A special request

Greetings all. i have a special request for you all. Some of you will undoubtedly have ethics, but this is a bit of a grey area, so bear with me.

2 days ago i got an email. it was spam. or to be more precise, it was a fraud email along the lines of the Nigerian scam, complete with a Miss-spelt header in capitals
Email cut and paste:
<b>george west <george_west3@yahoo.com>
Received: from [216.136.174.15] by hotmail.com (3.2)
Subject: CONFIDENCIAL
Text:
FROM THE DESK OF GEORGE WEST
CREDIT OFFICER ECOBANK OF AFRICA
LOME TOGO
FIRST, I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS
TRANSACTION; THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF ITS NATURE AS
BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND TOP SECRET. WE HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU DUE TO THE URGENCY OF THIS TRANSACTION.
LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF PROPERLY TO YOU.
I AM GEORGE WEST,CREDIT OFFICER WITH THE ECOBANK OF AFRICA. I CAME TO KNOW YOU IN MY PRIVATE SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE THIS CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION, WHICH INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT REQUIRING MAXIMUM CONFIDENCE.

THE PROPOSITION: A FOREIGNER AN AMERICAN, LATE ENGR JOHN CREEK (SNR) AN OIL MERCHANTDANT , UNTIL HIS DEATH ON 30TH OF JANUARY 2000 IN KENYA AIR BUS (A310-300) FLIGHT KQ430, BANKED WITH US AND HAD A CLOSING BALANCE AS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, 2000 WORTH US$15,200,000.00(FIFTEEN MILLION, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLAR), THE BANK NOW EXPECTS A NEXT OF KIN AS BENEFICIARY.

VALUABLE EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE BY THE BANK OF
TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ANY OF THE CREEK'S FAMILY OR RELATIVES BUT TO NO SUCCESS. THE ONLY POSSIBLE NEXT OF KIN ADDRESS THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE BANK BY LATE ENG JOHN CREEK (SNR) WAS AT SERRELEONE WEST AFRICA TO THE PERSON OF MRS MARBEL BRAIN, THE RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS WAS DESTROYED IN THE RECENT SERRELEONE REBEL CRISIS AND THE WOMAN WAS REPORTED DEAD WITH OTHER UNITED NATION OFFICIALS (U.N)

IT IS BECAUSE OF THE PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE ANY OF LATE ENGR. JOHN CREEK (SNR)'S NEXT OF KIN (HE HAD NEITHER WIFE NOR CHILDREN THAT IS KNOWN TO US).

IN ORDER TO AVERT THIS NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT, SOME OF MY TRUSTED COLLEAGUES AND I NOW SEEK YOUR PERMISSION TO HAVE YOU STAND AS NEXT OF KIN TO LATE ENGR. JOHN CREEK (SNR) SO THAT THE FUND US$15.2MILLION WILL BE RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY'S NEXT OF KIN.

ALL DOCUMENTS AND PROVES TO ENABLE YOU GET THIS FUND WILL BE CAREFULLY WORKED OUT. WE HAVE SECURE FROM THE PROBATE AN ORDER OF MADAMUS TO LOCATE ANY OF DECEASED BENEFICIARIES, AND MORE SO WE ARE ASSURING YOU THAT THIS BUSINESS IS 100% RISK FREE INVOLVEMENT.

WE WILL OFFER YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS COMMISSION FOR YOUR PATICIPATION AS SOON AS THE FUND GET TO YOUR ACCOUNT OUR 80% WILL BE ON YOUR SAVE COSTUDY FOR OTHER FUTURE INVESTMENT PURPOSES IN YOUR COUNTRY ACCORDING TO THE AGGREMENT BETWEEN ME AND MY COLLEAGUES.

AS SOON AS WE RECIEVE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT OF THIS MESSAGE IN ACCEPTANCE OF OUR MUTUAL BUSSINESS PROPOSAL, WE WOULD FURNISH YOU WITH FURTHER DETAILS AS WE HAVE ALREADY CONCLUDED THE NECESSARY MODALITIES TO TRANSFER THE MONEY BY TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS.

IF THIS PROPOSAL IS ACCEPTABLE BY YOU, DO NOT MAKE UNDUE ADVANTAGE OF THE TRUST WE HAVE BESTOWED IN YOU AND YOUR COMPANY, THEN KINDLY GET TO ME IMMEDIATELY VIA MY E-MAIL ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE .

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED
CORPORATION.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

GEORGE WEST</b>

so i decided to play along. using my <b>disposable</b> hotmail account, i replied... and got a reply back! YESSS. the email address is an active one.
thus what i encourage all of you to do is to spam the stuffing out that address. add mr george to every pr0n mailing list you know of... i know i am

P.S. my hamster made me do it.
cheers
Mr poo & evilsqueaky


<b>MegaHertz Matters! ... But not without Cache our a decent chipset!!! </b>

That old scam again? Heh maybe you should say you need to go to their country so they should send you their passports and you'll alter the photos on yours and send them back to them.

<b>Agent</b> <b><font color=green>81</b></font color=green>

yep.
i use hotmail... and dont use my addy for too much besides friends so the spam levels are only medium.

most spam is highly repeditive, so i dont even use the next to useless filters. just look at my new mail list and delete it immediately.

please though feel free to add mr george to any and all dodgey lists that u feel are appropriate!

<b>MegaHertz Matters! ... But not without Cache our a decent chipset!!! </b>

His email is hammylover@hotmail.com

<b>Agent</b> <b><font color=green>81</b></font color=green>