Spam cracks me up. I sometimes think that spammers exist only to entertain me, because it’s hard to imagine how they can be making money from some of their crazy schemes.
We got an email recently that looked like it came from us — you know the ones — the From and To fields are the same. So first question — who falls for an email that looks like they themselves sent it? I mean, that’s your first clue right there that the email isn’t legit. Do you remember sending it to yourself? No? Then don’t respond to it!
That aside, the content of the email was just silly. Here it is:
Back in times when you were starting out a degree was not needed but now? is it a WANT
Get your self a BA, MA, MS+ PHD in about 3-6 weeks on the basis of your professional experience.
Phone us
1-215-602-2419
Drop a msg with your Fullname, contact number and the Degree you are intersted in.
So many questions…
- A degree used to be “not needed” but now “is it a WANT’?!? I don’t know, is it a want? And how long ago is “Back in times” anyway?
- What is the native language of the person who wrote this email? ‘Cause it clearly wasn’t English
- Would you want a degree, even a bogus degree, from somebody who can’t spell interested?
There’s only one question that I think I can answer about this email — Who is their target? Who is actually getting this email and thinking YES, I’m calling them!
The answer can only be an unscrupulous complete idiot. Somebody who thinks they can pass themselves off as a PhD with 3-6 weeks training. Somebody who isn’t clever enough to figure out that this is clearly a scam. Somebody who couldn’t figure out that even a “real” fake degree program would make their offer in better English than this.
Spammers. Gotta love ‘em.
