# Best SPAM ever

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spam-ever/629120>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 23, 2012, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spam-ever/629120 "2012-07-23T11:47:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spam-ever/629120/1 "2012-07-23T11:47:30Z")

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I don’t think I’ve laughed this hard when checking my email in a very long time. How is it possible that these people aren’t multimillionaires, what with their computer skills and ability to connect with people emotionally?

> [@](#):
>
> GOOD DAY
> 
> STANDARD INESTIGATION  
> INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION
> 
> YOUR (%First Name% %Last-Named% and email (%Email%)  
> MATCHES OUR DECEASED CLIENT. REVIEW ATTACHED DOCUMENT FOR MORE DETAILS.
> 
> GARY FLETCHER  
> INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spam-ever/629120/2 "2012-07-23T11:53:57Z")

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Oh noes! Raspberry, you’re dead! :smack: \<— angsty smiley

When’s the funeral? What kind of flowers do you like? I am so sorry… ☹

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spam-ever/629120/3 "2012-07-23T11:56:48Z")

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Aw, cut Gary Fletcher some slack. The International Finance Corporation has been going thru a rough patch lately…

😃

I’ve been getting a lot with the subject line “Someone has ran a credit check on you!” What I find especially amusing is that it’s to one of my junk accounts that isn’t associated with my name. Of course, I suppose it’s possible that someone out there is really named FairyChatMom and someone has ran a credit check on her.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spam-ever/629120/4 "2012-07-23T12:05:38Z")

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I was going to say (with surprise) “So 419 scammers know how to use mailmerge now?”. Except it looks like the answer is “no, they don’t, at least, not properly”.

I once got a spam email (just plain old spam, not scam) that began “Dear null”

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**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spam-ever/629120/5 "2012-07-23T12:29:00Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> I was going to say (with surprise) “So 419 scammers know how to use mailmerge now?”. Except it looks like the answer is “no, they don’t, at least, not properly”.
> 
> I once got a spam email (just plain old spam, not scam) that began “Dear null”

Mail merge seems to be beyond them. They seem to have mastered capslock though.

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spam-ever/629120/6 "2012-07-23T12:37:16Z")

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Oh noes! I’m going to be inestigated!