oh man, I better get in touch!
Fri, May 4th, 2007
I got this email today. All I can say is that if someone paid $650k to kill me, they way overpaid. I’m so not worth that much to anyone. heh.
From: mckin free mchufree@yahoo.com
Subject: hello
To: me
Reply-To: mchufree@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 14:20:38 -0700
Hello,
I wish to let you know that i have been paid by a client to assasinate you
at convenience,and i have signed a contract of $650,000 yesterday for
this.I have never met you before,but they gave me the full description of your
identity and contact,together with your photograph which my boys have
used to trace you.
The reason why they want you Dead is not disclosed to me as i was not
allowed to know,but you are now not better that the dead ok.
My BOYS are now contantly watching you,they are following
you-home,office,everywhere.....,you go and they are waiting for my instruction to
terminate you.And they will strike at convenience.
THIS IS MY MESSAGE-
LISTEN VERY WELL !!!!,the Police cannot do much to help you out in this
right now because you are being watched,any such attempt is very risky
cause you will push us to terminate your life without option. Your calls
are not safe also.In fact you are traced. I have no business with you but at least i have cleared the way as a
pro-,but you may have one chance to live again if you can contact me
not latter that 24 hours after this mssage.email fgconhome@yahoo.com
GOODLUCK!!!
Do people actually fall for this shit?
# Comment by Mindy on Fri, May 4th, 2007 at 10:05 pm:
That’s really fuckin’ weird!
# Comment by Matt Hastings on Fri, May 4th, 2007 at 11:30 pm:
hmmmmm… Never got an E-mail like that before. Personally I would be a bit flattered I was worth that much to kill!
# Comment by Gymmie on Fri, May 4th, 2007 at 11:41 pm:
I’ve heard of this being a “new” scam. I truly wish that these people would master the basic English language! Of course the fist clue is the grammatical and spelling errors that these emails always have, but unfortunately folks don’t think of that and fall for them.
I recall a story a few years ago where a woman was a caregiver for her sister. They received one of these verify your account information emails, so the woman did it. And IIRC, this was 2 or 3 years later and they were STILL trying to get the sisters identity cleaned up.
# Comment by Drasch23 on Sun, May 6th, 2007 at 11:46 am:
Wow, I can tell you it would freak me out.
WTF.
# Comment by Drasch23 on Sun, May 6th, 2007 at 11:50 am:
Um, to add to my above comment, it would freak me out, but I wouldn’t fall for it, I am just extraordinarily gullible.
# Comment by Bob Torres on Sun, May 6th, 2007 at 1:14 pm:
I’m still alive. Again, $650k to kill me is an extraordinarily bad bargain.
# Comment by Chris on Sun, May 6th, 2007 at 4:18 pm:
Hello,
I wish to let you know that i have been paid by Whole Foods to give you an atomic wedgie, and i have signed a contract of $25.00 yesterday for this. I have never met you before, but John Mackey gave me the full description of your identity, as well as a photograph of you in a suit.
Listen now or hear me later! Neither the Police nor your dogs nor your cat nor your neighbor’s snowmobile can help you out of this because you are being watched. Your many cell phone calls and text messages are also not safe.
You may have one chance to avoid having your underpants interfered with if you can contact me no ladder that 7 minutes after you read this.
GODLUCK!!
# Comment by Drasch23 on Sun, May 6th, 2007 at 7:59 pm:
^^^
to fucking funny
# Comment by brad on Mon, May 7th, 2007 at 3:59 pm:
maybe an ex student who droped out and had worse grammer and spelling than me, wow, “but you are now not better that the dead ok”maybe, but you are now no better than dead ok
it took me a bit
# Comment by Jennifer S on Wed, May 9th, 2007 at 12:49 am:
Just passing through after a Google search for the email address of the spammer — I received the same spam a couple of days back. Funny stuff
# Comment by Rachel on Wed, May 9th, 2007 at 12:21 pm:
That’s bizarre. It would probably work with a some people though. There’s a lot of paranoia and guilt walking around on two legs these days.
# Comment by Pele on Wed, May 9th, 2007 at 12:41 pm:
vegan freaky bloggers unite
Hey thanks also for talking about satisfy the mind on last weeks podcast. I perused his site the other day.