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Assassination by email?

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by tig2

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According to Snopes, this email is making the rounds:

SOMEONE YOU CALL YOUR FRIEND, WANTS YOU DEAD.

I felt very sorry and bad for you, that your life is going to end like this if you don't comply, i was paid to eliminate you and I have to do it within 10 days.

Someone you call your friend wants you dead by all means, and the person have spent a lot of money on this, the person came to us and told us that he wants you dead and he provided us your names, photograph and other necessary information we needed about you. If you are in doubt with this I will send you your name and where you are residing in my next mail.

Meanwhile, I have sent my boys to track you down and they have carried out the necessary investigation needed for the operation, but I ordered them to stop for a while and not to strike immediately because I just felt something good and sympathetic about you. I decided to contact you first and know why somebody will want you dead by all means. Right now my men are monitoring you, their eyes are on you, and even the place you think is safer for you to hide might not be.

Now do you want to LIVE OR DIE? It is up to you. Get back to me now if you are ready to enter deal with me, I mean life trade, who knows, and I might just spear your life, $8,000 is all you need to spend. You will first of all pay $3,000 then I will send the tape of the person that want you dead to you and when the tape gets to you, you will pay the remaining $5,000. If you are not ready for my help, then I will have no choice but to carry on the assignment after all I have already being paid before now.

Warning: do not think of contacting the police or even tell anyone because I will extend it to any member of your family since you are aware that somebody want you dead, and the person knows some members of your family as well.

For your own good I will advise you not to go out once is 7pm until I make out time to see you and give you the tape of my discussion with the person who want you dead then you can use it to take any legal action. Good luck as I await your reply to this e-mail contact: mayhissolrestinpeace1@gmail.com
Bye.

William yahman.

http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/hitman.asp

If you read the thing, the first thought that went through your mind was, "I wonder if this guy learned English the same place as Nigerian scammers?" The answer may be yes.

Why am I posting this silliness that most of us delete before reading? Because in the wild world of spammers, someone will be taken in by this. The copy of this that I saw (not on Snopes) was large bold red text and all by itself looked threatening. It may be a good idea to pass a heads up along to your less technically literate friends and family so that they don't even open the darned thing. Like I said, delete before reading.

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by jaqui

thanks Tig I needed that :D

maybe it should be re-written to be more believable and then sent to a few people. ]:)

by jellimonsta

I think you assume too much my dear! :p

Hope the training is going well and good to see you posting. :D

by oz_media

What a fool, $8K wouldn't get someone bumped in the days of the wild west!

This guy apparently has two guns for hire as well. I'd take my chances, if they turned up at my door, I'd have them $5K to give me their bosses name, then really have some fun.

Probably one of those off shore assasination companies,
"Haf we got deo fo you! You pay rowest plice!" :D I'd pee myself laughing if I got sent this one!

Even our local 'heavies for hire' wouldn't go and beat someone up for that kind of chump change. I'd say the numbers speak volumes, $8K, what is this 1806? LOL

Oh no, THEY are coming to get me, good thing they won't strike immediately because he just felt something good and sympathetic about me.

You've got to be kidding?! I know that some people get taken in by email scams, but if I knew anyone THAT dumb (as you would need to be in this case) I would probably encourage him to send in the cash and save his life.

by tig2

If they fall for it, they aren't SUPPOSED to get bumped off! Read the fine print!

by tig2

While I agree that this is a delete before reading deal, I worry about end users. Many of them just react to things and that results in problems. And because of the very threatening appearance of the email, a quick scan may be all it gets. And that could result in problems.

I know that WE are all smarter than this. But forewarned is forearmed.

by oz_media

I dunno, I just got finished answering a rant where this would probably work on the guy.

The guy who wrote this is REALLY screwed big time if he gets caught, the list of charges would be endless with death threats etc included.

by dumphrey

in many places people get killed for as little as $100 US in crack. When you change the currency, the possibilities change as well. Remember when people were getting shot for shoes? You laugh, but $8000 could get a lot of regular people killed.
Just because they aren't "pros" does not mean you won't die.

by oz_media

As I said, when they come a lookin' just pay them more than their boss, it wouldn't be that hard to trump.

