How Gullible Are You?
Posted by Leigh on August 29, 2008
I hate spam. I hate spammers. I hate the statistics I read on spam, where 33% of users have actually bought stuff from spam emails, because it only means that spamming is going to get worse.
All I can say, is how gullible can you get? How many people actually fall for some of this garbage emails that we receive? Do people really think that multi-millions of dollars are going to come to them through an emailer that doesn’t even know your first name (even when your name is your email)?
This last garbage mail that I received really jumped out at me though and gave me a good laugh.
It’s supposed to be from a bank manager, but it comes from a yahoo email address, under the account name of “Development Bank” (How cheesy), and has a long list of other people it was also mailed to attached. (Guess I can now spam all those other email addresses since he was so nice to give them to me.) 
Guess it was meant for all those other people who abandoned millions of dollars in banks around the world!
African Development Bank
NO.97 Tudu Express way Accra,
Accra Ghana.From the Desk of The Manager, African Development Bank
Attention Beneficiary,
This day, one Allen Jo Walker, came to my office to let us know that you are DEAD, and before your death, you instructed him to come for the claim of your funds in the tune of US$6.2Million that was long abandoned in your name with African Development Bank.
So here comes the big question:
i) Did you authorize Mr. Allen Jo Walker to come for your claim?
ii) Are you truly dead?
If (NO) you are hereby advice as a matter of urgency to reconfirm the details of this message withing 24hours, hence your funds shall be wired into her account without any more delay.
Lastly, you are advice to reconfirm the details of this message and get back immediately with these information’s below:
Full name………………………………
Direct telephone number……………….
address…………………………….
Age……………………….
Occupation………………………..
Bank name…………………………
Bank address…………………………
Bank account…………………………
Account type………………………….Note: these information’s above must be provided for reconfirmation to enable us make payment to you, hence, your funds will be remit/wire into her account as already provide to this management.
We wait for your urgent response today.
Regards,
The Manager
African Development Bank.
Direct Contact: +233-240-216-473
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Not to mention all the other holes you can poke in their story:
First off they call you Beneficiary, then they tell me that I have a long abandoned account in my name at their bank. Would that be my real name, or is the account in the name of “Beneficiary” since they don’t really know my name? lol If I really had an account at their bank, wouldn’t they know my name?
Then they are emailing me to find out if I’m dead? Wouldn’t a telephone call be easier? Why can’t they just let me rest in peace! What a crock!
Now what about the horrible English. If this was really coming from a bank manager, it would have his name on it not “The Manager”. And if it was a bank that dealt with Americans much at all, he would also speak perfect English, or at least have a translator that does.
I would love to see statistics on the number of people that fell for this type of email, is there really someone out there that gullible? If so, I’ve got a multi-million dollar deal for them!
Yeah, I’m bored. If I step foot outside, I fear that they’ll have me in a trench some where fishing in the mud for a hammer that was dropped, or something worse, like digging up septic lines again. It’s not always a benefit coming from a construction oriented family. It’s also a dirty job, (But Someone’s Got To Do It! - That’s what i would hear if I spoke up around my family!)
Have a great Labor Day Weekend!
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