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pinguisavis
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 17 Aug 2009
Posts: 20
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Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:39 pm |
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Today, much to my bewilderment, the postman gave me an envelope with red and blue borders, "By air mail/Par avion", with a South Africa stamp.
It was addressed to my grandmother (who died at 97 last August and has never touched a computer let alone leaving her data on the Internet
The address was something like
First Name Second Name
Road, number, Province
ITALY
yeah you read right, no surname, no city name, no ZIP code.
It was like if someone sent the letter to
Abraham Smith
Douglas Avenue 130
Kansas
Inside, an elegant-looking letter from the National South Africa Bank and the usual scam letter for 18 million dollars, with a link to the BBC news page about the plane tragedy in which the owner of the money died.
Funny thing: a letter in English sent to a 97 years old in Italy. How likely is she to know English?
Dangerous thing: Many other people around here that I know received the same letter today.
How can this be happening? Where did they get the addresses from? And also, why would they spend real money to deliver real mail? |
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internationalchrysis
Baiting Guru
Joined: 19 Aug 2008
Posts: 3793
Location: Romancing the (Blood from a) stone!
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Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:57 pm |
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Could be a relic from the pre-internet days when all scam letters where sent in the mail.
The internet quickly became their friend, but maybe your lad is hoping to fly under the radar by doing it the old fashioned way.
Other forum members have received scam letters by fax as well |
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x1 (Senegal to Gambia)
"You can go now and f*ck yourself with a donkey or horse because you really need to be f*cked by a donkey or horse"
(George Michael's brother Frank/Frannypoo)
"You are a dead meat!"
(Léon the (Not so) Professional)
(19 in total:
x2 Léon the (not so) Professional. x4 Via Swindler's list. x4 Via Will and Grace the Law Firm. x3 *Hitman, x1 Hitman: The sequel!, , x1 Haiti scam, x1 The Bimbo (via Umbongo Chambers),
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pinguisavis
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 17 Aug 2009
Posts: 20
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Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:02 pm |
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Well this is new to me.
But again I live in Italy so maybe spammers concentrated on anglophone countries, not having to translate the letter in many languages. I still wonder what did they expect to achieve sending English letters in a non anglophone country
(I know, I'm writing in English, but I'm a rare case) |
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internationalchrysis
Baiting Guru
Joined: 19 Aug 2008
Posts: 3793
Location: Romancing the (Blood from a) stone!
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Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:05 pm |
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I suspect that they simply mail out the letter, assuming everyone speaks english. I've discovered during my time at eater that a lot of lads have little interest in things outside their country and assume (often incorrectly) that whatever they do in their country will happen elsewhere |
_________________ Proud "member" of "The Todger Club"!
x1 (Senegal to Gambia)
"You can go now and f*ck yourself with a donkey or horse because you really need to be f*cked by a donkey or horse"
(George Michael's brother Frank/Frannypoo)
"You are a dead meat!"
(Léon the (Not so) Professional)
(19 in total:
x2 Léon the (not so) Professional. x4 Via Swindler's list. x4 Via Will and Grace the Law Firm. x3 *Hitman, x1 Hitman: The sequel!, , x1 Haiti scam, x1 The Bimbo (via Umbongo Chambers),
x1 Rita the ETA eater, x1 Via Team Doughnut, x1 Via Prince Emaka, x4 via the Nazis) |
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pinguisavis
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 17 Aug 2009
Posts: 20
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Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:07 pm |
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Now I'm in two minds
Reply to him telling him I received a real letter, and those can't be scams (thus making him send and spend more, but with the risk other people may fall for it)
Or reply to him as if it was an email? |
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internationalchrysis
Baiting Guru
Joined: 19 Aug 2008
Posts: 3793
Location: Romancing the (Blood from a) stone!
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Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:12 pm |
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if there's an email addy, why not do both? Write back as two different people and see what happens or which format he writes back to. then bait away
btw, with the physical mail, why not write back in Italian, you'll have a laugh at their reply, while causing lad more work |
_________________ Proud "member" of "The Todger Club"!
x1 (Senegal to Gambia)
"You can go now and f*ck yourself with a donkey or horse because you really need to be f*cked by a donkey or horse"
(George Michael's brother Frank/Frannypoo)
"You are a dead meat!"
