I have several email accounts open, mostly as a measure to combat spam.
My Yahoo account is very good about killing spam before I see it, but I
still only give it out to those I trust. I also have a Hotmail account
originally created as a spam acount, but have lately been using it as a
sort of “low to moderate risk of spam” account. I also have an Excite
account that is pretty much only for when I know giving out my email
will turn into a spammer’s dream. Well, I was just checking the Excite
account, of which I had ten times more “bulk” mail than regular mail,
and found that one of the messages I got was from one Major Fredrick
Mumba, who is the Personal Assistant to the exiled President of
Liberia, Charles Taylor. It seems they need my help in transfering $18
Million, and are offering me $4.5 Million if I help them do it. Wow! I
could quit my job today!!!
I am thinking of responding to him much the same way this guy
did. Seems that it’s a popular new sport on the internet to string these guys along and make them look like the fools that they are. They are not that intelligent, but they’re in a game that doesn’t require
much intelligence.