As far as amateur goes, anyone who would send out an email to his target is definitely a VERY stupid amateur that would wind up pointing the wrong end of the gun at you anyway. Probably do it for half a pack of cigs. and wind up killing himself.

This whole thing is a complete joke though, until they catch the guy and pin him to the wall of course.

by jellimonsta

I was being facetious. :p ]:)

I can not condone anyone being bumped off, regardless of how much they deserve it. :D

by the scummy one

if they really deserve it. Like the a$$hole who cut me off
earlier -- hmmm... Ok, maybe not him, just some torture...

by oz_media

I actually just did that to a guy tonight, then crawled along beside another car so he couldn't pass, then I paused at the light until it turned yellow, when he followed me through it, the red light camera took his picture.
LOL Man, I can be a prick when people pi$$ me off. :D

by maecuff

you're right. He should probably be killed.

Man, people in their cars piss me off. And if they do something stupid while talking on the phone, then I think that the offender and their entire family should be killed.

by ontheropes

50% of people are below average intelligence. Check. Average intelligence just isn't all that bright if you ask me but what do I know?

50% of marriages end in divorce. Check. To me that means that there's a lot of marital strife going on.

30+ % of people in the world will undergo some type of mental disorder in their lifetime. Check. Depending upon whose numbers you choose to cite the figure could be higher, or lower too I guess.

With a lot of fighting going on among possibly 'dimwitted' people who may also be afflicted with some form of mental disorder I can see the possibility of somebody 'buying' such an email as being real. I know of people who'd buy into it. Thanks to you and Snopes, just in case, we know it's BS.

by oz_media

Touche (I didn't add the accent because it takes 15 seconds to turn the accent keys off on a my keyboard)

by oz_media

and anyone falling for this are people who I want to meet, I've got some great investment opportunities too. Muwahahahahahaa! ]:)

shhhhh, don't tell Tigger she'll get pi$$ed off at me.

by maecuff

If this WERE real, he'd be a pretty crappy hitman, wouldn't he? I think one of the major 'hitman' rules is to NOT tell your victim what's going on.

by maecuff

Probably a lot of unwritten rules and such. Which is a good thing. I'd say it's one of those professions where it's best to not leave a paper trail of any kind.

by w2ktechman

a new age where the Hitmen have no morals :0

Instead they try to get paid from as many places as possible (upping the price).

by oz_media

You get away using full, wet, pouty lips for an avatar?

I bet you I couldn't get away with a big purple helmet avatar!

by maecuff

That's just one of the perks you get for being a girl.

We just have to accept that men will always get paid more than we do (for equal work) to offset getting away with pouty lip avatars.

by tig2

You can be a prick at the drop of a hat and you know it. It is just one of the many things that we love about you.

(((hug)))

by w2ktechman

He was just an a-hole in a 'vette.

However, on the way home there was this dumba$$ fumbling around with his phone and changing over 2 lanes at a time. He needs to be 'offed' cause he is a danger to all around!
I hope he gets pulled over for being a dumba$$, there should be a law about being a dumba$$ while driving :0

by dawgit

But the price is getting up there. That's news. 50 bucks is all used to take, is crack and co having an inflation problem? I'll bet a tank of gas would do it nowdays. (all though crack is probably cheeper) 8 grand? I've had folks who wanted to do me in for free. (nobody's been sucessful -yet, as you can see :) )-d

by neon samurai

I used to hear of this scam as a cold call soliciting the job. A lady I worked with long ago had recieved a call shortly after a devorce. For just #### arrangements could be made.

Sure, cash up front too right?

What will those crazy fraudsters think of next.

by oz_media

They could do a Honeycomb type thing to look like a windows logo.

WIth all the shareware and sampler CDRoms given away in todays cereal, it would have offered them great promo.

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