Begging by email?

Sleipnir

I just got a mass mailer from some guy in the Ukraine begging for an old laptop and a mobile!?!?!
What's the world coming to?
LOVE the english though!


The Expensive gentlemen and ladies!
My name is Andrey Kîstukov I student.
I live in Ukraine. Live poorly.
If you have used cell phone GSM 900-1800 and laptop and they you unnecessary.
I with big thanks prima in grant.
I shall is much thanked if you send me.
Andrey Kostukov
99045
N.Ostrovskoy str.10A-41
Sevastopol
Ukraine
stud@bratan.ru

uberwolf

wow, thats a bit mad isn't it. Whats he need the mobile for? thats a bit extravagant...

Doctor J

I got one from the Prince of Nigeria looking to leave $5m in my bank account for just a little while until the unrest in his country died down. I was to be "rewarded greatly".

All I had to do was send him my bank details... :dunno:


Delete it. Death to spam!

Sleipnir

Originally posted by Doctor J
I got one from the Prince of Nigeria looking to leave $5m in my bank account for just a little while until the unrest in his country died down. I was to be "rewarded greatly".

All I had to do was send him my bank details... :dunno:


Delete it. Death to spam!

Yeah I get at least one of these everyday. If I did them all I'd be a multi billionaire by now!

Rabies

he gave you his address so sign him up for loads of freebies on the net. that will teach him a lesson

projectmayhem

is there a mobile network in the ukraine?

as said before, add his e-mail to loads of crappy mailing lists and annoy him...

Rock Climber

I got one of the nigerian ones the other day...

It started off.
Dear Rock Climber
Thank God we have found you

They are the 419 scams , theres a site somewhere , and a guy follows them up and plays the game and actually ends up conning money out of the fraudsters.

Capt'n Midnight

Now why would a ukranian want a mobile phone and a laptop - sounds like an ideal present for a cracker - and very untracable. Or he'll sell it for vodka, just like he did with that PDP-11 I sent him last year - cost a bloody fortune in postage took ages to wrap an all.

If you give in to him, there will be others and we will all get spammed - forward on a 419 letter to him I'm sure they can come to an arrangement.

Nike_Dude

My name is Andrey Kîstukov I student.
I live in Ukraine. Live poorly

You could pretty much substitute Ukraine for Ireland and it would be true:)
Did anyone ever go to the site setup by this guy (cant remember the address) who spends hours replying to spam like this? some of the stuff is hilarious

mneylon

The Ukranian one is original

Raphael

If i were you i'd set up 3 hotmail accounts, and forward every mail they receive to him. but then i again, I'm evil

Agent Smith

what about giving them the details to a empty bank account, whats the worst that could happen?

the_syco

Originally posted by Doctor J
I got one from the Prince of Nigeria looking to leave $5m in my bank account for just a little while until the unrest in his country died down. I was to be "rewarded greatly".

All I had to do was send him my bank details... :dunno:

Delete it. Death to spam!

Please send the e-mail onto me. Have a account that has 4 cents in it.
If he wants, he can put all the money he wants into it. Me needs money:)

Originally posted by Capt'n Midnight
If you give in to him, there will be others and we will all get spammed - forward on a 419 letter to him I'm sure they can come to an arrangement.

Wots a 419 letter?