Time Travel Spam
In August of 2003, I received this spam email. I thought it amusing and decided to save it. It seemed like a joke but I liked the way it was crafted.
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Subject: Dimensional warp Generator Needed fduywqscqhwry
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 03 05:39:40 GMT
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Hello,
I'm a time traveler stuck here in 2003. Upon arriving here my dimensional
warp generator stopped working. I trusted a company here by the name of LLC
Lasers to repair my Generation 3 52 4350A watch unit, and they fled on me. I
am going to need a new DWG unit, prefereably the rechargeable AMD wrist
watch model with the GRC79 induction motor, four I80200 warp stabilizers,
512GB of SRAM and the menu driven GUI with front panel XID display.
I will take whatever model you have in stock, as long as its received
certification for being safe on carbon based life forms.
In terms of payment:
I dont have any Galactic Credits left. Payment can be made in platinum gold
or 2003 currency upon safe delivery of unit.
INSTRUCTIONS MUST BE FOLLOWED EXACTLY:
Please transport unit in either a brown paper bag or box to below
coordinates on Thursday August 7th at (exactly 4:00pm) Eastern Standard Time
on th e dot. A few minutes prior will be ok, but it cannot be after. If you
miss this timeframe please email me. I will not be there prior to 4:45pm
EST, so do not transport before then.
Item is to be delivered at (out of service basketball court) located at:
Latitude N 42.47935 & Longitude W 071.17355 and the Elevation is 119 feet.
WARNING: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRANSPORT ITEM BY REGULAR MEANS OF
TELEPORTATION. THEY ARE MONITORING AND WILL REDIRECT THE SIGNAL!! I
DO NOT CARE HOW YOU HAVE TO GET IT HERE, JUST DO IT IN A WAY THAT NO
SPYING EYES WILL POSSIBLY BE ABLE TO REDIRECT THE TRANSFERENCE. IT
IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU BE ABLE TO MONITOR THE TRANSFER. HOW
ARE YOU GOING TO SEND IT SO THAT THEY CANNOT REDIRECT IT??? If in
doubt do not transport actual unit until your method of transfer can be
confirmed as a success. You just might need to send a intergalactic courier to
deliver item safely to me. If so be VERY careful at how they approach me IN MY
WHITE CAR.
After unit has been delivered please email me at:
info@federalfundingprogram.com with payment instructions. Do not reply
directly back to this email.
Thank You
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I thought nothing of it until recently when a friend of mine and I began talking about weird spam. It just gets weirder... read on about
No Dimensional Warp Generator for me! in which someone actually went to the dropoff site. Also, it seems that
others have been conjecturing on the true nature of the emails.
It eventually turned out that the spammer was indeed serious about purchasing a Dimensional Warp Generator and was inflicted with some psychological problems as detailed in this
about.com article. He had been spending enourmous resources both in terms of time and money trying to "return to the future". During the course of his efforts, he himself looks to have also been scammed by those willing to sell him the fictitious device. I have to admit that I feel somewhat saddened by the spammer's plight... real or not. Perhaps I should go rent
K-Pax again.
Posted by khuon on Tue, 11 Jul 2006, 06:26:13 UTC-08:00