The Things I Learn from E-Mail and the 'Net
20I got an interesting, not to say urgent, e-mail today. It ended up in my Spam folder (no doubt by mistake) so it was a good thing I rescued it.
SUB: Mrs.Kathryn G. Walker Said You Are Dead.
FM: Brian Moynihan Japanjbkoy@themis.ocn.ne.jp
TO: (me)
Bank of America
150 Broadway Ave
New York, NY 10038 Usa.
Telegraphic Wire Transfer Payment from Bank of America United States.
This is an official notice from the Bank of America in regards to the transfer of your inheritance/ lottery funds worth $6.5 million united states dollars. Meanwhile we are very sorry for the delay in this transaction which was as a result of the letter we received from one Mrs.Kathryn G.Walker We wish to notify you that a Woman named Mrs.Kathryn G. Walker sent a letter to our Bank here in the united states claiming that you are dead and he stated that before you died, you informed her about your funds worth $6.5 million which is in our bank here in the United States.
Note that Mrs.Kathryn G. Walker also sent a copy of your death certificate to us, to prove to us that you are dead as She claimed, but we did not believe her because we know that there are so many scam activities going on here in the united states.
As a matter of fact, She also gave us every reason to believe that you are dead, and She is ready to take care of what ever it will cost to get your funds transferred into his own account,we decided to contact you first to be sure that you are dead as he claimed before releasing your funds worth $6.5 million to her.
So are you dead or are you still alive? Be informed that we are going to release the funds to Mrs.Kathryn G. Walker if you do not respond back to us within the next 2 working days.
Please , kindly fill all the information below to enable us transfer your funds to your account before Mrs.Kathryn G. Walker will claim your funds.
Full Name:
Address:
Telephone:
Mobile:
Fax:
Email:
Bank Name:
Address:
Account No.:
Routing No.:
Swift Code:
Account Name:
However, we shall proceed to issue all payments details to the said Mrs.Kathryn G.Walker if we do not hear from you within the next two working days from today.
I will be waiting for your urgent response.
Sincerely yours,
Mr. Brian t. Moynihan
Manager Bank of America
I thought about responding, but then I thought maybe Mrs. Walker probably needed the money to tackle those gender identity issues she/he seems to be having.
But if anyone knows Mrs Katheryn G. Walker, could you please ask her (or possibly him) to forward a copy of the death certificate? I would really like to know what I died from.
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You died from finding out that you’re a millionaire.
Well?
I dunno. I’m waiting to see whether the death certificate is real or fake.
@rockblossom
/coinflip heads
After video review, it looks like it is … TAILS! YOU LOST
/8ball Is @rockblossom alive?
You may rely on it
@rockblossom
/8ball Is the Death Certificate real?
Signs point to yes
@f00l Well, I seem to be in the box with Schrödinger’s cat …
@rockblossom can you see the cat if you don’t look at it?
You have my condolences on your passing. Could you tell me, are there really pearly gates? Or… Or… Did you go the other way? Just wondering.
@Barney I wish I could answer, but I seem to be in a dark box with somebody’s cat.
@rockblossom Hmm, then I guess that would be Hell.
@Barney Actually, it’s rather cozy and I like cats.
@rockblossom
How much purple is there?
@PlacidPenguin Dunno. It’s dark.
@rockblossom How’s the cat?
@dave Dead. And alive.
@rockblossom My shirt says the cat is alive. Until it gets dark, at least …
@dave dave’s not here
/youtube dave’s not here
Congratulations . You no longer have to pay income tax. And you didn’t even have to cheat, lie and rip people off to escape paying them. LOL
And just think you can get all that money just by providing that little bit of personal information. Provided you are still alive of course.
@readnj Yeah, but I have been offered more ($20 million) for a lot less info (just my bank ID and routing number) by several Nigerian princes. I assume that there are so many princes because the King had lots of wives, and apparently, massive amounts of (totally, completely legitimate) money he needed to hide some place out of the country. While some of those offers were tempting, my “better self” opted to explain to those silly Princes that there were banks in Switzerland and the Cayman Islands that could handle their problem at a much smaller fee. They must have taken my advice, as I never heard back from them.
The whole “dead or alive” thing is unresolved as I try to track down a copy of my death certificate so it can be verified.
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“but we did not believe her because we know that there are so many scam activities going on here in the united states.” Just precious.
I presume you have seen these series of you tube videos (from mashable)
@Kidsandliz I love this guy.
@PocketBrain And what an entertaining way to earn some money (regardless of whether or not the entire incident took place entirely in his head).
@rockblossom I find that to be amusing and disturbing.
I love that the email is not masked. How interesting that a person named Brian Moynihan at BoA “here in the United States” was assigned the email with his account of Japanjbkoy at the “US based” domain of themis.ocn.ne.jp. Must have been an entry level admin hired just that day who didn’t follow company templates for email address creation, and Brian just decided to roll with it rather than get it corrected.
@rockblossom hope you have recovered fully from your death. And got the funds.
@mollama Actually, I think “Brian Moynihan” and “Mrs.Kathryn G. Walker” have about as much reality as the $6.5 million. There are versions of the e-mail from the same e-mail addresses.
I’m feeling quite good in my post-death life, but alas, without the money.
And I’d do it again, too!
@KathrynGWalker Well, sure. But now that you have all of the money, could you send me a copy of that death certificate? I hope you are getting that whole gender identity thing worked out. Oh, and, send my regards to Brian Moynihan.
Hey- the Federal Bureau Of Investion caught all those scammers who have been stealing the money owed to me from Africa! Looks like it’s finally my pay day
@Pantheist
Glad to hear that the FBI is keeping warm.
Maybe you moved to Birmingham Al. That’s a lot like dying and the bureaucracy just got confused.
Please give me a number on a secure line so that we can sort this all out sir! OMG I am alive! I think… wait, am I…?
YES YES… I AM
@IloveU4
I’m curious.
You just joined, and this was the first thread you found?
@IloveU4 @PlacidPenguin Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life!
Beware the guy in a catshirt.
@IloveU4 @PlacidPenguin @therealjrn