Letter From Kenya: Wonkette, Buy Me A Phone!
Forget Nigeria! The new spammer-scammer hotspot is St. Barack Obama's homeland of Kenya, where the e-mailers have figured out a foolproof way to get money out of gullible American political satirists. Prepare to be awed by fraud.
From: chritine achieng (____@yahoo.com)
To: ken@wonkette.com
Date: Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 12:55 AM
I wish Obama the best of luck and am sure he is going to win.
By the way am in Kenya, and people have just decided to be thieves because there is no Job.We are living in a corrupt country.People are being killed like animals yet we are the poorest people in this wold.You guyz should pray for us.
U know, what i am still a student and they stole my phone last week. I dont have any money to buy another phone. Please can u send me some money so that i buy another phone?
Why yes, "Chritine," if that is your real name, we will be happy to send you some money so you can buy a new iPhone -- after we're done praying for you, we mean. But what sort of terrible thief would take a Kenyan girl's only iPhone? Luckily for us, "Chritine" then sent another email that brought the terrible situation to light:
From: chritine achieng (____@yahoo.com)
To: ken@wonkette.com
Date: Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 12:55 AM
I hope you know those two images but if you don't know, ask me and i will tell you who they are.
Note: forwarded message attached.