Another spam email
by subacati
I have recently received this spam letter claiming to be from a Government Minister.
Since it is widely believed that all Government Ministers are inherently corrupt, some people might be tempted to believe that this is genuine! But would a Minister be stupid enough to distribute such incriminating evidence through such easily traced means as unencrypted email? Probably not. 🙄 . …
OFFICE OF THE MINISTER,
ARTS & CULTURE,
REPUBIC OF SOUTH AFRICA.
EMIL: mrslulama003@hotmail.co.za
DEAR FRIEND,
MY NAMES ARE LULAMA MARY THERESA XINGWANA, A Single Mother of Three and Currently the Minister Of Arts & Culture Since 11th May 2009, Under the Appointment of Comrade .Jacob Zuma the New President of South Africa.
You can view my profile at the Government website www.gov.za click on, Contact Information, click on ministries, and click on arts& culture, click on my nameLulama Xingwana, and read about me.
I have picked up interest, trust and confidence to secure your attention ,to stand as a beneficiary of an over invoiced contract fund emanated from my ministry amounting to 30.5 million usdollars.20% of the fund is your compensation when transferred .I only need your sincerity and honesty .more details will be sent to you when your consent is secured. Please you reserve the right to decline the offer, if not found comfortable and against your personal ethics.
Please do not call on the office line, because of the sensitivity of this transaction just send an email to me.
Thanks for your anticipated co-operation and my regards to your family.
Yours
Faithfully,
mrslulama002@hotmail.com
mrslulama003@hotmail.co.za
Ms.Lulama Xingwana
Minister of Arts & Culture
Republic Of South Africa
subacati 
Of course, Mrs Xingwana is currently the Minister of Women, Youth, Children and People with Disabilities.The current Minister of Arts and Culture is Mr Paul Mashatile 🙄 .They should at least update there lies once in a while! :p .
:up: :right: would they really use @hotmail.com addresses … at least one year old information and no updates 🙄 … really stupid :p
Originally posted by thetomster:
Two year old info if you really consider it! :p .
Originally posted by 419:
If this were written by a minister, capitalization and punctuation would probably be used correctly… Just a thought.Anyway, a typical 419-case. My mailbot actually adds a header to mails like this stating: "This is most likely a 419". 😀 As if we all automatically know what that is! :DI often pretend to fall for them; but they never mail me back."Great, write a cheque, send it to this address" (P.O. box of course) "and contact me through said address as to when you wish to pick up your 80%. I can absolutely be trusted. You have nothing to worry about; it will be waiting for you.":lol:
Actually, considering some of the circulars that get posted around the prison from time to time, the poor writing skills are about the level you would expect from a South African MP. :p .Gmail simply puts them all in a seperate "spam" folder. It hardly ever misses any. One out of every 200 or so manager to slip through to my inbox.
lol
"Please do not call on the office line, because of the sensitivity of this transaction just send an email to me." This was the drop that made the vase overflow.
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Originally posted by bentrein:
I'll try that in future.
then be prepared to receive more spam. :p .
Ah, my spam filter is good. It sends most things directly to the trash.
There's a reason I use Gmail. :up: .When I used Vodamail, I just didn't receive half the emails I was expecting. (including some test emails I sent to myself from other email addresses.)but it never failed to deliver the spam to my inbox. :irked: .
Originally posted by qlue:
Blimey! That is the same experience that I have with Yahoo mail. Unfortunately, the Porn and the dodgy financial deal spams all get through
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