05/02/07: Marketing
for the new Millennium
M:
What's left to say? It's 2007. Sony
beheads goats for a (Greek) PR stunt. Compared to that, traditional
"Your penis is too small" spam mails lack a certain punch.
So
how about something a bit more dramatic, like alleged mob hits and extortion?
Don't believe me? You can find the original message below. Just for kicks,
I left the
sender
address in there, because
a)
it's fake anyway, or
b)
anyone calling themselves "tit 4 tit 6" had it coming.
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
"tit4tit6@yahoo.co.uk"
<tit4tit6@gmail.com>
27.04.2007
18:36
An:
Kopie:
Thema:
BE FAST ABOUT IT.
ATTENTION....
A
am Very sorry for YOU, is a pity that may end this way but I will
like to give you some chance to help yourself if you will like to.
As
you can see there is no need of introducing myself to you because I don't
have any business with you, My work as I am talking
to
you now is just to elliminate you and I have to do it as I have already
been paid for that.
Some
one that I will not like to tell you the name now came to us and told me
that he want you dead and he provided us with your
name
,picture and other information about you and I sent my boys to track you
down and carry out invastigation on you and they
have
done that but I told them not to kill you that I will like to contact you
and see if your life is Important to you or not. I called my
As
I am writing to you now my men are monitoring you and they are giving me
every information i need about you. So I will like to
know
if you will Like to live or die as some one has paid for us to kill you.
I am given you just two days to get back to me if you are
ready
to pay $30,000 or I will carry on with my
job.am not supossed to do this,but i had pity on you so do not take
it for granted.
WARNING:
DO NOT CONTACT THE POLICE OR TELL ANYONE ABOUT THIS,BECAUSE IF YOU DO I
WILL KNOW AND WILL
BE
COMPELLED TO DO WHAT I HAVE BEEN PAYED FOR.
DO
NOT COME OUT ONCE IT IS 7.00PM UNTIL THIE WHOLE THING IS SORTED OUT.
THEN
A TAPE THAT CONTAINS THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH MY CLIENT WILL BE DELIVERED
TO YOU ONCE YOU
PAY
UP WHAT I DEMAND. YOU CAN USE IT TO TAKE ANY LEGAL ACTION ON HIM.
GOOD
LUCK AS I AWAIT YOUR IMMEDIATE REPLY.
DANNY.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Cute,
innit?
P.S.:
The "job.am" link might have been caused by my mail reader. Still a nice
touch. :-)
P.P.S.:
My original script for this strip was a bit more... drastic, but I wanted
to avoid those "Son, is everything alright with you?" calls, so I toned
it down a bit. |