Strange spam mail

Ea · 07-05-2010, 03:24 PM

Very little gets past Gmail's spam filters, but I got this really odd spam mail in my inbox today (and one like it a few months ago). Does anyone know anything about what this is?

I really wonder what exactly the product is. It's obviously designed to get through the filters, but there were no links and no attachments

Nothing but this:

Hello SIR/MADAM
Am Mr William Diesel and i will Like to Order for Some Pine Buffet Hutch size W-39 1/2" x D-18 1/2" x H 76 1/2" and i will Like to know if you have the Pine Buffet Hutch in Stock or some get some for and also the price for each as well...Thank you and Kindly email me Back with the price and the Type of Payment you Accept As Well..Thanks

Kindest Regard,
Mr Williams...

poohbear_nc · 07-05-2010, 03:33 PM

This is very similar to current scams going on now with building supply stores. A badly written (grammar-wise) email asks for some item (usually shingles or specialty lumber) and asks for the type of payment you will accept. If you respond, they will provide a valid credit card number (it just doesn't belong to them) that will process successfully that day. If you respond and balk, they will either up their promised payment amount or tell you that they belong to a church organization buying stuff to rebuild Haiti. And they do pick up the stuff.

A few days later, your credit card processing company sends you a nice charge back notice - and tells you that the card number was stolen - and you are out the full amount.

These scams are looking for someone who will accept their stolen credit card numbers and process transactions. I don't know what your Gmail account name is, but you probably got one of these by mistake. At my workplace, our website "info" email box gets at least one a week. Just delete immediately.

Moejoe · 07-05-2010, 03:34 PM

Doesn't look like spam. They want to buy from you and not sell you something. I reckon you just have a gmail address similar to the seller of hutches.

EDIT: More likely what poohbear said, a scam, but you're the unwitting recipient because of a confusion with email addresses.

Ea · 07-05-2010, 03:36 PM

Aha! That makes more sense. I just couldn't understand how the scam would work by sending this to private persons. Thanks for clearing it up

Ea · 07-05-2010, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moejoe

Doesn't look like spam. They want to buy from you and not sell you something. I reckon you just have a gmail address similar to the seller of hutches.

That was what befuddled me. They didn't want to sell anything!

astra · 07-06-2010, 04:03 AM

Report them as spam.
Gmail catches them eventually.

Sweetpea · 07-06-2010, 04:33 AM

I only get spam about my non-existing WoW account... You wouldn't want to know how often I've been banned!

Right now, I'm wallowing in the invites for the new beta...

neilmarr · 07-06-2010, 06:56 AM

Rule of thumb: Anyone dumb enough to sign off an email with Mr, Mrs or Miss is a spammer. Neil

MJK2111 · 07-06-2010, 08:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ea

Very little gets past Gmail's spam filters, but I got this really odd spam mail in my inbox today (and one like it a few months ago). Does anyone know anything about what this is?

Greetings Kind Sir or Madam,

I appreciated your concern and will attempt to offer some form of assistance. Recently my wife's mother's second cousin got same email from outside the national country borders. And was as equally confused as you, good sir or madam. To be fixed, kindly send me your bank routing number and code pin for transmittals to banks not of the United States. Upon receipt of sufficient data to form information necessary, we will cordially deduct the proper currency to rectemfy the situation.

Ea · 07-06-2010, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MJK2111

Greetings Kind Sir or Madam,

I appreciated your concern and will attempt to offer some form of assistance. Recently my wife's mother's second cousin got same email from outside the national country borders. And was as equally confused as you, good sir or madam. To be fixed, kindly send me your bank routing number and code pin for transmittals to banks not of the United States. Upon receipt of sufficient data to form information necessary, we will cordially deduct the proper currency to rectemfy the situation.

happy_terd · 07-06-2010, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

I only get spam about my non-existing WoW account... You wouldn't want to know how often I've been banned!

I get the same emails.

I dont play WOW and never have.

07-05-2010, 03:24 PM	#1
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	Strange spam mail Very little gets past Gmail's spam filters, but I got this really odd spam mail in my inbox today (and one like it a few months ago). Does anyone know anything about what this is? I really wonder what exactly the product is. It's obviously designed to get through the filters, but there were no links and no attachments Nothing but this: Hello SIR/MADAM Am Mr William Diesel and i will Like to Order for Some Pine Buffet Hutch size W-39 1/2" x D-18 1/2" x H 76 1/2" and i will Like to know if you have the Pine Buffet Hutch in Stock or some get some for and also the price for each as well...Thank you and Kindly email me Back with the price and the Type of Payment you Accept As Well..Thanks Kindest Regard, Mr Williams...

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poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,865 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	This is very similar to current scams going on now with building supply stores. A badly written (grammar-wise) email asks for some item (usually shingles or specialty lumber) and asks for the type of payment you will accept. If you respond, they will provide a valid credit card number (it just doesn't belong to them) that will process successfully that day. If you respond and balk, they will either up their promised payment amount or tell you that they belong to a church organization buying stuff to rebuild Haiti. And they do pick up the stuff. A few days later, your credit card processing company sends you a nice charge back notice - and tells you that the card number was stolen - and you are out the full amount. These scams are looking for someone who will accept their stolen credit card numbers and process transactions. I don't know what your Gmail account name is, but you probably got one of these by mistake. At my workplace, our website "info" email box gets at least one a week. Just delete immediately.

07-05-2010, 03:34 PM	#3
Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	Doesn't look like spam. They want to buy from you and not sell you something. I reckon you just have a gmail address similar to the seller of hutches. EDIT: More likely what poohbear said, a scam, but you're the unwitting recipient because of a confusion with email addresses.

07-05-2010, 03:36 PM	#4
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	Aha! That makes more sense. I just couldn't understand how the scam would work by sending this to private persons. Thanks for clearing it up

07-06-2010, 04:03 AM	#6
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	Report them as spam. Gmail catches them eventually.

07-06-2010, 04:33 AM	#7
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	I only get spam about my non-existing WoW account... You wouldn't want to know how often I've been banned! Right now, I'm wallowing in the invites for the new beta...

07-06-2010, 06:56 AM	#8
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,216 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Rule of thumb: Anyone dumb enough to sign off an email with Mr, Mrs or Miss is a spammer. Neil

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