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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:28 pm

Anyone ever see this one?
I laughed my ass off. Mars!!?!

Hello
I pray that this email reaches you in the best of health. This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not yet met. The message could be strange but it's real and you will realise this if you pay some attention to it. I want to notify you about it at least for the sake of your integrity.
My name is Major Simon timothy, a direct and only remaining member of the wealthy Timothy’s family. I am an astronaut with the Burkina Faso Air Force and on loan to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
In 2003 I left earth aboard the Mars Rover, Spirit. Seven months later I arrived on Mars. Prior to departing earth, I deposited the amount of US$ 11,600,000 (Eleven million, six hundred thousand United States dollars) in four safety galvanized boxes in a European financial institution which will be disclosed to you upon your acceptance of my proposal.
Last year, during the course of my research on Mars, I was ambushed by a group of analdwelling rebel Martians who inflicted great torturous pain upon my body with anal probes. After a few weeks of enduring the physical pain, they released me. As a direct result of this cruelty, I am now very ill with a ruptured uterus that has defiled all forms of medical treatment and which has been deemed to be inoperable by my Martian surgeons. I am writing this mail to you on a laptop from my hospital bed in the Martian capitol of Zhwrong.
I now have but a few weeks to live and I am far too ill to endure the long and arduous journey back to my Burkina Faso home. Therefore I have decided to donate the bulk of my fortune to a church or charitable organisation that will utilize this money in the manner which I shall impart to you later. In return for your assistance, I shall authorise you to keep 30% of this fund for your trouble and aggravation plus an additional 10% to cover your expenses.
You should contact my attorney in Ouagadougou immediately with your address andTelephone number and he will give you his full contact information and guidance so that we can make arrangements as soon as possible.
CONTACT ADDRESS OF THEATTORNEY.HON. BARRISTER AKPARA KADIOGO.OFAKPARACHAMBERS.TELPHONE: +22678235021 FAX: + (226) 50014470E-MAIL: [email protected]
SINCERELY YOURS,MAJOR SIMON TIMOTHY,NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATIONELYSIUM VETERINARY INFIRMARYZHWRONG, MARSNANO.

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:30 pm

OK - if anyone here fed this script to this dumbass - take a bow!

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:34 pm

What a corker!
It's a scam email written in the style of a baiter.

It had me fooled.

Someone has done a really good educational job here.
I take my hat off to whoever it was. Laughing

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:37 pm

Quote:

I was ambushed by a group of analdwelling rebel Martians who inflicted great torturous pain upon my body with anal probes. After a few weeks of enduring the physical pain, they released me. As a direct result of this cruelty, I am now very ill with a ruptured uterus that has defiled all forms of medical treatment

Hahaha, wow that it is too funny. Laughing

Not quite a Newb Joined: 02 Mar 2008 Posts: 57

So, is anyone baiting this "lad" ?:p

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:46 pm

Quote:

Therefore I have decided to donate the bulk of my fortune to a church or charitable organisation that will utilize this money in the manner which I shall impart to you later.

Some quick research I did says that depending on how close the earth is to Mars, that it can take anywhere from 4.3 minutes to 21 minutes for a signal to travel one way.. so, if the Major can fire a reply to a question in less that 8-9 minutes, he is not on Mars - but we already know that Wink

Anyone baiting him could have fun asking about the technology involed etc.

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:51 pm

Slightly less plausible than http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/16/cosmic_419er/

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:06 pm

I've just gotten a second email exactly the same from another idiot. Laughing

This has to be the funniest one yet.

"I am writing this mail to you on a laptop from my hospital bed in the Martian capitol of Zhwrong"

Gotta love the originality, at least!

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 13

i have received the same email, how stupid do they think us earth people are, i mean i know they must be running out of ideas but this is just poor, i would love to see a master baiter get a pic from this muppet

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:29 pm

seton wrote:

So, is anyone baiting this "lad" ?:p

If any of the "Pros" on here wanna take one of these guys for a ride let me know and I'll get you the addresses. Very Happy

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:54 pm

Looks like a bait for me. Ill have to get the Goa'uld cargo ship out of the shed and fly up to mars. Twisted Evil

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:28 pm

Quote:

ruptured uterus that has defiled all forms of medical treatment

Uhhh, Mr. Timothy, why don't they just take it out? After all a male really shouldn't have one in the first place! Shocked

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:37 pm

Are you sure this isn't a badger? I mean, I'm not one to be suspicious, but there's ever a script sending off warning bells, this is it.

