Boy, this one's not even trying...
Apr. 29th, 2008 10:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
agilebritSubject: Official Message From United Kingdom
I am Richard Butler,Personal Attorney to Late Engineer Dave,who worked with Shell Oil in UK.On September 11th 2001, my Client along with his entire family perished in an Air-Crash.The deceased had a deposit,valued at £7.2million,the bank issued me a notice to provide the next-of-kin or have the account confiscated.I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin. Your cooperation is needed.
Regards,
Barr.Richard
"Late Engineer Dave"??? *falls over laughing* That's gotta be the shortest 419 email I've ever received. Usually they go into tremendous detail about who died, sometimes with a link to a news story about the plane crash.
And why is my cooperation, in particular, needed? I'm not the dude's next of kin. I'm sorely tempted to create a sock email account and string this guy along, ala the 419 Eater. But I won't, because I'm lazy.
If you visit the site, the Letters Archive is comedy gold. This one, especially, had me rolling on the floor. Be sure you have a good chunk of time to spend reading, because it goes on for pages and pages...
REALLY tempted. Something along the lines of OMG! Dave died? When was this? Why didn't anyone tell me before? No wonder I haven't heard from him in so long! Of course I'll do anything I can to expedite the process...
I am Richard Butler,Personal Attorney to Late Engineer Dave,who worked with Shell Oil in UK.On September 11th 2001, my Client along with his entire family perished in an Air-Crash.The deceased had a deposit,valued at £7.2million,the bank issued me a notice to provide the next-of-kin or have the account confiscated.I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin. Your cooperation is needed.
Regards,
Barr.Richard
"Late Engineer Dave"??? *falls over laughing* That's gotta be the shortest 419 email I've ever received. Usually they go into tremendous detail about who died, sometimes with a link to a news story about the plane crash.
And why is my cooperation, in particular, needed? I'm not the dude's next of kin. I'm sorely tempted to create a sock email account and string this guy along, ala the 419 Eater. But I won't, because I'm lazy.
If you visit the site, the Letters Archive is comedy gold. This one, especially, had me rolling on the floor. Be sure you have a good chunk of time to spend reading, because it goes on for pages and pages...
REALLY tempted. Something along the lines of OMG! Dave died? When was this? Why didn't anyone tell me before? No wonder I haven't heard from him in so long! Of course I'll do anything I can to expedite the process...
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Date: 2008-04-29 07:22 pm (UTC)LOL!
And you have better things to write...