I've been completely spam-bombed today. I am receiving 1500+ copies of the same message. The thing is addressed to random addresses at womeninit.net, and has the same initial subject line: "BUSINESS PROPOSAL" followed by 20 spaces and a random set of characters. It goes a little something like this:
From:mirriam63@yahoo.com
Date: March 26, 2004 7:54:43 AM PST
To: bccb@womeninit.net
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL qbjze
FIRST PROPERTIES INVESTMENT LTD
(A SUBSIDIARY OF SAVIMBI INVESTMENT LTD) ANGOLA
BUSINESS PROPOSAL
ATTENT: DIRECTOR / PRESIDENT
May I use this opportunity to introduce myself as Dr. (Mrs.). MIRRIAM SAVIMBI I am the wife to the late Mr. GREAT JONAS SAVIMBI, the leader of the Angolan revolutionary group know as the (UNITA) who died while on active duty in an effort to Liberate our people. I am contacting you with the believe that we will develop a cordial business relationship which will be beneficial to both parties.
I am currently in possession of (Twenty five Million United State Dollars) Which I intended to use for investment purposes specifically in your country. The money came about as a result of my late husband’s inability to proceed with the purchase of military hardware, which he contracted with South African Arms Company. Since the start of our civil war the source of funds in prosecuting the war been from diamond, which is under our control. My son is the secretary of state mining under the diamond were always exported to South / African and art of the proceeds usually used buying military hardware’s, I traveled immediately to my late husband’s residence in South Africa and discovered the sum of TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS cash hidden under his underground safe.
Due to my status as a refugee, I cannot invest these funds here in South Africa, I therefore seek your assistance in transferring this funds out of South Africa, all necessary arrangement has been made by me and I assure you that there is no risk attached to this and we will work out modalities for the success of this transaction. I promise to give you 10% of the total funds for your assistance, 03% will be for expenses and my family will use the remaining 85% for investment in your country.
I hope that this proposal will interest. I will like you to contact JAMES JONAS SAVIMBI my son who is staying in Spain-madrid as a refugee.
Please I will like you to keep this transaction at utmost secrecy, whatever your decision will be I await your response via my E-mail: mirriam_savimbi@antisocial.com .
Regards,
DR. (MRS). MIRRIAM SAVIMBI.
My first thought: Keep 1500 emails secret? How are you gonna do that?
My second thought: Madrid, huh? A pity these folks weren't on one of those trains. (Mean, I know.)
My third thought: antisocial.com? Indeed, very.
Must have a word with my ISP now...
