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interesting SPAM email?
Today I got an interesting SPAM email:

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DEAR FRIEND,

I KNOW THIS WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BECAUSE YOU DO
NOT KNOW ME IN PERSON. I AM MR PAUL WILSON, I WORK IN THE
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, PACKAGING AND COURIER DEPARTMENT.
PLEASE DO NOT BE OFFENDED BY USING THIS MEDIUM TO REACH YOU
FOR A BUSINESS DEAL OF THIS MAGNITUDE, THIS IS DUE TO THE
URGENCY IT DEMANDS.

I GOT YOUR CONTACT IN MY SEARCH FOR A HONEST PERSON THROUGH
ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE IN THE CBN WHO SAID THAT I CAN
CONFIDE IN YOU. I WANT YOU TO HELP ME CLEAR THIS PACKAGE
THAT IS ALREADY IN EUROPE WHICH I SHIPPED THROUGH OUR CBN
ACCREDITED COURIER AGENT BUT THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE IS
$18,000,000.00 ALL IN $100.00 BILLS, BUT THE COURIER
COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW THAT IT IS MONEY THAT I HAVE IN THE
PACKAGE.

IN THE MEANTIME ALL I WANT YOU TO DO FOR ME NOW IS THIS,
CONTACT THE DIPLOMATS,AND GIVE THEM YOUR ADDRESS WHERE THE
CONSIGNMENT WILL BE DELIVERED, YOUR PRIVATE PHONE AND THEN
GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT I CAN GIVE YOU
THE SHIPMENT DOCUMENT.

AND I HOPE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU WILL HAVE 40%
AND 60% WILL BE FOR ME. MY IDENTITY MUST NOT BE REVEALED TO
ANYBODY. IF THIS ARRANGEMENT IS OKAY BY YOU, YOU CAN ALSO
CONTACT ME THROUGH MY ALTERNATEVELY EMAIL BELOW.

OTHER MODALITIES WILL BE DISCUSSED AS SOON AS YOU GET BACK
TO ME INCLUDING SENDING OF THE KEYS TO THE BOXES TO YOU.
NOTE: COMMUNICATION SHOULD BE STRICTLY THROUGH EMAIL FOR
SECURITY REASONS.

YOURS TRUELY,
MR PAUL WILSON
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL: p_wilson42@mail.com


Was it just an unintentional, accidental SPAM event??? Shocked
I feel just strange the coincidence of same name...

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Re: [webmaster33] interesting SPAM email? In reply to
Lucky I made a spuradic visit to the GT website today and saw this post before I got labelled as a Nigerian spammer Wink

No it isn't me. If I were inclined to send out spam I wouldn't use my own name - that would be dumb.

Strange that it uses my name though. As far as I'm aware it's not a popular name in Nigeria Crazy

So, either it is just a coincidence or someone is trying to get me into trouble.
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Re: [webmaster33] interesting SPAM email? In reply to
That email address is listed here...

http://www.joewein.de/sw/419-bl-p.htm
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Re: [Paul_Wilson] interesting SPAM email? In reply to
Thanks for clearing the situation!

Looking into the header, seems that 80.88.139.238 is the sender IP.

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