention — see signature below:
THE SUZUKI MOTORS COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPT SUZUKI AVENUE
65 EXCHANGE ROAD,ORTIGAS BUILDING
TOKYO, JAPAN.
Therefore we are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held 2009 by SUZUKI Motor Company your email was among the 20 Lucky winners [...]
In other to claim your award which is $500,000.00 prize winning,which has been deposited in a designated bank. However,you will have to fill the form below and send it to the promotion manager of THE SUZUKI MOTOR COMPANY for verification and then you will be directed to the bank where a cheque of $500, 000.00 has already been deposited in your favour.
And it was signed:
Yours faithfully,
Mr lucky wang
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Congrats Moosie, you join the happy joy luck club
I guess it could be worse- at least the prize is an imaginary cash reward- worse yet if they gave you an actual Suzuki – crap bikes, crap ATVs – total money black holes.
Yep, cash is better. Of course, I think I’ll just let this one pass. That’s one “Wang” that’s not so “Lucky” this time.
It’s fun to reply to these, using an alternative email address and name. I lead a woman who was dying of cancer in Nigeria, but who wanted her millions of dallars to go to ME, because the internet said I was a good person. I had them going for about 6 weeks before I got tired of it. I even got them to send 2 overseas faxes to a free fax service (free for me, but THEY had to pay the long distance chanrges.
Ooh, you’re a little bit naughty — I like it!
Actually, there’s a site that talks about doing just that — leading the scammers on. I’ve got a link to it in my “Fun Favourites” in the 1st sidebar — it says “Welcome to the 419 Eater”.
To top it all Wang is a Chinese name
Yes, and the sender’s email was from China. Plus these scammers need to hire some native English-speakers to write their stuff.
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