Response Needed!!
Ok the subject got my attention, but I always wonder, how do scammers determine the optimal number of exclamation points to use?Comments: Well, the subject heading of this email definitely caught my eye but what really grabbed me was the brevity of the message. This is an email I could read in just slightly more than a glance. I like that! The problems started when I dove in and actually started reading. To say it left me scratching my head is a serious understatement. First of all, Lady Martha claims she is a laird. I momentarily had forgotten what a Laird is so I looked it up on Wikipedia. According to the Wikipedia entry, "A Laird (Lord) is a hereditary title for the owner of a landed estate in Scotland." Well, if that is the case, one would assume that a Laird would know about the appropriate use of commas versus periods.
I'm not sure I even know how to describe the rest of this email. Some things you just have to experience for yourself. My bottom line comment is, huh!?
Grade: I'm really not sure!
And now, the email...
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I am Lady Martha Stirling, Laird of Keir [What exactly is a laird? According to Wikipedia, A Laird (Lord) is a hereditary title for the owner of a landed estate in Scotland] Recently my Doctor told me that I have limited days to live due to the cancerous problems I am suffering from,why my Husband is late Sir D. S,Chairman of Stirling &
Wright General Partners [Ok, am I supposed to be impressed?] , I will also issue a Letter of Authority that will empower you as an original beneficiary of this fund through
my Lawyer. [Fund? What fund? Did I miss something? If there is a fund, I want to know about it. Ohhh, maybe that is part of her strategy to get me to contact her. ...very sly!]
Email :thestirlingdy_nasty02@hotmail.com
[what?! the stirlingdy nast02 -- does this mean that someone else picked this rather odd email address?]
