October 23rd, 2011 by peter.bassill

Every day I log into my  email server and that spam folder mail count has increased. This morning was not different, although when I logged in the email server today and I had spam in my inbox. Started me thinking is Spamassassin had died, it had! So I thought I would post this with comments on why this is very much wrong.

This is to bring to your notice that, I have paid the delivery fee of your
VISA CARD, I paid it because the VISA Card ($1.8m),has few weeks to expire and
when it expires, the money will go into Government purse. With that I decided
to help you pay the money so that the VISA CARD will not expire, because I
know when you get your ATM definitely you must send my money back.

Now I want you to contact The TNT Company in Benin so that they will deliver
your Card to your address without any delay. Like i stated earlier, the
delivery charges has been paid. Note I deposited it with the company
yesterday. Below Is the Company Contact Information

Contact Person: Mrs. Rose M. Amar
E-Mailcmmu333@gmail.com)
Contact Number: +229 99 233 315.

This is what they will required from you.
Your Full Name…… Your Private Telephone …… Your Address where the ATM
will be deliver to …. Country/Region……

Contact them today to avoid increase of their keeping fees.

Regards,
Mr. Inner Shaw

So, now I really want my VISA card with its $1.8m limit as I have never had one before. If it is too good to be true, normally it isnt. So what is wrong with this email?

1. The English language construction is very poor, as if this is not the writers first language.
2. Benin is in Africa where the native language is french. TNT have a listed offices in Benin, but no Mrs Rose M Amar.
3. TNT use their TNT email domain, not gmail.com.
4. The government do not keep your VISA card is you dont collect it.
5. VISA dont generally deliver your card, the provider does. It is normally to your house, not an ATM machine.
6. +229 99 233 315 is listed as known scammers phone number. I phoned it and the person answering the phone did not speak very good french at all, worse than mine in fact.

All good fun for a sunday morning.