Spammers can be an amusing bunch sometimes. I had the following correspondence with a person who attempted to place a hosting order with someone else's name, a nine-digit phone number under a Denver area code, an address in Boston, and an IP in Nigeria:
Subject: i want to start making use of my webmail
tell me how to go about my webmail
Thanks for contacting us today. Do you have an email account hosted with us that you are experiencing difficulty with? If so, could you let us know what your email address is that is hosted with us and what sort of issue you are experiencing?
Subject: this is the email i got after getiing my credit card billed i want to use the webmail service
(Forward of an order-on-hold and pending review notice)
I do not see that you are the contact person we have on file for that domain. The order for ********** is currently on hold, as we have not been able to verify the order with the listed contact by phone.
Are you in contact with the person who placed this order? If so, we need a valid phone number to reach them at. The one provided did not have the correct number of digits.
Subject: i am the contact person
i want you to understand that ia my phone number and you can send back for me to verify if there is any mistake
The phone number that was submitted did not contain the correct number of digits. Could you let us know what phone number the admin contact for this domain can be reached at so that we can verify the order by phone?
Sadly, he seems to have given up and isn't writing back anymore.
Comments (1)
Oh he didn't give up Jon, He'll be back... with a new name, new invalid phone number, new fake (free) email address, and most sadly of all, with another stolen credit card from some person who probably left it at the beach.
Posted by Ben Hubbard | June 30, 2007 1:17 AM
Posted on June 30, 2007 01:17