Venditoris: Beware of Scams

At Last! The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming into the YANL spam scam game.

Maybe we should already rename it the YARL, for Yet Another Russian Letter!

Same Pitch. Same dumb appeal to greed. Similar misunderstanding of the English language

If I were a Nigerian, I’d be insulted.

But we only have the YANL category, so, that’s where this copy goes.

We hope yours goes into the Spam Bucket, where it rightfully belongs.

Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 12:00:00 (KST)
Subject: FOU YOUR KIND ATTENTION
From: mrslarisa2002@yahoo.com.hk
To:
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Mrs. Larisa Sosnitskaya
Personal treasurer to former C.E.O of Yukos Oil Company and Bank Menatep,
41AB Dubininskaya St. Moscow, Russia

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A new variation on YANL!

Supposedly from London England, with an English-sounding name but with a Japanese Yahoo email address. Not shown are the Japanese characters that accompanied this email.

Is is real… or a scam?

If you can’t answer this one, I’ve got some lovely cars left over from New Orleans I’d like to sell you, complete with salamanders (You don’t get those every day!).

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:52:02 +0900 (JST)
From: “C.Paul”

Subject: A Cry For Help, Letter From London, England.

cpaul0001111@yahoo.co.jp

As you read this,I don’t want you to feel sorry for me,because,I believe everyone will die someday.My name is Collins.E.Paul,I am a British Citizen and also an oil merchant that is living presently in London.I need your help and will pay you 20% for the work,come back for more details.