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...

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...

This is the first one of these 419 scam emails i have had all year. I thought the losers had gotten the message that scams like DO NOT WORK. Anyway, here’s Mr Tom Jack’s attempt at conning me and propbably many others out of their hard earnd money. From: Mr.Tom Jack. Address: E3 Pelham House, 32-34 Pelham Road, London, GW19 1SX United...

Usually the people that send these 419 scams are claiming to be from a poor war-stricken country. But from time to time they play on common illnesses or ailments that people all over the world suffer from. This girl claims to be a deaf daughter of a now-dead, very wealthy cocoa farmer. Of course there is the usual “we got’s loads of money, and we want to...