Guest Open_C Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 .. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I got a chain email that was a speech from Mugabe, though I don't think it was him as Mugabe and Zimbabwe were spelt wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I fuckin' hate these, and have subsequently blocked many people who insist on including me in their paranoid 'chains.' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Got a very similar one but in Swedish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I get very few of them, mostly because I'm such a sarky cunt when people send them to me. Got one the other day though with an awfully photoshopped picture of a guy standing next to some ring/grudge style ghost and some story about the guy who took the picture dropping dead, fantastic luck coming to people who'd forwarded the email to 13 people, awful things befalling those that didn't. In spite of the crappy "ghost" being clearly someone from the far east she was supposedly the spirit of a Native American called "Madam Firecrotchet". I mean for fucks sake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I wish I'd got that one. I'd have a field day with the person who included moi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulivye Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 sadly, it's my mother who is the worst offender towards my email inbox. i see her name come up on my "new' list & just go :omg: :banghead: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I always end up emailing the fools who send me this stuff a link to http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ after I have found the particular email they have sent me. I saw a joke one once that went some thing like "Forward this email to 10 people and fuck all happens. It really works!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Parents should never be allowed near a computer. I remember in the early days of the web my parents would call me up in the middle of the night and go, "Oye! The Internet says I've won a lottery! What the hell?" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7908498.stm Straw hit by internet fraudsters Jack Straw Jack Straw says there are no security concerns UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw has been the victim of Nigerian fraudsters who sent out hundreds of e-mails in his name asking for money. The e-mails claimed he had lost his wallet on charity work in Africa and needed 3,500 US dollars to get home. Messages headed the Right Hon Jack Straw MP were sent to council bosses, government chiefs and others. The fraudsters are thought to have hacked into computers at Mr Straw's Blackburn constituency office. Mr Straw has confirmed the e-mails had been sent to a "significant number of people" in his address book but he said there were no security issues as it was his Blackburn e-mail address rather than his ministerial account that was targeted. He told his local newspaper the Lancashire Telegraph: "I started getting phone calls from various constituents asking if I was really in Nigeria needing 3,000 dollars. "It was an issue for constituents, not the government. I would like you to assist me with a soft loan urgently to settle my hotel bills and get myself back home Fake email sent to Jack Straw's contacts "We are checking all that and I am assured there's no evidence that confidentiality of constituents was affected." When he was home secretary, Mr Straw established the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit to combat internet hackers. He said: "The internet is wonderful in many ways, but these gangs put a lot of effort in because they make money from it. "In a lot of cases they do get people to cough up. "But I think it was so obviously ridiculous that I could go off trekking in Africa and I would lose my wallet." 'Misplaced wallet' The scam e-mail, which was sent to Labour members, council chiefs and Ministry of Justice officials, said Mr Straw was travelling to Africa for a project called Empowering Youth to Fight Racism, and was at an address in Nigeria's largest city, Lagos. Mr Straw is quoted as saying: "I misplaced my wallet on my way to the hotel where my money and other valuable things were kept. "I would like you to assist me with a soft loan urgently to settle my hotel bills and get myself back home". The scam came to light on Thursday when Mr Straw's office received an e-mail saying its account would be suspended unless a reply was sent. But when a member of staff replied, they were blocked out of the account. Constituents then began to phone Mr Straw's constituency office asking about the e-mail they had received. One is believed to have replied to the e-mail, but nobody has offered any money to the fraudsters. The Hotmail account was suspended by Microsoft. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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