SOTW received an order

[Harri Rautiainen]

This is not the first of its kind but pretty amusing:
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HELLO,SALES
HOW ARE TODAY HOPE THAT YOU ARE COOL, MY NAMES IS ANDY MIKS I AM FROM TEXAS IN USA I WILL LIKE TO ORDER THIS PRODUCT FROM YOU I HAVE FIND IT IN MY AREA BUT NOT AVAILABLE BY NOW AND THIS IS PRODUCT BELOW:


SAXOPHONES

SO I WILL LIKE THE GOODS SHIP TO ONE OF MY BRANCH OFFICE AFRICAN IN NIGERIA ADDRESS BELOW:

NAME: OLAJIDE OMONIYI
38,AYANTUGA STREET
MUSHIN LAGOS
NIGERIA
23401
TEL:234-08056278974

I WILL BE VERY HAPPY IF YOU CAN GIVE THE TOTAL COST PLUS THE SHIPPING COST VIA FEDEX EXPRESS 2 TO 3 DAY DELIVERY SO AS TO MAKE MY PAYMENT BY MY CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT FOR YOU TO CHARGE. KINDLY GET BACK TO ME WITH QUOTATION.HOPE TO READ FROM YOU ASAP.

ANDY MIKS

[stonescar]

:geek: I live in texas, but since you are the only ones delivering: saxophones, I would like you to ship it to Nigeria, so that I can start using it right away! Just send me your account nr. so I can stea..err..transfer the money to me..err..you.. :geek:

Sounds like a great deal Harri :scratch: or maybe not? :sign5:

[goodsax]

I can't imagine anyone falling for this awkward scam attempt, but there's probably someone out there - not on SOTW, of course - who thinks it's legit.

[Brendan Muse]

D'you think we should report this guy for trying to use "saxophone" in the aid of terrorist organizations or despotic governments?

[DaveKessler]

Yeah, I receive about 5-10 of those a day. Sometimes I e-mail them back with:

"I would like 3 large pizzas, 2 buckets of chicken wings, and a liter of REALITY!!!"

Funny enough, I never get my pizzas or wings, and I guess they figured I had enough reality already. hmmm... sure could of used the pizza.

[SteveS]

Your "buyer" did everything but propose to send you MORE than the "saxophone" was worth, with the condition that you send him back the difference. (Yeah, another beauty of a scam that has made the rounds.)

Tell that cat in Nigeria to go back to what he does best -- Asking me to help him move $56 million out of his country into my bank account.

HAW!!

[Stacey]

Steve, just imagine how many saxophones you will be able to buy after you receive your $56,000,000.