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From: "george adatsi" [geoskill@hotmail.com]
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Subject: please i need help
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 00:25:32 +0000
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Dear Sir ,
HELLO HOW ARE YOU DOING? HOPE GREAT.
WELL AM GEORGE ADATSI A GHANAIAN BOY OF 19 YRS OLD
WELL AM CONTACTING YOU WITH A REASON THAT IS I HAVE DREAMS OF BECOMING A VERY GOOD MUSICIAN BUT I DON’T HAVE THE MEANS TO THAT IS AT THE MOMENT I HAVE AN ABLUM IN STUDIO FOR PROGRAMMING BUT I DON’T HAVE THE MONEY I NEED ABOUT $500 TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS MY SONG. PLEASE AM COUNTING ON YOU FOR YOUR HELP IF YOU CAN COUSE THAT IS THE WAY I THINK I CAN SURVIVE.
PLEASE DO REPLY IF YOU CAN ALSO NOT HELP ME , BUT HAVE ANY FORM OF ADVICE FOR ME THINK THAT WILL ALSO HELP ME .
MY THE LORD BLESS YOU AND BE WITH YOU ALL YOUR DAYS OF YOUR LIFE
THANK YOU
GEORGE ADATSI
NB:please i got your email addresss from a penpal site so dont be surprise about this mail.
[sxoidmal's note: Actually, I did subscribe to an online international penpal service, and I'm sure this attracted the attention of many international spammers and mooches. The above email is not a mass-produced spam but probably a sincere appeal. It reflects the view in other countries that Americans are all wealthy and have money to throw away with wanton abandon; one of my friends was solicited by a kid to ship him a "fully-inflated basketball". I have an image of half a dozen scrawny village kids sitting on a front porch, waiting for the mailman to arrive with a large box so they can start playing. What particularly cracks me up about this email is that it shares a subject header common with foreign scam spam, like "help me" or "plea" or "I need your assistance" - however, the other emails claim to be from wives and sons of assassinated political figures, where this is simply a kid who wants to buy electronic equipment and become a musician in his area. That's the range and extent of his emergency. He will starve if he can't produce his album, which is sure to rocket him to the top of the charts and turn his fortune around overnight. Hell, who wouldn't throw a few hundred dollars across the ocean for such a sure bet? Screw starvation, we have a musician on our hands!]