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:03 pm

^^^^ my thoughts too. Either that or this is the dummest mugu in the solar system and some baiter playing a guyman has fed him this script and told him it'll get him loads of magas.

What do the headers of his email say?

Not quite a Newb Joined: 25 Mar 2008 Posts: 74

Funniest thing is, it appears that there are SEVERAL lads running the same format from several countries (until now Cameroon, Nigeria and Burkina Faso). Two of them have the exact same script (abducted by Martian aliens), the third lad though claims to be stuck on board of an old Soviet satellite Laughing

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So either it's a very clever badger, or a very dumb oga...

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:16 pm

First one:

Delivered-To: ************@gmail.com
Received: by 10.151.158.8 with SMTP id k8cs52538ybo;
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:30:12 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.90.91.9 with SMTP id o9mr1569353agb.95.1214569812460;
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:30:12 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.90.116.15 with HTTP; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:30:12 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:30:12 +0200
From: "JERY HENRY" <[email protected]>
Subject: Hello,
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="----=_Part_20113_20371515.1214569812476"

Second one:

Delivered-To: **********@gmail.com
Received: by 10.141.19.6 with SMTP id w6cs93976rvi;
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:37:26 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.110.47.17 with SMTP id u17mr1245463tiu.49.1214566644683;
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:37:24 -0700 (PDT)
Return-Path: <[email protected]>
Received: from websmtp.sohu.com (websmtp.sohu.com [61.135.132.148])
by mx.google.com with ESMTP id d1si2798072tid.11.2008.06.27.04.37.18;
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:37:24 -0700 (PDT)
Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of [email protected] designates 61.135.132.148 as permitted sender) client-ip=61.135.132.148;
Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of [email protected] designates 61.135.132.148 as permitted sender) [email protected]
Received: from mx50.mail.sohu.com (unknown [192.168.41.175])
by websmtp.sohu.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93EB23CDCD;
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:37:16 +0800 (CST)
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
X-SHIP: 41.203.234.102
Reply-To: [email protected]
From: "Simon Timothy" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: PLEASE CONTACT MY ATTORNEY FOR MORE DETAILS.
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:37:12 GMT
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="===============1730951193=="
MIME-Version: 1.0

Which looks like Burkino Faso to me.
The first one I can't figure out.Good luck.

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:20 pm

Eressea wrote:

the third lad though claims to be stuck on board of an old Soviet satellite Laughing

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That's the one I referred to earlier in this topic. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/16/cosmic_419er/. It's four years old though. If it's popped up today, along with the Mars one, someone is playing games with us.

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:20 pm

Mr Tambourine Man wrote:

Eressea wrote:

the third lad though claims to be stuck on board of an old Soviet satellite Laughing

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That's the one I referred to earlier in this topic. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/16/cosmic_419er/. It's four years old though. If it's popped up again today, along with the Mars one, someone is playing games with us.

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:27 pm

Nano nano

Must be Ork not Mars

Have not seen the "stuck on the space station" one though.....yet

I like how he claims to be an astronaut from the "West African Air Force" Very Happy

What would that be hang-gliders and ultralights?
Or an idiot tied to a big kite.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 25 Mar 2008 Posts: 74

Mr Tambourine Man wrote:

It's four years old though. If it's popped up today, along with the Mars one, someone is playing games with us.

Either that, or some mugu(s) did a Google search on it, thought: "Hey, THAT's a good idea!" and tweaked it up to recent news (coz why the heck would an old Soviet satellite be provided with internet access? )

Anyhoo, I'm looking forward to see what the experts in here have planned. Somehow, I've imagined the thought of someone responding from Saturn or Alpha Centauri, requiring the lad to embark on a make-believe interstellar safari... Laughing

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:34 pm

How about a freight bait to Mars?
Does DHL cover that area?
The cost would be "astronomical" Laughing

Not quite a Newb Joined: 25 Mar 2008 Posts: 74

^^^

Not if transfered through ETU (ExtraTerrestrial Union) Laughing

Master Baiter Joined: 18 Nov 2007 Posts: 192

I got the same one today from Laughing

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:15 pm

IrwinFletcher wrote:

I got the same one today from Laughing

As did I.

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:36 pm

THAT WAS ONE OF THE TWO.

WHAT A JERK! Laughing