El último hovercraft

Ademas de los intentos de spam en comentarios y hasta en el texto base de los blogs (hace dos semanas hubo uno, que se autobloqueo con password!) y de los ataques a los wikis, sigue existiendo, pasmense, el SPAM Nigeriano. Anteayer me llegó todo un clasico:

“I am Hon. Dr. Adeniji Olu, Minister Foreign Affairs Ministry; my office monitors and controls the affairs of all banks and financial institutions in Nigeria concerned with foreign contract payments. I am the final signatory to any transfer or remittance of huge […]”

Cuenta la leyenda que los primeros receptores de este timo incluso eran invitados a Nigeria donde se montaba una escenificacion de Gran Hotel para convencerles o si la cosa iba mal, decia otra version, para mantenerles secuestrados hasta que soltaran la pela.

Y con el mismo formato anti-anti-spam que este clasico he recibido uno que parece sacado de un novelon decimononico y que hace pensar en qué tipo de literatura leeran los autores de estos montajes:

hello

Kindly permit me to reach you through this medium i got your contact through the internet while i was
desperately searching for a reliable foreigner who can help my present predicament, first and foremost
i want to introduce myself to you, my name is MARY ADAMS a 26 years old daughter of an European industrialist, known as Dr david ADAMS who willed properties and fund to me without my knowledge untill the day of his death when he called upon me and informed me following this development being his favourite daugther among many i was more favoured than the other children and being from a polygamous home, jealousy arose amongst my family and now they are after my life.

Before he died, he however informed me that he deposited certain amount of money in a security company in my name.

Due to my present predicament, right now am not in a position to travel. i need your assistance in helping me recieve the amount in your account and also your assistance in helping me get a residence permit in your country so that when the fund gets to your account i can come over to invest in your country as i want
to start a new life abroad, you will also assist in advising me on which line of investment i can put my fund in. i will be glad if you can work with me in actualising this goal! For your assistance i am hereby offering you twenty percentage of the total sum, i pray as you help me, we go along way as friends, and bussines partners i look forward to a long lasting relationship with you.

i would want you to contact me through this email

As soon as i hear from you,my lawyer would send you all the necssary documents which you would need to london to claim the fund on my behalf since i can not be able to travel. but if you can not be able to travel to claim the fund, the officials of the security company would contact you as regards delivering the fund to you in your country i would give you the pin code to open the box that contains the money as we proceed.

you can get back to me on this mail madamss0306@hotmail.com

hoping to hear from you soonest.

Thanks

yours faithfully

MARY ADAMS

Si hay una actriz representando a la tal Mary Adams, joven huerfana en apuros hija de un “European industrialist” pero enemistada con su familia etc, estaria uno hasta dispuesto a dejarse timar a cambio del espectaculo de la representacion. El texto es alucinante, incluso asume que el destinatario vive o debe hacer las gestiones en Londres ¿donde si no?. La mezcla de toques de asuntos de familia (”jealousy arose amongst my family “) victoriana con modernidades como “internet” o “pin-code” le da un aire steampunk. ¿Será un escritor de ciencia ficción frustrado el que prepara los guiones de los timos?

========================UPDATE:
Resulta que algunos se han tomado en serio lo del SPAM nigeriano y se dedican a contratimar, intentando obtener algun regalo de los timadores o redirigiendoles hacia otro timo

http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm

Lo curioso es que funciona. Auqnue habria que ver hasta que punto los que estan en el lado inicial del timo no son sino unos cuantos pringadillos contratados para contestar emailes por la mafia que se lleva la pasta.