From: Phoenix (phoenix@dvxs.nl)
Date: 20 Feb 2003 04:20 uur
Het leven van systeem-moderators voor de krakemailinglijst is zwaar.
(best wel)
Dagelijks moeten we spam aan de lijst "rejecten" en tussendoor zien of
we niet per ongeluk legitieme mail weigeren. Dus de zoveelste geweigerde
als voorbeeld;
MAAR DAN WEL voor de verbijstering de alom rondgestuurde grap over deze
419 SCAM er achteraan (plus New York Times bericht erover). Dit wellicht
als *anti-vlieger* posting bij gebrek aan echt kraaknieuws (maarja, laat
je niet kisten).
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>From Madam Mariam Mobutu Sese-Seko
Dear Friend,
I am Madam Mariam Mobutu widow of late president Mobutu Sese-Seko of
Zaire now know as Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC).
I am moved to write you this letter,this was in confidence considering
my present circumstance and situation.I escaped along with my husband
and two
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Knip: REJECT voor kraken-mailinglijst
Maar dan:
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FROM: GEORGE WALKER BUSH
202.456.1414 / 202.456.1111
FAX: 202.456.2461
DEAR SIR / MADAM,
I AM GEORGE WALKER BUSH, SON OF THE FORMER
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH, AND CURRENTLY
SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA. THIS LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MET NEITHER IN PERSON
NOR BY CORRESPONDENCE. I CAME TO KNOW OF
YOU IN MY SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE
PERSON TO HANDLE A VERY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS
TRANSACTION, WHICH INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF A
HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO AN ACCOUNT REQUIRING
MAXIMUM CONFIDENCE.
I AM WRITING YOU IN ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE
PRIMARILY TO SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE IN
ACQUIRING OIL FUNDS THAT ARE PRESENTLY
TRAPPED IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ. MY PARTNERS
AND I SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING A
TRANSACTION BEGUN BY MY FATHER, WHO HAS LONG BEEN
ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE EXTRACTION OF PETROLEUM IN
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND BRAVELY SERVED HIS
COUNTRY AS DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.
IN THE DECADE OF THE NINETEEN-EIGHTIES,
MY FATHER, THEN VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SOUGHT TO WORK
WITH THE GOOD OFFICES OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF IRAQ TO REGAIN LOST OIL REVENUE
SOURCES IN THE NEIGHBORING ISLAMIC REPUBLIC
OF IRAN. THIS UNSUCCESSFUL VENTURE WAS SOON
FOLLOWED BY A FALLING OUT WITH HIS IRAQI
PARTNER, WHO SOUGHT TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL OIL
REVENUE SOURCES IN THE NEIGHBORING EMIRATE
OF KUWAIT, A WHOLLY-OWNED U.S.-BRITISH
SUBSIDIARY.
MY FATHER RE-SECURED THE PETROLEUM ASSETS OF
KUWAIT IN 1991 AT A COST OF SIXTY-ONE BILLION U.S.
DOLLARS ($61,000,000,000). OUT OF THAT COST, THIRTY-SIX
BILLION DOLLARS ($36,000,000,000) WERE SUPPLIED BY
HIS PARTNERS IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
AND OTHER PERSIAN GULF MONARCHIES, AND
SIXTEEN BILLION DOLLARS ($16,000,000,000) BY
GERMAN AND JAPANESE PARTNERS. BUT MY FATHER'S FORMER
IRAQI BUSINESS PARTNER REMAINED IN CONTROL OF
THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ AND ITS PETROLEUM RESERVES.
MY FAMILY IS CALLING FOR YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE
IN FUNDING THE REMOVAL OF THE PRESIDENT OF
THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ AND ACQUIRING THE
PETROLEUM ASSETS OF HIS COUNTRY, AS COMPENSATION
FOR THE COSTS OF REMOVING HIM FROM POWER.
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR PARTNERS FROM 1991 ARE NOT
WILLING TO SHOULDER THE BURDEN OF THIS
NEW VENTURE, WHICH IN ITS UPCOMING PHASE
MAY COST THE SUM OF 100 BILLION TO 200 BILLION
DOLLARS ($100,000,000,000 - $200,000,000,000),
BOTH IN THE INITIAL ACQUISITION AND IN
LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT.
WITHOUT THE FUNDS FROM OUR 1991
PARTNERS, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
ACQUIRE THE OIL REVENUE TRAPPED WITHIN IRAQ.
