E-Dribble

This is a perfect example of why I rarely reward 419 scammers with a response that they can print out, frame and share with their friends at the internet cafe:

Subject: ATM CARD PAYMENT(822).
From: SENATOR DAVID MARK <info@atm.com>
Reply-To: linda.hill302@yahoo.com.hk

Good Day,
ATM CARD worth $6.8 Million Dollars has been accredited in your favor,
Please Contact Mrs. Linda Hill (linda.hill302@yahoo.com.hk) With the following,
Full Name: Delivery Address: Age: Occupation: Phone Number:
Regards,Mr David Mark SENATE PRESIDENT.

What in the hell am I supposed to do with this, Mr. Linda Mark? There is absolutely no aspect of this email that is even remotely believable. Instead of responding to your email(which you don’t deserve), I will give you three tips to help you improve your tactics to actually make money at this, since at this time, you’re doing it wrong and only people too stupid to make any money will bother to respond to you.

1) Stick with an email domain and make it from an entity that might actually be doing what you purport to be doing: You used a spoofed email from ATM.COM, which on the face seems ingenious, however since atm.com is a website for a company that deals with secure communication and other connectivity solutions, it just seems stupid, since they would have no reason to give me 6.8 million dollars. Then you screw it up even more by having the user respond to linda.hill302@yahoo.com.hk. Here’s a tip. Someone giving away almost 7 mil will probably not need a free webmail account from Hong Kong. They’re going to be able to afford a domain.

2) Attempt to send the mail from the same continent that you are supposedly operating in: Headers for this email originate in Chile:

Received: from [164.77.222.54] (helo=optimus.dgac.cl) by server.schwimsdns.com with esmtp (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from <info@atm.com>) id 1K90pX-0008Ap-N6 for *****@schwim.net; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:48:19 -0400
Received: from optimus.dgac.cl (optimus.dgac.cl [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 024FC7A86D1; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:33:26 -0400 (CLT)
Received: from lenga.dgac.cl (mail.dgac.cl [172.20.11.21]) by optimus.dgac.cl (Postfix) with SMTP id 799A27A86F8; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:33:24 -0400 (CLT)
Received: from dgac.cl (lenga.dgac.cl [127.0.0.1]) by lenga.dgac.cl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22AEB17C976; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:27:43 -0400 (CLT)

You now expect us to believe that an American company(atm.com) is using a Hong Kong based free email, but sending their mail from a consumer IP in Chile.

3) Bother to flesh out the details: Don’t be shy. What senate is David Mark the president of? American Senate, Hong Kong? Chile? Who is Linda Hill? Why do you need my occupation? Will that determine whether I get the money or not? Do I still have a daily limit of $300.00 on a debit card worth $6.8 million? That’s the standard limit and if that’s the case, It will take me more than 62 years to get all of the money if I withdraw the maximum amount every day.

Seriously. This memo is so pathetically lacking in details that I can’t even be bothered to try to believe it. Had my 6 year old daughter not been disallowed to respond due to lack of an occupation, she still wouldn’t have fallen for this.

If you would take just a little bit of time, I can promise that you would reap great rewards. As an added bonus, you might receive a response from me.

That’s worth all the money in the world.