The following demonstrates what happens if you take the scam a bit further.
I do not claim to be as funny as James Veitch. Our mission is to educate so we are only demonstrating how these spam Emails can go on to scam the victims out of money.
- £2 million Euro mega draw
- Outstanding NEC payment
- Oxfam grant
- Facebook online lottery
- Sara Lonan
- Top secret payment
- United Nations Scam Compensation
- Late relatives fund
- French proposal
- Miss Fatima
- Abandoned fund
- Building a place of worship
- Hello sargeant
- Inheritance 10 million
- Congratulations from Western Union
- Irish Lottery Winner
- The late Mr Rudi Harmanto
- Saudi Prince grant
- South East Asia Lottery win
- Whoops, I overcharged $10 million
- Flat for rent in Brighton
- Someone trying to transfer my funds
- Kingfisher loans
- Award Lottery win
- Manchester motorway crash
- Gordon Chang
- Federal Ministry of Finance
Some never reply – some messages bounce back. For completeness, I list those below.