[Bards] Fw: [SCA_BARDS] ("New?") funny bardic twist on the old "Nigerian 419" email/spam/frauds...

[Danny Scott]

Dear Gods, that is hilarious!

Giles Guthrie


On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 14:45:11 -0500, Susan Gideon <twilit16 at swbell.net> wrote:
>  
> This is just funny. Please read 
> Elayne 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Stephanie Blaine 
> To: SCA_BARDS at yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 7:09 PM 
> Subject: [SCA_BARDS] ("New?") funny bardic twist on the old "Nigerian 419"
> email/spam/frauds... 
> 
> 
> This is TOO funny! It's tailor-made for bards...
> 
> Somebody sent this spam to my husband today. He nearly died laughing. 
> The funny thing is (or is it sad?) that only a bard or folkie (folk 
> music devotee) would have a clue as to what this is all about. 
> 
> Talk about a new twist on the old "Nigerian 419" email frauds! :D
> 
> 
> "EXTREMELY IMPORTANT MESSAGE PLEASE READ
> 
> I must apologise for any discomfiture you are experiencing as you read 
> this letter and solicit your utmost confidence by virtue of this 
> proposal. Let me introduce myself to you. I am Mrs Janet Lin, a 
> director at the First Bank of Carterhaugh. I came to you in confidence 
> because of some money, namely TWENTY-EIGHT MILLION GOLD COINS (28,000,
> 000.000 gold coins) belonging to my missing husband, Thomas (Tam) Lin, 
> who was abducted by the faeries in a ghastly incident many years ago. 
> The money has been buried under a thorn hedge for seven hundred years. 
> I have given up hope that my beloved THOMAS LIN will return and so 
> have decided to retrieve his money and move to Tir Na Nog. I want you 
> to help claim the buried money as you are a source for good 
> investment. For this we are prepared to give you a reasonable 
> percentage of the money. Meanwhile 15% (FOUR MILLION TWO HUNDRED 
> THOUSAND GOLD COINS) has been set aside for you and the rest will be 
> for me and my milk cow called Derek. For the intrest of doing business 
> please do not hesitate to contact MR DEREK GUERNSEY on 27-731-450-735 
> Fax 27-843-232-611 IMMEDIATELY. I thank you for your cooperation and 
> warn of DIRE CONSEQUENCES if you fail to solicit my confidences.
> 
> Mrs. Janet Lin
> Director
> First Bank of Carterhaugh"
> 
> 
> 
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