The Latest In Spam Fashion
This is a new one on me. They usually don't go into such detail.
"This is the official notice of unclaimed fund left by my late client, a citizen of your country, who died as a result of tragic car accident.After all inquiries and investigations even with the relevant embassy to locate his relatives has yielded no results, I decided to track his last name over the Internet to locate any Member of his family, hence I contacted you.
Upon your positive response to this message, I will make all necessary
information known to you."
I'm betting I don't know the guy.
Does anyone know how this stuff came to be called spam? Not the product, the junk emails.
The origin of the term is based on a Monty Python skit from 1970. In the skit, all the items on a restaurant's menu are basically Spam. The waitress repeats the word, and a group of Vikings sing "Spam, Spam, Spam" until they are told to stop.
Supposedly, the use of the word Spam came to mean junk or fake mail, based on the fact that unwanted Spam kept popping up all over the menu.
This sounds very convoluted to me but then that's Monty for you.
You'd better respond quick before the opportunity is gone!
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