Over the last few weeks, I have received a fair amount of SPAM,
and whilst most of them were funny to read, they were plain and mostly just
advertising what you would expect from SPAM. However, a couple went that extra
mile to tempt me into clicking and falling for their services. They put a lot
of effort into making their E-mails as unique and as professional as possible,
even though they are on the complete opposite end of the spectrum when it comes
to professional-looking E-mails.
I would like to share with you, four screenshots of genuine
E-mails that I have received over the last couple of weeks, and I’m sure you’ll
find them as enjoyable to read as I did. In no particular order, I would like
to start with the E-mail advertising services for search engine optimisation.
They tried to make it sound like they know what they are talking about, but the
jumbled mess of as many big words as possible makes it fun to read. I forgot to
take a screenshot of the top half of the E-mail, but I can tell you how much they
were charging for their search engine optimisation service. £64.00. I don’t
know about you, but that sounds like a bargain.
You may have to download the image to read it in its entirety.
The second SPAM E-mail I would like to share with you today, doesn’t
have any spelling or grammar errors, which I was quite surprised considering
the standard format we expect from these types of E-mails. Starting off with a comical
attempt to grab my attention, the language used is designed to look official,
by explaining in quite a lot of detail exactly what the person in charge of my
International Monetary Fund (IMF) does, and what he is going to do with the
money I’m entitled to. However, the “professional” language ends at the very
last sentence when he threatens me with what could happen if I act against the
E-mail. I think I should obey his commands, shouldn’t I?
You may have to download the image to read it in its entirety.
The third E-mail I would like to share disregards the other two
attempts at trying to make it look as legitimate as possible, and instead just
has one large “APPLY NOW” button with an incredible amount of terms and
conditions expressing what would happen when I click the link. I don’t know
anything about where I will be taken to, just know that there will be plenty of
rules I will need to follow when I’m there. At least they gave me the option of
unsubscribing at any time I wish, which is nice of them.
You may have to download the image to read it in its entirety.
The fourth and final E-mail is a long one, and if you boil it down
to the absolute basics, it’s purely just one of those classic E-mails about
someone offering a lot of money, but if you put back all the baggage, Mrs.
Anita Fulginiti actually tells us a story, just to give us a little extra
instead of just claiming that I’ve won or am going to receive a large amount of
money. It’s well-written, except for when she put question marks where apostrophes
should be.
You may have to download the image read it in its entirety.
Thanks for reading
Antony Hudson
(TonyHadNouns)
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