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Unread Jun 14th, 2008, 05:16 am
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Default Phishing with prepositions

Thought a phishing Email which I found in my Spam box might amuse you. It started ....

I am miss Sandarin Okoroh 18 years old, from west africa.After going through your profile I decided to contact you for a preposition very important that I will like to discuss with you.

Well, she's come to the right place really I suppose ...
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Unread Jul 17th, 2008, 02:49 am
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That's funny, if it wouldn't mean hunderds of more spam emails it might be fun to ask just which 'preposition' she has to offer.
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Talking about " prepositions" what a nightmare for foreigners!!!
The message is really funny!!
The kind of message that doesn't make you angry all day long!!
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Did you reply? You said it was spam mail. Was there a hidden agenda or was she really wanting to know about a certain preposition? Or did she have a proposition?
You see I love teaching prepositions
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Unread Jul 21st, 2008, 08:22 am
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Yes, she meant proposition. It was one of those "I have thousands of pounds to send abroad. Let me use your bank account and I'll give you 50%" emails. Does anybody ever still fall for them I wonder?
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i sounds pretty funny... i wonder what the "preposition" was about... what was written in the rest of the email?

i haven't got a phishing email in a while... and about phishing web sites... since kaspersky... never seen one
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