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by shellbot

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Yes folks, I am feeling like the luckiest person in the world right now after recieving this:

One of your fellow TechRepublic members has sent you a private message:

From: loveruth
Subject: hi
Message:
Hi dear,
My name is Ruth, I am very interested to know you well, I came across your profile today at lovely site and became so much exited on your profile, Please dear, If you don't mind and you really need to know whom i am, kindly contact me back directly to my e-mail contact mail box,which is benruth94@yahoo.co.uk ,so that it will enable me to tell you more about my self including my pictures,

Thanks for your cooperation.

Ruth.

I bet yer all jealous.
Maybe drop her an email, and you too can be her special friend :D

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by shellbot

you never know til ya try I guess..

Drop her a line, could get a group thing going??

ROFL

by jaqui

for the same purpose I do.
much easier for mass murder that way. :D

killing lots of id10ts is easier in a crowd. those to stupid to notice the death coming at them deserve to die.

by seanferd

Hiya Shellbot. Hope you are doing well.

And hello to your new friend
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by shellbot

Yup, its been a while.
I am doing better, so thats a good thing for me :)

Hope all is well with you !

by seanferd

I am glad to hear that you are doing better. Sweet!

Me? The same. Things looking up, then teetering on the brink of doom. Rinse, repeat. :p

edit: And I did get a love letter from this fascinating individual as well. How exciting!

by delbertpgh

A lot of these unsolicited solicitations are from very flexible people. Or, as we say in our business, user-friendly, tunable, and highly customizable.

by dmambo

Shell, I took a quick look at your profile and I think it must be the Tim Horton reference that got Ruth all excited. She might be a cop!

Edit: See tags: "New woman for jd" Hahahaha.

by charliespencer

What would jd want with a woman? Does he need someone to play Janet in that 'Rocky Horror' revival he's leading?

by ansugisalas

*thumbs RHPS manual*
... right!
*throws toast*
...Wait, no...
*flips pages in frustration*
...what kind of cue is "taking a turn"?!?

by nexs

A very concerning thought, or an intriguing thought.

Perhaps you should stop listening to those voices...
;)

by bergenfx

My new friend only has a few days to live and wants me to set up a charitable foundation with the 20M pounds she is leaving behind. I really don't know anything about running a charitable foundation.

Maybe we should have a chain email started sending her greetings emails.

by charliespencer

The last time those blind hogs found this particular acorn, we were cleaning up pig slop for a week. Remember the 'President of the Internet' discussion?

by santeewelding

Had something to say about this, during his time in England. Not sure at the moment what. Had something to do with nibbling in a pool of water, though, with nymphs.

by shellbot

What a hoot :D

Been a while since i been around .. good to see we've all still got our sense of humour!!

by tobif

There was one address, where I used to receive at least 30 emails a day. Almost all of them from "new friends". They were offering seminars on Russian taxation, services to close companies (even if they owe money), ways to become more attractive among females, or easier contact with virtual (or sometimes even real) women.

However, something happened about one month ago. Now the count is more like one mail per day.

Should I feel more lonely?
What happened?
Do I need to complain?
Should I simply communicate more in this thread instead?

Signed: 400 Mb traffic per month less. What to do?

by seanferd

Yes, the great sucking comma vacuum is immediately apparent. Will not fix, but leave as a warning and example to future generations.

by santeewelding

You are all second-rate.

I am first-rate.

Today, I'll have you know, I received a real letter in the mail -- Correos Espana.

It comes with righteous letterhead announcing:

[b]Gomez Consult Es
Calle Soriano 75, 24 2d 29601 Marbella Malaga Espana
Tel: 0034 672 847 298 Fax: 0034 911 311 846
E-mail:gomezconsulesq@lawyer.com[/b]

It begins:

"Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring that all will be well at the end of the day."

Goes on about the repatriation of "Twelve Million, Nine hundred and Fifty thousand Euros".

Gives another email, [b]gomez.esqricardo@gmail.com[/b] and another telephone, [b]+34 672 847 298[/b], "If you are interested,.."

How's that?

How much am I bid for the details?

by tobif

I think 91 is Madrid.

Nigeria has moved to Spain.
In the beginning, "Nigerian letters" were real life letters sent from Nigeria. Then Internet happened and it became much easier, cheaper and safer to spam email from captured computers. But Nigeria, with its (lack of) legislation remained a favorite base for these people.

It's a bit surprising that a EU-member pops up in this business. But, yes, if you were to pick one of the least organized and corrupt countries in EU, then Spain may be near the top.

And they have good wine, too.

by santeewelding

I refilled my bota bag on the road between Madrid and Barcelona a number of times with the local vintage.

by hal 9000

[b]Gomez Consult Es
Calle Soriano 75, 24 2d 29601 Marbella Malaga Espana
Tel: 0034 672 847 298 Fax: 0034 911 311 846
E-mail:gomezconsulesq@lawyer.com

Gomez Consult Es
Calle Soriano 75, 24 2d 29601 Marbella Malaga Espana
Tel: 0034 672 847 298 Fax: 0034 911 311 846
E-mail:gomezconsulesq@lawyer.com

Gomez Consult Es
Calle Soriano 75, 24 2d 29601 Marbella Malaga Espana
Tel: 0034 672 847 298 Fax: 0034 911 311 846
E-mail:gomezconsulesq@lawyer.com[/b]

But they sound like a freaked Spanish Account which is most likely controlled from Nigeria. No thanks I'll go direct to the Owner of the Controlling Account. :p

Col

by tobif

for you, then they could easily have slipped in a 100 Euro note in the letter as a small advance payment!
And they should really have attached SASE!

by santeewelding

That just wasn't the case.

Impressed, though, by the envelope -- a new kind advancement on the old kind. Precut serrations on the flap. Rip it open in a hurry without care or concern.

The letter, too. Slick. Signature, stamp, and barcode, even. But, all printed along with the content.

Lets you know to be on the lookout next for a wax seal and signet-ring imprimateur.

Don't be fooled.

by tobif

Like on those idiotic lottery ads. Print some gold bars and heaps of glittering money along the bottom of the form, and on the top, in huge green letters: "This could all be yours!"
Your social security number may already be a winner! etc...

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