Spammer, Sharp Like Beach Ball

Wow, how stupid do they think I am?

It’s a rhetorical question wise guy.

Here’s a phishing email that I received this evening.

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From: Chianelli, Russell R.
Date: Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 8:05 PM
Subject: UNICEF ORGANISATION DONATION AWARDED PIN NUMBERS U-777-1815, D-01-47 CONTACT INFOS (**********@yahoo.com.hk)
To: undisclosed-recipients

UNICEF ORGANISATION DONATION.
Unicef Organisation

Concern.
The Unicef Orgnasation, Would like to notify you that you have been chosen by the board of trustees as one of the final recipients of a cash Grant/Donation for your own personal, educational, and business development. The Unicef Orgnasation was formed in 1947 after WWII to help children displaced by the war. It was then called the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund. The United Nations Organization (UNO) and the European Union (EU) was conceived with the objective of human growth, educational, and community development.
To celebrate the 27th anniversary program, The Unicef Organisation is giving out a yearly donation of One Million Four Hundred and Seventy Thousand United States Dollars. These specific Donations/Grants will be awarded to 70 lucky international recipients worldwide; in different categories for their personal business development and enhancement of their educational plans. At least 17% of the awarded funds should be used by you to develop a part of your environment. This is a yearly program, which is a measure of universal development strategy.
Based on the Continental selection exercise of internet,data base websites and millions of supermarket cash invoices worldwide, you were selected among the lucky recipients to receive the award sum of US$1,470,000.00 (One Million Four Hundred and Seventy Thousand United States Dollars) as charity donations/aid from the Unicef Orgnasation and the UNO in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament. (Note that all beneficiaries email addresses were selected randomly from Various internet Job websites or a shop’s cash invoice around your area in which you might have purchased something from).
You are required to contact the Permanent Secetary below for qualification documentation (ed. note: emphasis added) and processing of your claims. After contacting our office, you will be given your pin number, which you will used in claiming the funds. Please endeavor to quote your Awarded pin numbers (U-777-1815, D-01-47) in all discussions.
Permanent Secetary- Mr. Peter Geroge
Email: *********@yahoo.com.hk
Finally, all funds should be claimed by their respective beneficiaries, no later than14 days after notification. Failure to do so will mean cancellation of that beneficiary and its donation will then be reserved for next year’s recipients. On behalf of the Board kindly, accept our warmest congratulations.
Happy New Year.

Regards.
Sir. williams Charlton
(Online Coordinator)

Happy New Year…riiiight.

Now, call me crazy but, I’m fairly certain that Unicef doesn’t use Yahoo for their email. In all seriousness if you receive an email like the aforementioned, delete it.

Now, where’s did I leave that whack-a-mole mallet?