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Fire Extinguisher Spam?

From royalty to firefighter – this email came to me just a few hours ago:

AM MR,SCOTT AND I WILL LIKE TO ORDER FIRE EXTINGUISHER’S AND I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE 20 LBS OR 50 LBS,I WILL LIKE YOU TO QOUTE ME A PRICE ON THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER’S YOU CARRY INSTOCK AND I WILL LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT I WILL LIKE IT TO BE SHIPPED TO A NEW BUILDING COMPANY IN WEST AFRICA AND I WILL LIKE TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF CREDIT CARD DO YOU ACCEPT FOR PAYMENT CHARGES SOO THAT I CAN GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU THE QUANTITY I LIKE AND I WILL LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT I WILL LIKE IT TO BE SHIPPED IN WEST AFRICA AND I WILL SEARCH FOR A SHIPPING COMPANY THAT CAN DELIVER IT AT THE RIGHT DESTINATION AND I WILL HANDLE THE SHIPPING COST AND PLS DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME BACK AND PLS LET ME KNOW ARE YOU THE OWNER OF THAT COMPANY ….AWAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON…BEST REGARD.
MR.SCOTT WALTER…

Mr. Scott Walter is going to be very disappointed. I don’t need any more fire extinguishers around here.

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Fire Extinguisher Spam? 05.17.2007 | 4:44 am | Credit Cards [Chris Pirillo] From royalty to firefighter – this email came to me just a few hours ago: AM MR,SCOTT AND I WILL LIKE TO ORDER FIRE EXTINGUISHER’S AND I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE 20 LBS OR 50 LBS,I WILL LIKE

Read it again Chris – he’s trying to buy them not sell them. He’s not asking you for any money he’s asking to buy from you. Now whether he’s actually going to use a legit credit card to pay for them or not is possibly another matter.

Jonathan Flusser (osxdude)

September 20th, 2007
at 8:52pm

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