# Interesting SPAM **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-spam/642425 "2012-11-29T01:09:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-spam/642425/1 "2012-11-29T01:09:37Z")
Got the following weird spam in my e-mail today (my personal e-mail address, I’ve never used it in any jobs that I’ve had). Allowing for some if-fy grammar from an foreign country, it ALMOST looks like a legit pitch (note that I said **ALMOST** ). ## I thought Indians used rupees? What are lacs and crore? (near the end, “this link” are active links that I didn’t go to; I broke the other links). Respected sir /madam, we are Dealing into loans through various banks in the form of- 1 Unsecured personal loans up to 25 lacs 2 Unsecured business loans up to 1 crore 3 Loan against property up to 50 cr 4 Overdraft limits up to 20 cr 5 Home loans up to 50 cr 6 Used Car loans up to 5 cr 7 Equipment loan upto 20cr 8 Machinery finance upto 20 cr 9 C.C limits ,l.c limits ,bg limits upto 50 cr 10 New car loans upto 3 cr We have an expertise outlook to serve salaried or businessmen whether it is a proprietorship concern, partnership concern & Pvt Ltd. concern. So, We would be highly obliged to serve you with all your business-funding requirements . ## WANT A LOAN jitender Contact Address :- B-218, 1st floor, shivaji market, pitampura, new delhi-34 Email id:- wantaloan1 @ [gmail.com](http://gmail.com) info @ wantaloan.in Website:- www. wantaloan .in Mobile No - 9310011562 (property loans ,od limits & home loans ) 9910161234 - 9310211562 (personal loans & business loans ) Telefax no.011- 47520362 Unsubscribe me from this list If you do not want to receive any more newsletters, this link To update your preferences and to unsubscribe visit this link Forward a Message to Someone this link ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-spam/642425/2 "2012-11-29T01:12:49Z")
A lac (or lakh) is a 100,000 count of something, in this case rupees. A crore is 10 lakhs, or 10,000,000 of something.