THAT IS WHY MY FAMILY AND OUR COLLEAGUES
ARE URGENTLY SEEKING YOUR GRACIOUS ASSISTANCE.
OUR DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES IN THIS
BUSINESS TRANSACTION INCLUDE THE SITTING
VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA, RICHARD CHENEY, WHO IS
AN ORIGINAL PARTNER IN THE IRAQ VENTURE
AND FORMER HEAD OF THE HALLIBURTON OIL
COMPANY, AND CONDOLEEZA RICE, WHOSE
PROFESSIONAL DEDICATION TO THE
VENTURE WAS DEMONSTRATED IN THE NAMING
OF A CHEVRON OIL TANKER AFTER HER.
I WOULD BESEECH YOU TO TRANSFER A SUM
EQUALING TEN TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT
(10-25 %) OF YOUR YEARLY INCOME TO OUR
ACCOUNT TO AID IN THIS IMPORTANT VENTURE.
THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL FUNCTION
AS OUR TRUSTED INTERMEDIARY. I PROPOSE
THAT YOU MAKE THIS TRANSFER BEFORE
THE FIFTEENTH (15TH) OF THE MONTH OF
APRIL.
I KNOW THAT A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE
WOULD MAKE ANYONE APPREHENSIVE AND
WORRIED. BUT I AM ASSURING YOU THAT ALL
WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY. A BOLD
STEP TAKEN SHALL NOT BE REGRETTED,
I ASSURE YOU. PLEASE DO BE INFORMED THAT
THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION IS 100% LEGAL.
IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO CO-OPERATE
IN THIS TRANSACTION, PLEASE CONTACT OUR
INTERMEDIARY REPRESENTATIVES TO FURTHER
DISCUSS THE MATTER.
I PRAY THAT YOU UNDERSTAND OUR PLIGHT.
MY FAMILY AND OUR COLLEAGUES WILL BE
FOREVER GRATEFUL. PLEASE REPLY
IN STRICT CONFIDENCE TO
THE CONTACT NUMBERS BELOW.
SINCERELY WITH WARM REGARDS,
GEORGE WALKER BUSH
Switchboard: 202.456.1414
Comments: 202.456.1111
Fax: 202.456.2461
Email: <mailto:president@whitehouse.gov>president@whitehouse.gov
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New York Times February 10, 2003
E-Mail Spam Scam Is Sent in Bush's Name
By MATTHEW MIRAPAUL
At first, the e-mail message reads like all the others:
There's the need for confidentiality. An assurance that the
transaction is completely legal. And the inevitable appeal,
in awkwardly formal language, for help in procuring a large
amount of money.
This may come to you as a surprise (to borrow the language
of such e-mail notes), but the message was not sent by
someone claiming to be an African potentate's heir. Instead,
it says, it was written by President Bush, the son of a
former president, who seeks your urgent assistance in
financing the removal of Iraq's leader. His "trusted
intermediary" for the transaction: the Internal Revenue
Service.
The spoof was written by Zoltan Grossman, a geography professor
at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire. Like most people
in the wired world, Professor Grossman, 41, has been swamped
with e-mail messages from Nigeria and other foreign lands,
seemingly sincere solicitations that are really schemes
designed to defraud gullible recipients with promises of quick
riches.
Although Professor Grossman routinely deletes such messages, he
was prompted to write his parody after Mr. Bush's efforts to
raise economic and political support for a war on Iraq began to
remind him of the messages from Nigerian spammers.
"They're all from the son or daughter of a former ruler," he
said. "A lot of them talk about oil money. And they need huge
sums of cash very quickly. I thought, Why does this sound so
familiar?"
Professor Grossman sent his spoof to two Web sites on Jan. 21,
and it has spread rapidly from there. The full message can be
read at scamorama.com/gwb.html. The parody is a witty variation
on a vintage scam. Its victims are promised a big payoff if they
supply money to gain access to, say, a bank account. Of course,
the payoff never materializes.
The Nigerian Fraud E-Mail Gallery, at potifos.com/fraud, holds
420 different examples. Lawrence Kestenbaum, a researcher at the
University of Michigan who is the site's operator, said he had
1,000 more entries to add.
A White House spokesman said he had not seen Professor
Grossman's sham spam. Nor are unsuspecting readers likely to be
duped by the spoof, in part because its stilted prose differs
from Mr. Bush's colloquial style.
Still, Professor Grossman said, "Let's hope no one takes it
seriously and actually donates," as the e-mail requests, 10
to 25 percent of one's annual income.
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