Here’s my favourite spam email from last week, followed by my reply.

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Hello Disney fans,
And thank you for signing up for Bill Gates’ Beta Email Tracking.

My name is Walt Disney Jr. Here at Disney we are working with Microsoft
which has just compiled an e-mail tracing program that tracks everyone to
whom this message is forwarded to. It does this through an unique IP
(Internet Protocol) address log book database. We are experimenting with
this and need your help. Forward this to everyone you know and if it reaches
13,000 people, 1,300 of the people on the list will receive $5,000, and the
rest will recieve a free trip for two to Disney for one week during the summer
of 2006 at our expense. Enjoy.

Note: Duplicate entries will not be counted. You will be notified by email
with further instructions once this email has reached 13,000 people.

Your friends,

Walt Disney Jr., Disney, Bill Gates, & The Microsoft Development Team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hello Walt Jr.,

WOW! What an offer! | just can’t believe that Bill Gates and Walt Disney, Jr.
want to conduct business with me, and by email no less. It’s just so excit-
ing.

Ever since | first became aware that | was the living reincarnation of Abe
Lincoln, Louis Riel, and Gandhi (Mahatma, not Indira), it’s been so hard to
find people that will take me seriously. | just know I’m going to be one of
the 1,300 chosen people to get the five-large, but if not, the trip to
Disneyland would be sweet too.

 

 

And speaking of tripping and Disneyland, | did acid there once, and it was
way too much. The crowds totally freaked me out and my friend ended up
crying in her cotton candy for five straight hours. Her mascara ran and she
looked like The Crow, which freaked me out. | ended up climbing inside one
of the “Small World” castles and hiding until it got dark. Then, | walked
around and collected straws off the ground. To this day, | still can’t see an
image of Goofy without it triggering my fight-or-flight response.

Anyhoo, you guys should have a specific day set aside every year strictly for
people to go to Disneyland and trip balls. That would be sweet.

Your business partner and fellow Beta tester,
Colin Miley, Managing Editor, the Other Press ,