This is such a well written letter...it must be real right?

[Barbara Moulton]

The English in this spam made me laugh!

Dear Winner,

We Apologies, for the delay of your payment and all the Inconveniences and Inflict that we might have indulge you through.

However, we were having some minor problems with our payment system, which is Inexplicable, and have held us stranded and Indolent, not having the Aspiration to devote our 100% Assiduity in accrediting foreign payments.

We apologies once again from the Records of outstanding winners due for payment with {ONLINE CYBER PROMOTION}your name and particulars was discovered as next on the list of the outstanding winners who have not yet received their payments.

Emails were selected anonymously through a computer ballot system from over 35,000 companies and 70,000 individual e-mail addresses all over the world and your e-mail address emerged as a winner from 11 selected email address. It is promoted and sponsored by Orient software corporation
(Orient Networks) in collaboration with the Online Cyber nternational.

I wish to inform you now that the square peg is now in square whole and can be voguish for that your payment is being processed and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter.

Also note that from our record in our file, your outstanding winning payment is US$950.215.00 (NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND,TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN DOLLARS).Payment will be made to you in a certified bank draft or wire transfer into a nominated bank account of your choice, as soon as you get in touched with.

[Ken Pell]

Amazing. I never read them so I don't pay much attention.

Amazing -- but troubling too. They keep sending those out so someone (s) must be responding. :basic04 :gen02

[David Molle]

sadly they are successful.
but we can be part of the solution against
spam and these scams

if we including myself would take
a minute and submit our spam email
(or just the domains used in the email)
to spamcop.net, we can instantly become
part of what has helped put these criminals
behind bars and decrease the amount
of spam across the internet.

or hit delete and continue to be part of the problem

</end guilt trip
</off soap box

[Marg Shurtliff]

That's not an E-mail address is it ? Does it just work for the states ?

spamcop.net

[David Molle]

spamcop.net is a website.
what they do is described on the site as

determines the origin of unwanted email and reports it to the relevant Internet service providers. By reporting spam, you have a positive impact on the problem. Reporting unsolicited email also helps feed spam filtering systems, including, but not limited to, SpamCop's own service.

the reports either gets spammers shut down
and forced to move and or risk police actions taken against them.

I haven't used their filtering service.

[Gina Stevenson]

spamcop.net is a website.
what they do is described on the site as

determines the origin of unwanted email and reports it to the relevant Internet service providers. By reporting spam, you have a positive impact on the problem. Reporting unsolicited email also helps feed spam filtering systems, including, but not limited to, SpamCop's own service.

the reports either gets spammers shut down
and forced to move and or risk police actions taken against them.

I haven't used their filtering service.

Tho't it was only a website, lacking whatever would make it a mailable address. Tell us, since you suggested sending spam to them so they can do something about it, where exactly would this be sent? cops@spamcop.com, or what?

[David Molle]

you need to signup with them (free of course) and upon
logging in there is a form where mail can be entered
or single domain names entered.
it's best to submit emails with the complete headers
but not necessary. the output is quite interesting as
are the stats they keep. that's a must see imho.
amazing information

[Ken Pell]

you need to signup with them (free of course) and upon
logging in there is a form where mail can be entered
or single domain names entered.
it's best to submit emails with the complete headers
but not necessary. the output is quite interesting as
are the stats they keep. that's a must see imho.
amazing information

But does it actually reduce spam?

[David Molle]

does it reduce spam
since 1998.
nothing is more effective. at the minimum
it keeps spammers on the run at the maximum
it helps lead to arrests and convictions.