Spam of the Rings

I’m used to seeing spam where the sender’s name is meant to evoke some African dictator oe Arabic or Chinese businessman. Today I got a spam with a new twist on it. The sender used the name “Saruman Gray.”

I always delete these without opening them, but I must admit I would find it funny if it were asking my assistance in transferring a ring of power out of the Shire to a safe-deposit bank in Mordor.

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Isengard has long been known as an international banking haven specializing in internet transactions. But I wouldn’t worry about it. The time to look out is when you start getting messages from halflings named Ponzi Took.

Nice one.

I’ve had some slipping under the filter lately; I don’t know what’s in them because I just delete them, but the subject lines are getting more and more absurd; last week it was a rash of ‘Append Considerable Spicyness To Your Aliveness!’. Thanks, but I already have a pepper mill.

Don’t dismiss it out of hand. Some elves bought into this one way back in the First Age and were turned into orcs! :eek: :cool:

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