(Léon the (Not so) Professional)
(19 in total:
x2 Léon the (not so) Professional. x4 Via Swindler's list. x4 Via Will and Grace the Law Firm. x3 *Hitman, x1 Hitman: The sequel!, , x1 Haiti scam, x1 The Bimbo (via Umbongo Chambers),
x1 Rita the ETA eater, x1 Via Team Doughnut, x1 Via Prince Emaka, x4 via the Nazis) |
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piecrust
Elite Baiter
Joined: 29 Dec 2010
Posts: 1620
Location: Having chow with an old friend.
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Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:28 am |
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Hang on, hang on, what about the don't bait with your real details rule.
If you bait them well, they by definition will be pisssed off with you and frustrated and may well come round in person. - If you feel ready to deal with a half dozen angry lads on your doorstep demanding to know how you're going to compensate them for their troubles that YOU caused - then go ahead.
Otherwise I suggeest you create a fake E-Mail account or two with no personally identifiable info attached and bate safe.
The Responsible forum management. (Unofficial) |
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pinguisavis
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 17 Aug 2009
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Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:31 am |
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Well of course I am not going to tell them any of my real detail.
The address they used was so vague it could have been anywhere within 60 miles, only that for their fortune there is only one road called like mine in the whole area.
I am not going to remember them who I am, my name, nothing. Don't worry. |
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piecrust
Elite Baiter
Joined: 29 Dec 2010
Posts: 1620
Location: Having chow with an old friend.
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Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:34 am |
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Good, just checking.
Bate safe and let us know how it goes. And above all, give 'em hell. |
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lakeside77
A chaff in the USA
Joined: 11 Jul 2008
Posts: 2700
Location: Out there in the cold, getting lonely, getting old
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Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:42 am |
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internationalchrysis wrote: |
Could be a relic from the pre-internet days when all scam letters where sent in the mail. |
Did you check the postmark? Maybe they mailed it sometime in the 80s and it has been bouncing around in the Italian postal system all that time. |
_________________ ls77
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Father Frank
I must let you know that am sick and tired of all this whole bull sheet do you know my ass is on the line - Jonh Raymund
i want to say i am very sorry for the Mother that gave Barth to you -- Jim Ovie
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the vampire
Baiting Guru
Joined: 27 Jul 2008
Posts: 3601
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Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:17 am |
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Has that letter actually been send by the postal system? Didn't the lads just throw the letters in the mailbox themselfs? |
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pinguisavis
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 17 Aug 2009
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Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:27 am |
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No that's the weird thing. It has a stamp, that weird orange barcode and was given to me by the postman himself |
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Mr Tambourine Man
Baiting Guru
Joined: 06 Jun 2008
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Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:34 am |
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It was 1970 in this forum yesterday. The letter probably slipped through the time warp. |
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NOW AMBACK FOR YOU AGAIN STURBORN SHIT
you dont have a phone.that makes makes you joe butt
Fuck you and go find something to do man. Stop disturbing me please.
This is definitely why you will remain and die in poverty, ignorant of good things and easy acknowledgment of bad things and words. Shame on you, you wicked generation children.
i went you to no that this is not a cheld pray. i went you to get back to me
we are not scammer,we hate scammer as you do.scammer make out life harder and harder,a lot of people think we are scammer,in fact,we are not!! please trustt us |
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Mortal
Baiting Guru
Joined: 02 Jul 2009
Posts: 3473
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Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:28 am |
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Did they mention a way to contact them, or something?
Are you familiar with the address, is it somewhere in your area? |
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Terror Mask
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 24 Feb 2009
Posts: 892
Location: Guiding my lads to Cthulhu's lair.
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Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:31 am |
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pinguisavis wrote: |
No that's the weird thing. It has a stamp, that weird orange barcode and was given to me by the postman himself |
Odd. As a fellow countryman, I'll be on the lookout. |
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I GOT YOUR MAIL RIGHT NOW BUT THE PAYMENT SLIP THAT YOU SEND TO ME DID NOT SHOW ANY SIGNAL - Barr. St3v3 Mus4 4g4w4
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