Apparently the following e-mail is making the rounds:
"Please,
My name is MR.PETER DAVID,the Director of a Security Company.
There is an Investor,former governor of Bayelsa state the richest oil
state in Nigeria, DSP Alamieyeseigha lodged some fund cash for
safekeeping, he reliably told me to look for a foreign partner/investor
who can receive and manage the fund for him until he is clear with the
problem currently in the state.
For him, his arrest and detention was
politically motivated because {this man supports the presidential
aspirant vice-president Atuku for the next election come 2007 while
Obasanjo the president of Nigeria is planning to rule for the third
term against the constitution;however the money $58,600,000.00 USD
originated from contracts and gratification from multi national oil
companies in the state.We must move the money out from African shores
due to the letter sent to Financial Institutions in Nigeria last week
by Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) requesting her
assistance to trace all money lodged in her bank/Security Companies by
government officials.
His family recently arrived Ghana for safety due
to the problem. Now can you receive the money or find an investor whom
I will offer to give 15% of the total sum for your assistance,5% have
been mapped out for expenses made by both parties,Your role to this
proposal is strictly to receive the fund and provide suitable account
that can receive and hold the money until my physical arrival to your
country.
MR.PETER DAVID."
No matter where you go...there I am. Apparently with this site under unceasing spam assault, someone decided to go one better by incorporating my name into one of the longest-running scams around.
Notice they don't post as Neil Gaiman. Nor Harlan Ellison. They ain't writing, "My name is John Byrne," nossir. Just me.
What an honor.
PAD
Posted by Peter David at April 7, 2006 09:09 AM | TrackBack | Other blogs commentingWait, lemme see if I have this straight--I get 15% of 58 million dollars? And all I have to do is give you my bank account number? Wow, I'd have to be a special kind of stupid not to go for a can't lose deal like that! Where do I send the info?
Maybe they're saving John Byrne for the penis enlargement spam, since he's one of the biggest dicks I know of.
Maybe it's just random coincidence that your name is showing up. "Peter" and "David" are fairly common, after all. Maybe they just picked 2 first names out of a hat and combined them.
Okay, I'm not saying it's likely, just a possibility.
Perhaps they're picking on the guy at www.peterdavid.com instead.
Maybe it's just random coincidence that your name is showing up. "Peter" and "David" are fairly common, after all. Maybe they just picked 2 first names out of a hat and combined them.
My suspicion is PAD knows this...and is just using understatement and sarcasm for humorical purposes.
Now they can have a big fight to see who gets to keep the name. I hope PAD wins, 'cause it must be difficult to get respect from the industry when you sign your books as Photon David.
What an honor.
And that's comes flying off the page (screen) in the dulcet tones of Dr Zoidberg! :D
If they were smart they would never have used the name Peter David. Everyone knows you can't trust your money to a "funny book" writer. Can you even imagine giving your Bank info to some guy name McFarland?!?!
Now if it had been from Paris Hilton, well there's a name you can trust!
Bobb (Waller)
You know you've made it big when your name becomes part of a Nigerian email scam. Or not.
Geez...I buy pretty much everything you write all ready. How much more do you want??
- Chris
I answered that e-mail and gave them all of my financial account numbers.
It's OK, really. I don't have any money. Anyone who raids my accounts will find themselves owing money to places like Adult World Videos. Lots and lots of money.
But I was renting the videos for a friend. No, really.
That's pretty funny.
I'd love to see Harlan Ellison's reaction if his name showed up in a fishing spam like that.
I had no idea there was even Tuckerization spam...
Does X-Ray write Nigerian e-mail scams?
And Bill - actually, both Bills were pretty funny(Hope you're kidding, Bill Myers ;). Bill Mulligan, re: the top of the thread - OUCH! As they would say on That 70's Show - "Burn!!"
You KNOW it was not from Peter because he didn't sign it "PAD".
WCD
www.thegraphicsgarage.com
Given his stature, would it be fair to assume that the spam coming from Harlan would be about "how to gain inches"?
TWL
So why don't we just cut and past "Harlan Ellison" into the letter instead of Peter's name, then forward it to everyone we know? C'mon, it'll be fun!
"So why don't we just cut and past "Harlan Ellison" into the letter instead of Peter's name, then forward it to everyone we know? C'mon, it'll be fun!"
Only if we send it from this_is_a_scam@hotmail.com. I bet we'd still get some positive responses. :)
The sad part about this is that someone somewhere will let their greed get the better of their judgement.
This scam has been running around the internet almost since day one.
They picked the name at random, probably because if you think about it, the name could sound like that of a British individual working in an African country. It actually sounds kind of British when taken in that context.
You gotta hope that one of your yotz enemies doesn't get ahold of it and gets in their head the idea to make trouble for you because of this.
from Bill Mulligan: "Maybe they're saving John Byrne for the penis enlargement spam, since he's one of the biggest dicks I know of."
FUUUUNNNNYYYYYY!! LOL!
Mr. Ellison would hunt the sender down and eat their heart, IMO...
Maybe they know people don't buy anything from Byrne, they just read the stuff then put it back on the shelf!
Brne-stealing is a well known term, PADding isn't ;)