Wednesday, March 19, 2008

The Fraudulent Email

I recently received a fraudulent email from someone claiming to want to buy my laptop. Here is there inquiry and my response.

Enjoy :)

Grant smiths:

Hello I'm Grant smiths, I hail from Canada in ottawa city, I came across your advert and am highly interested in Purchasing your ($1,000 - Dell Latitude 1GB RAM 80GB 7200 RPM Drive 8X DVD /-RW) which you offer for sale.I Due to the fact that its been a long time have been searching for it, Please Kindly get back to me as soon as possible with the necessary answers to the question in mind, Are you the first owner? The present condition? Your final asking price?And I will also like you to send me Pictures to enable me view what I intend to purchase and i will like you to know that my form of payment is through a Certified Check or a USPS Money Order .. I await your urgent response so that we can proceed further.

Regards
Grant

Today at 9:47am
Hello. The necessary answers are to follow. The first owner was Abraham Lincoln and he only was using it 4 years. Passed it down he was doing for many years until me the present owner. The present condition is superior quality. This is very wonderful condition for using. My final asking price is going to have to ask you to pay $30,000 for it is gold plated and made of the finest quality Egyptian wood and materials that are of superb quality. The keyboard, yes, is made of solid gold and the letters, yes, are made of diamond studded italian made. I will be so kind to send you pictures yes that would be nice for to do for enabling. My form of payment that is accepting via bags of rhinestones sent through carrier pigeons or 4 white stallions or black palominos with Russian princesses sitting atop. This is the fewest amounts that are accepting by me. I am waiting for a courteous and prompt response by you sooner for returning purposes.