Spam emails

[Tailseh]

I know there was a topic about this.. but I wanted to make another one considering i'm recieving a million a day on my gmail account..

From The Desk Of
Barrister Olowo Joseph{esq},
Principal Partner,
Anthony Frank & Associates.
36 Fola Agoro Street,
Lagos, Nigeria
alternatve email: mailto:josepholowochamber@fastermail.com

Dear Sir,

I am Barrister Olowo Joseph , the Personal Attorney to
Mr.Charles Ballassi an America Oil
consultant/contractor. In October 1999, my
cleint,Mr.Charles Ballassi who works with the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation,and his wife were
involved in a Plane Crash.He died in the plane crash
of 31 October 1999 with the Wife[on the Egyptian 990]
Since then I have made several enquiries to your
embassy to locate any of my clients extended
relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.After
these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to
trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any
member of his family but of no avail, hence I
contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist me in repartrating the
money left behind by my client before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank
where this huge deposits were lodged. Particularly,
the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at
about US$15 million dollars has issued me a notice to
provide the next of kin or have the account
confiscated within the next twenthy official working
days. since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the
relatives for over 4 years now I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that
the proceeds of this account valued at $15 million
dollars can be paid to you and then you and I can
share this money. 70% to me and 25% to you,while 5%
should be for expenses or tax as your government may
require.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used
to back up any claim we may make.All I require is your
honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law. Please get in touch with,
mailto:josepholowochamber@fastermail.com as soon as you get this mail
to enable us discuss on the modalities and process for
the success of this transaction.

I also request for your private telephone number, fax
number for easy and more confidential communication.
I await your kind response,
Goodday and God bless.
Regards,
Barrister olowo joseph
Principal Partner,
olowojoseph & Associates.
36 Fola Agoro Street,
Lagos.
Note: For confidential reasons i will like you to get
back to me via my
alternative email:josepholowochamber@fastermail.com,

oO

FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD..
BATCH: IPD/15/096/PTNL. REFERENCE: MLI/5361-ILGI0509/45
CONGRATULATIONS!
This is to inform you of the release of the EL-GORDO
DE LA PRIMITIVA LOTTERY held on the 25TH NOVEMBER 2004, and results were released on the 1ST DECEMBER 2004.
Your email addres was attached to ticket number
085-12876077-09 with serial number 51390-0 that drew
the lucky numbers of 03-05-12-14-28-38, which
consequently won the lottery in the 1st category. You have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of 1.600.000.00
Euros ( ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS )in cash
credited to file with REF: Nº.EGS/3662367114/13.This
is from a total cash prize of Euros 48,000,000.00
shared among the thirty international winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Your fund is now secured and insured in your name. Due
to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you
keep this award from public notice until your claims
has been processed and the money remitted to your
account as this is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming of unwarranted taking advantage
of this program by participants as it has happened in
the past.
All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Asia,
Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North and South
America, Middle East and Africa as part of our
International Promotions Program.
We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize
in the subsequent programs.
To begin your lottery claims, please contact your
claims agent below
MR WILSON ALFRAD,
DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN OPERATIONS
MEGA TRUST AGENCY
MADRID SPAIN
E-Mail:megatrustconsultancy@starspath.com
TeL:0034-685-613-704
Fax:0034-685-613-704
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later
than 30TH DECEMBER 2004.Claims that are not made before
the above date will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE
ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA. And also be informed that 10% of
your lottery winning belongs to (IBERO PROMOTION
COMPANY S,A.) Because they are the company that bought
your ticket and played the lottery on your name,
NOTE this 10% will be remitted after you have received
your winnings prize because the money is insured in
your name already.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference
and batch numbers in every correspondence
with us or your claim agent. send to your agent your
Telephone & Fax number, your full name and residential
address including your international passport or other
valid identification proof.
The processing of your payment will start immediately
and your agent must send you fund processing form,
which you must complete and return to them.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address,
please do inform your claim agent as soon as possible.
A copy of your lucky Prize winning certificate and
insurance will be sent to you by your claim agent
prior to the transfer of your fund by our paying bank,
CONGRATULATION!!! Once again from all members of our
staff and thank you for being a part of our
International promotions program.
we wish you continued good fortunes.
Sincerely,
MRS. MONICA WALLACE

[Twizzler0171]

What the...

What I would suggest doing is blocking their domains from sending you e-mails. I know you can do that on Yahoo, I dunno about GMail though.

[jellyoflight]

I think that on gmail there are some good spam filters - explore those

On my old email addy I used to get alot of spam - I find that deleting them straight away so it's status is unread helps a little

[Ammer]

I would block the domains and the address. Helped me get rid of tons of spam.

[Tailseh]

I think that on gmail there are some good spam filters - explore those

On my old email addy I used to get alot of spam - I find that deleting them straight away so it's status is unread helps a little

They're coming from the same domains ><
They're getting filtered into my spam folder now =)

[Christopher]

If you see the word Nigeria its spam.

[Fishblade_Bluestream]

I have one word for you...DELETE!

[Silja]

Regarding spams, Bill Gates gets 4 million of them, each day Anyway, there's nothing more irritating than getting such things in your mailbox, gah.

[Paul]

I've reserved my gmail account for friends only. The other is my ISP mail, that's spammed heavily, about a 1000 in a week or so.

[Marie]

Don't give out your Gmail except to close friends. That's what I did and I've recieved two spams in a month, relating to about 100 a day (yes) on my Yahoo account.

[Cassi]

I don't get any spam to my gmail, and very little to my yahoo.

I'm careful with my address.

[meowth1982]

I get approximately 75 spam messages a day. This is because the University has an online directory of students that doesn't scramble the e-mail addresses. -_- Luckily I have Outlook 2003 so everything plops itself right into my spam folder and I don't even have to look at the ugly pictures. I Outlook 2003

[Matt]

I have two e-mail accounds - A gmail which I tell to all of you guys, and a hotmail one which I just tell to my friends in real life and let them spam it.

I've had my G-Mail for about 2 weeks, and it seems okay.

[the_mongoose2020]

My dad gets about 50 spam messages a day Not as many as some of my friends, they get hundreds!!

[Sapphire Faerie]

I have two e-mail accounds - A gmail which I tell to all of you guys, and a hotmail one which I just tell to my friends in real life and let them spam it.

**amused** Why is it always the real life people that send spam and forwards and junk?

I have two e-mail accounts as well, both with Yahoo, one that I use to sign up for stuff, and another for friends I can trust. I'm not particularly a fan of e-mail in the first place, I only use it if I have to. Anyway, with my personal e-mail account, I barely get any e-mail, and no spam. Which is fine with me.