Random Thoughts Of A Genius

Well being someone who is quite active on the internet, I have come to expect my fair share of spam. However, this latest iteration of it is kind of disturbing, and actually when I think about, also humorous. Here is a copy of an email I received not 10 minutes ago:

Customer Service:

Dear Customer,

We have been waiting for you to contact us for your Package that is been
registered with us forshipping to your residential location. We had thought

that your sender gave you our contact details. It may interest you to know
that a letter is also added to your package.

However, we cannot quote its content to you via email for privacy reasons.
We understand that the content of your package itself is a Bank Draft worth
of
$800,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thousand US Dollars). As you know, FedEx does
not
ship money in CASH or in CHEQUES but BANK DRAFTS are shippable. The package

is registered with us for mailing by your colleague as claimed, and your
colleague explained that he is here in West Africa for a three (3) month
Survey Project as he works with a construction firm in Nigeria West Africa.

We are sending you this email because your package is been registered on a
Special Order.

What you have to do, is to contact our Delivery Department for immediate
dispatch of your package to your residential address. Note that as soon as
our Delivery Team confirms your information, it will take three(3) working
days (72Hrs) for your package to arrive its designated destination. For
your
information, the VAT & Shipping charges as well as Insurance fees have been

paid by your colleague before your package was registered. Note that the
payment that is made on the Insurance, Premium & Clearance Certificates,
are
to certify that the Bank Draft is not a Drug Affiliated Fund (DAF) neither
is it funds to sponsor Terrorism in your country.

This will help you avoid any form of query from the Monetary Authority of
your country. However, you will have to pay the sum of $115 to the FedEx
Delivery Department being full payment for the Security Keeping Fee of the
FedEx Company as stated in our
privacy terms & condition page.

Also be informed that your colleague wished to pay for the Security Keeping

charges, but we do not accept such payments considering the fact that all
items & packages that is registered with us have a time limitation and we
cannot accept payment without knowing when you will be picking up the
package or even respond to us. So we cannot take the risk to have accepted
such a
payment incase of any possible demurrage. Kindly note that your colleague
did not leave us with any further information. We hope that you respond to
us as
soon as possible because if you fail to respond until the expiry date of
the
foremost package, we may refer the package to the Appropriate Commission
for
Welfare as the package do not have a return address. Kindly contact the
delivery department (FedEx Delivery Post) with the details given below:

Contact Person: Mohammed Mani.
Email: fedex_courier_04@yahoo.com.hk
Tel: +234-805-612-8982

Kindly complete the below information and send it to the email address
given
above.This is mandatory to reconfirm your Postal address and telephone
numbers.

FULL NAMES:
TELEPHONE:
POSTAL ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
COUNTRY:

As soon as your details are received, our delivery team will give you the
necessary payment procedure so that you can effect the payment for the
Security Keeping Fees. As soon as they confirm your payment of $115, they
shall immediately dispatch your package to the designated address. It
usually takes 72 Hours being an express delivery service. Note that we were
not
instructed to email you, but due to the high priority of your package had
to inform you as your sender did not leave us with his phone number because

he stated that he just arrived Nigeria West Africa and he was not on phone
yet.

We indeed personally sealed your Bank Draft and we found your email contact

in the attached letter as the recipient of the foremost package. Ensure to
contact the delivery department with the email address and ensure to fill
the above form as well to enable a successful reconfirmation.

All responses must be forwarded to this email:
fedex_courier_04@yahoo.com.hk

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Felicia Paul.
FedEx Online Team Management.
All rights reserved. @ 1995-2009.

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This E-mail is only for the above addressees. It may contain confidential
or
Privileged information. If you are not an addressee you must not
copy,distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it or any
attachments.
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So what do you think? Should I answer it? I could sure use the money…..