Oh CRAP

[Silverwind]

I think I've just done something really, really bad. I was trying trying to get ftp access up and running on the GMG site I've built on my own HD so I can start testing the new design on the server, but I couldn't get it to work. I pasted the report log into an email with a query intended for Ghost, but the email I had meant to reply to was in my spam folder because Ghost's email isn't in my address book, and I replied to a different email by accident. A really, really bad email to respond to:

From Mrs. Cecilia Efrain.
Tue, 30 March, 2010 18:33:24
From:
CECILIA EFRAIN  
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To:
Dear Good Friend in Christ Jesus.

Greetings of peace to you, I am Mrs. Cecilia Efrain a devoted Christian and now ageing widow suffering from long time illness. I have a blood cancer and right now I am admitted in a hospital here at Abidjan Cote D’ivoire. I have some inherited fund from my late loving husband late Mr Felix Efrain. The amount of US$5.500, 000.00 which he deposited with Bank here and I need a good honest God fearing person who can use these funds for God's work in charity.

I want this fund to go for charity because I have no child to be the inheritor, 15% out of the total fund will be for your compensation for doing this work of God. I found your email address from the internet and decide to contact you.  Please if you would be able to use this fund for the glory of God kindly reply me.

Your Sister In The Lord.

Mrs. Cecilia Efrain.

The log I included contained dozens of IP addresses, likely belonging to you guys. For all I know they can hack your computers now. Somebody tell me what I should do?

[Swamp7hing]

I wouldn't worry about it, IP addresses are logged all the time, and mostly available by any common means. Just send more, and ours will be blocked out.

[Silverwind]

Oh no! Look at the response they sent me:

All your computer are belong to us.

Mrs. Cecilia Efrain.

[Al Staffieri]

LOL

[GabrielCA]

Hmmm... btinternets.com doesn't exist, and the letter seems badly written :
"US$5.500, 000.00"
"I found your email address from the internet and decide to contact you. "

All your April Fool's are belong to us

[Gan]

What if--just what if Silver's serious?... :O


-Gan

[Silverwind]

Hehehe... at least I had Swamp going!

A word of warning though, the original email is actually a genuine spam scam, so don't go sending your bank details for laughs. I had changed "internet" to "internets" in the address just to be safe, but I think I'll remove it altogether now that the joke's over.

Anyways, I LOL'd as well Al.

EDIT:

What if--just what if Silver's serious?... :O

And Gan going!

Don't worry, I'm extremely security conscious and would never disclose private information. Furthermore the "log" I mentioned is made up: I have no access to anyone's private information.

T'was a hilarious gag though!

[GabrielCA]

Hehe... at least I had Swamp going!

A word of warning though, the original email is actually a genuine spam scam, so don't go sending your bank details for laughs. I had changed "internet" to "internets" in the address just to be safe, but I think I'll remove it altogether now that the joke's over.

Anyways, I LOL'd as well Al.

So that is genuine spam misspelling !  

[Swamp7hing]

Hehehe... at least I had Swamp going!

My wink would say otherwise.
But funny gag, almost had me. ;P