Dear Bill,
These scams are thoroughly insidious, and it is sad that one or two
gullible people, whether out of greed, kindness, or a funny mixture
of both, still fall for them. I have been told that some words are
deliberately spelt wrong, as a ploy to generate sympathy.
Occasionally there is a religious slant ("God bless", etc), to
suggest honesty and trustworthiness.
I once received a couple of these scam e-mails with all the "c.c."
addresses listed, presumably by accident. There were many of them,
in alphabetical order, and just one chunk of the alphabet was
involved. I remember recognising a few names from the early music
world, including Lynda Sayce, which made me wonder how these
particular rogues acquired their list of addresses in the first
place.
Best wishes,
Stewart McCoy.
----- Original Message -----
From: "bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "lute society" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 12:47 PM
Subject: "really good deals..."
> i'm starting to get e-mails of the type that want me to supply a
bank
> account number in order to rip-off some african bank or ministry
or
> other. my wife gets them all the time (one from someone who
called
> himself "prince doo-doo") but up until a month or so ago i can't
> remember receiving even one.
>
> anyone else getting more than their fair share of these less than
> bona-fide requests lately?
>
> the reason i ask is because this is the only list i contribute to
that
> has my e-mail address available for all to see.
>
> - bill
>
>
