Nigerian/SCO Spam

© August 2003 Tony Lawrence

Sat Aug 16 18:16:48 GMT 2003 Nigerian/SCO Spam

Funny stuff:

I found this at https://arstechnica.com/wankerdesk/03q2/nigerian-sco.html but it's in their dumb black background format, so:

 DEAR SIR/MADAM:

 I AM MR. DARL MCBRIDE CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF
 EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE SCO GROUP, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CALDERA
 SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, IN LINDON, UTAH, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
 I KNOW THIS LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOUR BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD NO
 PREVIOUS COMMUNICATIONS OR BUSINESS DEALINGS BEFORE NOW.

 MY ASSOCIATES HAVE RECENTLY MADE CLAIM TO COMPUTER SOFTWARES WORTH
 AN ESTIMATED $1 BILLION U.S. DOLLARS. I AM WRITING TO YOU IN
 CONFIDENCE BECAUSE WE URGENTLY REQUIRE YOUR ASSISTANCE TO OBTAIN
 THESE FUNDS.

 IN THE EARLY 1970S THE AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATION
 DEVELOPED AT GREAT EXPENSE THE COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE
 KNOWN AS UNIX. UNFORTUNATELY THE LAWS OF MY COUNTRY PROHIBITED
 THEM FROM SELLING THESE SOFTWARES AND SO THEIR VALUABLE SOURCE
 CODES REMAINED PRIVATELY HELD. UNDER A SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT SOME
 PROGRAMMERS FROM THE CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF BERKELEY DID ADD
 MORE CODES TO THIS OPERATING SYSTEM, INCREASING ITS VALUE, BUT
 NOT IN ANY WAY TO DILUTE OR DISPARAGE OUR FULL AND RIGHTFUL
 OWNERSHIP OF THESE CODES, DESPITE ANY AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMERICAN
 TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH AND THE CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF BERKELEY,
 WHICH AGREEMENT WE DENY AND DISAVOW.

 IN THE YEAR 1984 A CHANGE OF REGIME IN MY COUNTRY ALLOWED THE
 AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATION TO MAKE PROFITS FROM
 THESE SOFTWARES. IN THE YEAR 1990 OWNERSHIP OF THESE SOFTWARES
 WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE CORPORATION UNIX SYSTEM LABORATORIES. IN
 THE YEAR 1993 THIS CORPORATION WAS SOLD TO THE CORPORATION NOVELL.
 IN THE YEAR 1994 SOME EMPLOYEES OF NOVELL FORMED THE CORPORATION
 CALDERA SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, WHICH BEGAN TO DISTRIBUTE AN UPSTART
 OPERATING SYSTEM KNOWN AS LINUX. IN THE YEAR 1995 NOVELL SOLD THE
 UNIX SOFTWARE CODES TO SCO. IN THE YEAR 2001 OCCURRED A SEPARATION
 OF SCO, AND THE SCO BRAND NAME AND UNIX CODES WERE ACQUIRED BY
 THE CALDERA SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, AND IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR THE
 CALDERA SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL WAS RENAMED SCO GROUP, OF WHICH I
 CURRENTLY SERVE AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

 MY ASSOCIATES AND I OF THE SCO GROUP ARE THEREFORE THE FULL AND
 RIGHTFUL OWNERS OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARES KNOWN AS UNIX.
 OUR ENGINEERS HAVE DISCOVERED THAT NO FEWER THAN SEVENTY (70)
 LINES OF OUR VALUABLE AND PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODES HAVE APPEARED
 IN THE UPSTART OPERATING SYSTEM LINUX. AS YOU CAN PLAINLY SEE,
 THIS GIVES US A CLAIM ON THE MILLIONS OF LINES OF VALUABLE SOFTWARE
 CODES WHICH COMPRISE THIS LINUX AND WHICH HAS BEEN SOLD AT GREAT
 PROFIT TO VERY MANY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. OUR LEGAL EXPERTS HAVE
 ADVISED US THAT OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THESE CODES IS WORTH AN
 ESTIMATED ONE (1) BILLION U.S. DOLLARS.

 UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY EXTRACTING OUR FUNDS FROM
 THESE COMPUTER SOFTWARES. TO THIS EFFECT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE
 MANDATE BY MY COLLEAGUES TO CONTACT YOU AND ASK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.
 WE ARE PREPARED TO SELL YOU A SHARE IN THIS ENTERPRISE, WHICH WILL
 SOON BE VERY PROFITABLE, THAT WILL GRANT YOU THE RIGHTS TO USE
 THESE VALUABLE SOFTWARES IN YOUR BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. UNFORTUNATELY
 WE ARE NOT ABLE AT THIS TIME TO SET A PRICE ON THESE RIGHTS.
 THEREFORE IT IS OUR RESPECTFUL SUGGESTION, THAT YOU MAY BE
 IMMEDIATELY A PARTY TO THIS ENTERPRISE, BEFORE OTHERS ACCEPT THESE
 LUCRATIVE TERMS, THAT YOU SEND US THE NUMBER OF A BANKING ACCOUNT
 WHERE WE CAN WITHDRAW FUNDS OF A SUITABLE AMOUNT TO GUARANTEE YOUR
 PARTICIPATION IN THIS ENTERPRISE. AS AN ALTERNATIVE YOU MAY SEND
 US THE NUMBER AND EXPIRATION DATE OF YOUR MAJOR CREDIT CARD, OR
 YOU MAY SEND TO US A SIGNED CHECK FROM YOUR BANKING ACCOUNT PAYABLE
 TO "SCO GROUP" AND WITH THE AMOUNT LEFT BLANK FOR US TO CONVENIENTLY
 SUPPLY.

 KINDLY TREAT THIS REQUEST AS VERY IMPORTANT AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
 I HONESTLY ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% LEGAL AND
 RISK-FREE.
 

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