Re: FN-FORUM: Oh for God's sake, let's have a laugh!

date posted 1st May 2004 19:23

yeah - didn't he get £5 off the scammer in a birthday card? that was funny

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Pritchard" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Oh for God's sake, let's have a laugh!


>
> These cross dressing dictators can be pretty scarey people....starts with
> mascara and the next thing you know you have Idi Izard or Hilda Hitler....
>
> I had one with creativity t'other day - it referred to my uncle, Robert
> Pritchard....quite a neat little bit of personalisation!
>
> The fact that I haven't got an Uncle Robert, and that were he to exist the
> likelihood of him having umpteen millions in a dodgy African bank account
> would be minimal, seems to not really matter much.
>
> have you seen the site that lists scams like this? There's an excellent
> story on there of how some chap got the scammer to send HIM money...total
> star!
>
> Joe
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Derek Jempson" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 6:52 PM
> Subject: FN-FORUM: Oh for God's sake, let's have a laugh!
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>
> Forget about flame wars and site appraisals. I have just received a
> variation on the "Nigerian Scam" e-mail containing some lovely howlers (or
> are they Malapropisms?):
>
>
> "...TO SECURITY COMPANY IN DUBAI, UNITED ARAB DEMERIT"
>
> "...SON OF FORMER PRESIDENT GENERAL ROBBER GUEI"
>
> "I AM PRESENTLY IN HIDINGS SINCE THE MASCARA OF MY FATHER."
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