Thread: Stupid emails

This one is a nominee for "stupidist e-mail ever".

I gotta say to myself- who in the world ever responds to these things, anyway?

This one gets a nomination because it includes the wrong name for the past head of the U.N.(Kofi Annan, not Kofi Anna; Can you believe the United Nations (notorius for not having any money) wants to send ME a half-million bucks? That the U.N. is going to make whole all those people who have been scammed by e-mails???

Just a few observations-

So- here is my nomination for stupid e-mail of the month. Do you have a poorer quality one than this?

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UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH WORLD BANK.


Attention: Beneficiary How are you doing today? Hope all is well with you
and family? You may not Understand why this mail came to you.

We have been having a meeting for the past Seven months which ended Three days ago with the former secretary to the UNITED NATIONS in the person of Mr.Kofi Anna.

This email is to all the people that have been scammed or extorted money from because of your contract payment execution in any part of the world,
the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$500,000.00 USD this includes every foreign contractors/ Next of kin/
Beneficiary that may have not received their contract Sum and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed
due to Government problems or irregularities etc.

We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this have Been agreed upon and have been signed by the United Nations Board of
Directors and Trustees.You have to contact TONY ELUMELU, our payment agent
in West Africa,as he is our UNITED NATIONS representative in West Africa ,
contact him immediately for your Cheque/International Bank Draft/ATM CASH CARD of US$500,000.00 USD this funds are in a Bank Draft for security
purpose.

He will send it to you and you can clear it in any bank of your choice.
Therefore, you should send him your full Names and telephone numbers/your correct mailing addresses where you want him to send the MONEY to you. and
tell him your file Reference below (RE-1077_V). Contact TONY ELUMELU
immediately for your Compensation Fund:

Contact Bank: United Bank for Africa PLC. (UBA)
Contact Person: TONY ELUMELU ( GMD UBA)
Email: info.uba.bank@sify.com
Tel:+234-1-433-2395

Hoping to hear from you as soon as you cash your Bank Draft. Making the world a better place for the sake of humanity. Give him your file Reference
(RE-1077-V) and you are free to contact him.

Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hoping to hear from you as soon as you cash your fund.

Making the world a better place.

Regards,
Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary-General .
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Got a worse example than this one?