Those Whacky, Peppery, Obama-y Nigerian Scams
I should be getting ready for school, but I’m procrastinating! At least it’s Friday.
I so adore Nigerian Scam e-mail. These people get more and more creative all the time. I still fail to understand why people fall for this stuff, but apparently they do.
The two latest scams I’ve received are
1. I have received benefits from the Obama Foundation to compensate me for being a victim of a scam. Note: The Foundation appears to operate in London.
2. Does this count as a Nigerian Scam? Or is it just a marketing email?
Dear Sir or Madam:
Our company can provide a large variety of brands of dried peppers, crushed chilli, chilli ring, chilli powder, chilli sauce, etc., high quality and reasonable price,.We have adopted a variety of certification, for example,HACCP,FDA,IFS,ISO9001:2000.If you are interested you can contact me.
Looking forward to your reply.Thank you.Best regards!
Cherry Liu
Qingdao Hong Runxiang Foods Co., Ltd.
Lvjiazhuang Village North, Beiguan Industrial Park,Jiaozhou city,Qingdao,China
I can’t imagine that a mass email marketing strategy for peppers is successful. It is probably pretty cheap to run, though.
