[Cryptography] The Best 419 Message I've Seen

[Jon Callas]

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On Apr 27, 2014, at 2:01 PM, Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Apr 2014, Jon Callas wrote:
> 
>> I would love to send this along, but it would get eaten by spam filters. 
>> I just got a 419 spam alleging to be from the FBI. You see, in their 
>> worldwide surveillance, they discovered where I overpaid some bill, and 
>> if I just fill out these details, they'll return my money.
> 
> Just curious: why here, instead of SPAM-L?
> 

Because the clever story is that it's part of widespread government surveillance of the otherwise allegedly encrypted communications.

It's because surveillance is now part of some cultural meme adopted by the scammers.

	Jon



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