Spam - How could anyone take this seriouly

[kanicbird]

Below is some of the text I got as a spam email. Now it appears like Mr. Spam would like be to take out a loan against my home, all well and good (not really) but......

Taking out such a loan is a serious transaction, I just can't understand why anyone would even consider dealing with a company that sends a offer in this format:

Dea B r Home O e wner ,=20
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Your cr 8 ed D it doesn't matter to us !=20
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Your c b red I it doesn't matter to us ! If you OW u N real e 1 st f at
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and want IMM i EDIA 0 TE cas G h to s 2 pend ANY way you like, or simply
wish=20
to L v OWER your monthly pa O ym M ents by a third or more, here are the
de F aI c s=20
we have T V OD 3 AY :=20
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$ 48 z 8,000 at a 3 f ,67% fi x xed - ra T te=20
$ 37 k 2,000 at a 3,9 I 0% v w ariable - rat M e=20
$ 49 0 2,000 at a 3,2 p 1% int m eres p t - onl V y=20
$ 24 F 8,000 at a 3 X ,36% fi T xed - rat M e=20
$ 19 4 8,000 at a 3 0 ,55% varia F ble - ra m te=20
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H r urry, when these d r eaI 8 s are gone, they are gone !
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Don't worry about approva m l, your c y redit will not di 9 squalif D y
you !=20
=20
V B isi O t our sit U e <(yea right I'll list that site>=20
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Sincerely, Barnaby Balmer
=20
Ap q pr c oval Manager

I know that people have set up rules to automatically delete messages with the text commonally found in spam and perhaps it fools spam filters, and that it why Mr. Spam has typed it this way, but I just can't understand why someone would respond to anyone who makes a offer in this way.

[tdn]

w Hy = 20 n o t ,,,,,,,,,?

s o un ds,,,,, L i K 3 @ g u d de e l t o o m e$$$$$$$$

[saoirse]

You know, I just thought of something:
You could get kill a lot of spam by setting the filter to screen more than one dollar sign. I can't think of any reason why anyone would need to send me something with "$$" in it.

[flight]

You know, I just thought of something:
You could get kill a lot of spam by setting the filter to screen more than one dollar sign. I can't think of any reason why anyone would need to send me something with "$$" in it.
Yeah, what kind of a$$hole would do that?

[Emilio Lizardo]

Heh. I love it when the phishers get confused about what scam they're running. I just got an e-mail about my (non-existant) Chase Bank account, but the from: address was "paypal.com!" Oops.

[GorillaMan]

I just can't understand why someone would respond to anyone who makes a offer in this way.
This isn't necessary for the spammer to make money. All a spammer needs to do is to persuade one of his customers to pay him up-front for the sending of eighteen gazillion emails.

[clairobscur]

Some time ago, I got an e-mail telling me that my bank, due to some computer issue, needed me to go to some site and fill out a form with my account infos.

Ok...it looks like a quite ordinary scam at first glance, though it already require a good deal of ignorance and/or stupidity to actually fall for it.


But on top of that, the mail supposedly came from 3 different banks at the same time. So, I was to assume that all these banks had the same database issue at the same time, got together and decided to sent out a collective mail to all their customers, probably to save on cost.


I hope though that the fact these three major french banks sending this collective e-mail to their french customers... *in english*... has been enough of a hint to prevent anybody from falling for this scam. Though I wouldn't bet much on it....

[OneCentStamp]

Hey now, some of us LIKE it when we receive e-mail from people who only wnat to help others achieve financial freedom.

Just the other day, I received an e-mail from a very nice Nigerian gentleman, a barrister by the name of Mohammed Abacha. And while I can't divulge any details of our business until the venture is completed, let me just say that six weeks from now I will be a very, very happy man. And I didn't even have to put up any money; my social security number was enough participation on my part!

:D

[kunilou]

Dea B r Home O e wner ,=20
=20
Your cr 8 ed D it doesn't matter to us !=20
=20
Your c b red I it doesn't matter to us ! If you OW u N real e 1 st f at
i e=20
and want IMM i EDIA 0 TE cas G h to s 2 pend ANY way you like, or simply
wish=20
to L v OWER your monthly pa O ym M ents by a third or more, here are the
de F aI c s=20
we have T V OD 3 AY :=20
=20
$ 48 z 8,000 at a 3 f ,67% fi x xed - ra T te=20
$ 37 k 2,000 at a 3,9 I 0% v w ariable - rat M e=20
$ 49 0 2,000 at a 3,2 p 1% int m eres p t - onl V y=20
$ 24 F 8,000 at a 3 X ,36% fi T xed - rat M e=20
$ 19 4 8,000 at a 3 0 ,55% varia F ble - ra m te=20
=20
H r urry, when these d r eaI 8 s are gone, they are gone !
=20
Don't worry about approva m l, your c y redit will not di 9 squalif D y
you !=20
=20
V B isi O t our sit U e <(yea right I'll list that site>=20
=20
Sincerely, Barnaby Balmer
=20
Ap q pr c oval Manager


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[AskNott]

Just today, I got a fwfwfwfwfwfwfwfwfw email from one of my wife's friends. I couldn't believe people were still falling for it. It was the ancient "Bill Gates will pay you for every email !" hoax. That's the internet equivalent to Prince Albert in a can. I shake my head sadly.