Spam you very much!

[Rob Stevens]

FYI
I got this strangely worded e-mail this morning. May be an attempt to engage re "canoe units" then scam money units.

Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is Rev Tim Wilson and i contacted you to inquire
whether you have Canoe for sale.I will like you to email me with the total
cost of river canoe with the following dimension.

Length:: 4.8m,

Width:: 88.9cm,

Weight:: 36.2kg,

Capacity:: 499kg

Get me the total cost of 3 units worth of the canoes none including
shipping because i will recommend you to a freight company that will be
coming to your location to pick the canoes up as soon as they are ready
in-stock to be picked up.Email me with your name and contact number and
advise me on the method of payment that you accept.Thank You.

Rev Tim Wilson

 

[Benson Gray]

That message was sent to a very broad distribution list including the WCHA store which offers no "units worth of canoes" in this size. I don't respond because it only encourages them to send more.

Benson

 

[Andre Cloutier]

Rob, I was unaware you had designed a 15.7ft canoe that at only 35inches wide would carry 1100 pounds - you've been holding out on us! How much?

 

[Dan Lindberg]

I usually like to lead them on (play with them) a bit and then let them know that whatever they are asking for is ready and to bring cash. Once I mention cash I never hear from them again.

Dan

 

[Rob Stevens]

Rob, I was unaware you had designed a 15.7ft canoe that at only 35inches wide would carry 1100 pounds - you've been holding out on us! How much?

And it only weights 62 pounds!
NFS Still in the developmental stages.

 

[Dave Osborn]

....what Dan Lindberg said!
"Cash" and "personal meeting" are the words I use to scare them off . Or just ignore them.

 

[smallboatshop]

This was in the last Maine Boats & Harbors Mag - "The owner of the Yarmouth yard where I have kept boats for years insists that “boat” is an acronym for “break out another thousand,” an amount I refer to as a “boat unit.” The advantage of using this term is that it sounds smaller, as in, “That new gizmo cost only 1.7 boat units.”

What would a "canoe unit" be?

 

[WoodNCanvas]

Maybe canoe would mean "cash and nothing owed either".

 

[Fitz]

War

I say we declare war on Nigeria. Given the amount of spam coming from there, they must have cost the US more than Osama by now.