I hadn’t received one of those awesome 419 spammy, scammy emails for AGES – i looked in my scams folder, and the last one is dated 2008! I thought to myself “there must have been some sent in the last two years!” so i visited my Gmail spam box and hey presto – 12 minutes ago this beauty arrived; Attn: An Iraqi made a fixed deposit of...

This email came to me in a totally different format to most scam emails that grace my inbox. It was actually sent with formatting (different coloured text etc) ad came with a JPG attachment that had today’s date on it – and looked much more professional than most. Its blatantly obvious its a scam – here’s some reason why. Its claiming i have...

Just got this through in my inbox – it must be new as the spam filters didnt pick it up! They’ve gone at it via a different angle, and they are suggesting that ive had prior contact with them regarding getting me my money. Here is it for your enjoyment – NOTE – IF YOU RECEIVE EMAILS LIKE THIS, THEY ARE SCAMS, DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR...

I have my email set up quite strange, i have gmail accounts through google apps, all feeding to one central gmail account. This means i have spam filter in place at more than one level, which means i hardly get any spam at all now. This is brill – however i no longer get the awesomely funny 419 scam emails! I decided to log into one and have a scan through to...

My good friend Stu has sent me this brilliant 419 scam email that completely slipped through the Google spam filters and ended up in his inbox – probably because its all in french! Hmm, that reminds me – i’ve not actually received one for ages! Gafary Ibrahima Adama Officier de Crédit /Change et Recouvrements des Fonds à la Bank Of Africa...