BS: Please help (Mrs. Janet Lin)

Subject: BS: Please help (Mrs. Janet Lin)
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 25 Jun 04 - 03:29 AM

Forwarded to me thru the essential folk BS networks, and for your continuing distribution ;-) :

Let me introduce myself to you. I am Mrs Janet Lin, a director at the First Bank of Carterhaugh. I came to you in confidence because of some money, namely TWENTY-EIGHT MILLION GOLD COINS (28,000,000.000 gold coins) belonging to my missing husband, Thomas (Tam) Lin, who was abducted by the faeries in a ghastly incident many years ago. The money has been buried under a thorn hedge for seven hundred years. I have given up hope that my beloved THOMAS LIN will return and so have decided to retrieve his money and move to Tir Na Nog. I want you to help claim the buried money as you are a source for good investment. For this we are prepared to give you a reasonable percentage of the money. Meanwhile 15% (FOUR MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND GOLD COINS) has been set aside for you and the rest will be for me and my milk cow called Derek. For the intrest of doing business please do not hesitate to contact MR DEREK GUERNSEY on 27-731-450-735 Fax [phone] IMMEDIATELY. I thank you for your cooperation and warn of DIRE CONSEQUENCES if you fail to solicit my confidences.

Mrs. Janet Lin
Director
First Bank of Carterhaugh

Subject: RE: BS: Please help (Mrs. Janet Lin)
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 25 Jun 04 - 03:54 AM

Hey, can I give you my five magic beans instead?

RtS
(the Simple Skiffler)

Subject: RE: BS: Please help (Mrs. Janet Lin)
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 25 Jun 04 - 03:55 AM

Dear Mrs Lin,

The check is in the mail. I have never been more moved by a letter in my life.

I'm sending a copy to all my friends in Narnia, MiddleEarth, and Hogwarts, as well as personal notes to The Brothers Grimm, Merlin, and Superman, the Hulk, and Wonderwoman. And if I have time I'll contact Jason, his Argonauts, and all the folks at Troy.

Lastly, of course, I'm sending a copy of this most important letter by courier to the White House. I imagine you'll be re-contacted immediatly by them as I added some of my favorite fairy dust to the contents.

Best of luck to you, my dear lady.

Your's Sincerely,

William Shatner (channelling one last time through Ellenpoly)

Subject: RE: BS: Please help (Mrs. Janet Lin)
From: A Wandering Minstrel
Date: 25 Jun 04 - 08:33 AM

to paraphrase:

For at the end of seven years
The fairies scam some poor mug to hell
and I so fair and full of flesh
am 'feared it be mysel....!

Subject: RE: BS: Please help (Mrs. Janet Lin)
From: Rapparee
Date: 25 Jun 04 - 09:34 AM

Is this, like, the winnings of the UK Lotto? 'Cause I've gotta an email that my winnings in the UK Lotto are waiting for me.

Subject: RE: BS: Please help (Mrs. Janet Lin)
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 25 Jun 04 - 10:17 AM

We already have a quite superior ongoing thread to deal with the charms of these sorts of email solicitations. It's called "The BEST!!! Nigerian scam letter yet" and you'll find it here. I hope Joe will tack this thread onto that one--I hate to see a contribution go astray and diminish the power of the best scam thread ever!!!   ;-)

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Please help (Mrs. Janet Lin)
From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Jun 04 - 10:28 AM

But THIS one has a direct FOLK music link, and as such, deserving of its very own thread, IMO!

Desert Dance, I am LMAOWROTF. Thanks for sharing!!

katlaughingfersure

Subject: RE: BS: Please help (Mrs. Janet Lin)
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 25 Jun 04 - 12:58 PM

Well, okay.

Subject: RE: BS: Please help (Mrs. Janet Lin)
From: Maryrrf
Date: 25 Jun 04 - 01:44 PM

I enjoyed this!

Subject: Tam Lin
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 25 Jun 04 - 01:48 PM

(Just a subject line change to make sure folks searching for Tam Lin reach this critical thread.)

:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Please help (Mrs. Janet Lin)
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 25 Jun 04 - 02:23 PM

HAHAHAHAHA!!! Hooting and rolling around here....

Best laugh I've had for ages!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Please help (Mrs. Janet Lin)
From: wysiwyg
Date: 25 Jun 04 - 03:21 PM

What will be next? I want to be sure not to miss it!!!!!!!

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Please help (Mrs. Janet Lin)
From: lady penelope
Date: 25 Jun 04 - 03:37 PM

Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehee!


There's never a lepracaun around when you want one, is there?


TTFN Lady P.