Received spam just now.. that good old Nigerian (help me get this money and you can keep some percentage) scam.. two copies even.. I've yet to receive any spam to this e-mail address so I was curious how this happened.. Based on the IP address in the e-mail header, I checked my apache logs and my hunch was right..

217.78.74.18 - - [12/Sep/2002:17:08:39 -0700] "GET /blog/ HTTP/1.1" 200 71627 "http://www.movabletype.org/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90)"

This guy got my address from my blog to which he came via Movable Type.

So this is what these spammers do now.. check sites that list recently updated blogs and use posted contact information.. I suppose they're more likely to get a live person that way.. sad.

I wonder how many candidates he'll get to claim the whopping sum of $36.. isn't that a tad low? :)

IP of course from Nigeria.. (even though the spam says Taiwan.. click 'more' to view /w headers).

person: George Opara
address: #5A Karimu Kotun St.
address: Victoria Island
address: Lagos, Nigeria

inetnum: 217.78.64.0 - 217.78.79.255
netname: NG-SIOTEL-20001206
descr: SIOTEL NIGERIA LIMITED
descr: PROVIDER
country: NG
admin-c: SN1917-ORG
tech-c: SA4434-RIPE
status: ALLOCATED PA
changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 20001207
source: RIPE
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 20010508
changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 20010517
changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 20020913

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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 02:28:14 +0200
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From: Dante Braga
(External Auditor)
Union Bank of Taiwan
5F,No.109, Min-Shen0g E. Rd.,
Sec. 3, Taipei.
Taiwan, R. O. C.
Telex: 26354 UBTWIBD
E-mail pro2004all1111@accountant.com

Dear Sir,
I am an external auditor for Union Bank of Taiwan. I got your email
address while searching for trustworthy individual personality that can collaborate with me in
this matter of crucial mutual benefits.In carrying out our professional etiquette report, we United States
Dollars ($36USD) in the account belonging to one of their late foreign customer who died along with
his entire family in September 2nd 1998 in a plane crash.

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his
next of kin to come over and claim this money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as
next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in their banking guidelines. Unfortunately, we
learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relations died alongside with him in the plane crash leaving
nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this
business proposal to you, and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased. And
subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the Bank
Treasury as unclaimed asset.

The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money
remained unclaimed after Six years, the money will be transferred into the Bank Treasury as unclaimed
fund.Regards to the professionalism we have the mandate to decide who becomes the next of kin, (though
classified). The request of foreigner as next
of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer
was a foreigner and a CITIZEN OF TAIWAN cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.

We agree that 30% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during
the business and 60% would be for me.There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to
the percentages stated above. Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as
arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the deceased indicating your
private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication.And indicate where in the money will
be remitted to as well. I will also instruct you on how you can add in your application to the bank that
you get paid through Union Bank of Taiwan corresponding bank in America,Europe or Asia as this will be
Easier for us all.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text
of the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that
you should not entertain any fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.

Yours Truly,

Dante Braga
(External Auditor)
Union Bank of Taiwan,
5F,No.109,Min-Sheng E. Rd.,
Sec. 3, Taipei.
Taiwan, R. O. C.
Telex: 26354 UBTWIBD
Please Reply to my private E-mail:pro2004all1111@accountant.com