August 19, 2006

Lord's Prayer with an Email Twist

I got a clever email from an associate of mine, David Baker with Agency.com. I thought it was good enough to blog about for a quick chuckle:

I had been teaching my three-year old daughter
the Lord's Prayer for several evenings at bedtime.
She would repeat after me the lines from the prayer.
Finally, she decided to go solo.
I listened with pride as she carefully enunciated each
word, right up to the end of the prayer:

"Lead us not into temptation," she prayed,

"but deliver us from E-mail."

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July 18, 2005

Spam + God. No thanks.

Religion is personal. My initial reaction to this email was a slight chuckle of yet another scam. The more I thought about it, the more annoyed I got.

The "Bank of Nigeria" spam scam has now evolved to a poorly written "God and pity" email with a strong subject line. Decide for yourself if this email really resonates with you. If so, don't send me any God Spam. Spam and God do not mix.

"From: Jennifer Wilson [mailto:contactjwilson@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 4:13 AM
Subject: Response Required

Greetings,

I am Mrs. Jennifer Wilson I am a dying woman who have decided to donate what I have to you/ church. I am 59 years old, 2 years ago I was diagnosed for cancer, immediately after the death of my husband Mr. George Hern Wilson, who has left me everything he worked for while in America.

I have been touched by God to donate from what I have inherited from my late husband to you for the good work of God,rather than allow my relatives to use my husband's hard earned funds ungodly.Please pray,that the good Lord forgive me my sins.I have asked God to forgive me and I beleive he has because He is a merciful God. I will be going in for an operation in less than one hour."

"I decided to WILL/donate an amount that will disclosed to you later for the good work of the lord, and also to help the motherless and less privilege and also for the assistance of the widows.

At the moment I cannot take any telephone calls right now due to the fact that my relatives are around me and my health status.I have adjusted my WILL and my representative is aware I have changed my will and he will arrange the transfer of the funds from my account to you.
I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you abundantly, and please use the funds well and always xtend the good work to others.

Contact my representative who is in person of Mr.Mark Johnson with this specified email; infomarkjohnson@netscape.net and inform him that I have briefed you about the Will and he will inform you of the amount I am Willing to you for the good work. I know I dont know you but I have been directed to do this.Thanks and God bless.

NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the task is accomplished as I don't want anything that will Jeopardize my last wish. And Also I will be contacting with you by email as I don't want my relation or anybody to know because they are always around me.

Regards,
Jennifer Wilson"

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