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Spammed!

August 31, 2010 By: Sparkle Cat34 Comments

You can't fool me, you dumb spammer!

Those of you kitties who, like me, have your own email addresses already know: spam is the scourge of the earth. Actually I have three different email accounts! Some of them get more spam than others. But this particular not-so-tasty delight arrived in one of my human’s personal email accounts! It was very strange, because that address is not usually associated with me at all.

Email addresses hidden to protect the guilty... and the guiltier.

Since it said “Proposal,” my human had to open it up. After all, I do get authentic business proposals sometimes. But this wasn’t one:

Hello Sparkle,
I am Mr. R G Barber, Company Secretary of HSBC, Hong Kong. I have a business proposal for you. A transfer of $24.5 million was deposited by one of our late customer who died without declaring any next of kin before his death in 2003. Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is to stand as the next of kin to Alfred Cat, since you as you bear the same surname. So you will be able to receive this funds to your own nominated account we shall share in the ratio of 50% for me, 50% for you.
Regards,
R G Barber.

Yes, there are typos, and no, they are not mine. My command of the written English word is impeccable and I would not make such glaring mistakes. I also have way too much integrity to stand in as a relative to a cat I’ve never even heard of. Although I do admit that the thought of a cat worth $24.5 million is quite gratifying. If the fictional Alfred Cat can do it, then a living, breathing cat should be able to do even better!

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  1. Lin says

    September 1, 2010 at 5:54 pm

    Ugh. Although it is frustrating, some of that spam is just so silly! Alfred Cat!!! Sheesh.

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  2. Pricilla says

    September 1, 2010 at 9:54 am

    Spam makes good sushi

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  3. Noir the Texas Tabby says

    September 1, 2010 at 8:36 am

    24.5 million? Think how much food and kitty litter than could buy for alot of kitties who don’t such!

    Spam. Some humans have too much time on their hands. Tommy got an e-mail from a co-worker who said he was stuck in London, because he had been robbed. He couldn’t pay his hotel bill or get back to Texas, so would Tommy wire the money and the co-worker would pay her back. Even left a phone number. Forty-five minutes, Tommy told her co-worker as they go coffee in the break room at work, how glad he able to make it back from London in time for work. They laughed.

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  4. GrammyMousetails says

    August 31, 2010 at 10:30 pm

    I’z ben getting thez spams too! that would buy more cheese than I could ever eat & feed all my elevty-billion grand-mices too! maybe you could figure out a way to pay Mr. Barber hsi 50 half in nuggets from the potty box!

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  5. Spitty says

    August 31, 2010 at 9:05 pm

    The Human and I ordinarily despise those scamming spamming scammers, but we found this delightful! In fact, if you are not the long-lost relative of Alfred Cat, I think **I** might me. Just THINK of the Stinky Goodness that a kitty could purchase with all those green papers! Swoon!

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  6. Ratty says

    August 31, 2010 at 7:26 pm

    I would bet that Alfred Cat is really Alfred Pole Cat.

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  7. Rebecca says

    August 31, 2010 at 7:13 pm

    I am being personally spammed like never before, too. They are using my “contact me” page to spam me. GRRRRRRRRRR

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  8. Nico, Simon & JayJay says

    August 31, 2010 at 7:08 pm

    Just think of it as a confidence game – all the scammers have to get is one or two gullible cats to put up their own money as a “show of good faith”… That being said, we’ve gotten those sorts of emails from the cayman islands several times before – luckily our gmail account automatically filters them out before we have a chance to read them, not that we’d EVER fall for it!!

    Have a great day!!

    ~Nico, Simon & JayJay 🙂

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  9. Dash Kitten says

    August 31, 2010 at 5:55 pm

    Oh my – either you will be rich, or you need to set up an online proof reading bizzness for these guys MOL!!

    Dash Kitten.

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  10. Cat's Cats says

    August 31, 2010 at 4:09 pm

    I’ve received a similar email before to the general mailbox address at my work, but the distant relative was from India – LOL!

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  11. Willow says

    August 31, 2010 at 1:40 pm

    China Cat & I agree with Brian – Chicken is way better than spam!

    Purrrrrrrrs, Willow

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  12. Brian says

    August 31, 2010 at 11:39 am

    Spam isn’t nearly as good as chicken!

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  13. meemsnyc says

    August 31, 2010 at 11:35 am

    Argh! How annoying. Spam is the worst!!

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  14. The Kool~Kittie~Krew says

    August 31, 2010 at 11:00 am

    People are such jerks sometimes!

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  15. Katnip Lounge says

    August 31, 2010 at 9:52 am

    We got some spam like that, too.

    Too bad it wasn’t a offer to buy some swamp property…now that sounds like a deal!

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  16. BeadedTail says

    August 31, 2010 at 8:37 am

    Maybe just maybe it’s real! Well, one can dream we suppose. You don’t need Alfred’s money anyway since you’re a well known author!

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  17. Cheysuli says

    August 31, 2010 at 8:28 am

    I avoid spam like that. If it’s too good to be true, it probably is. My spam tends to try and tell me I am related to a human though…

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  18. Jacqueline says

    August 31, 2010 at 8:17 am

    The internet sure can bring out the crazies and the dishonest=we all need to be careful…Have a fun Tuesday, beautiful girl…kisses…Calle, Halle, Sukki

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  19. Raymond and Busby says

    August 31, 2010 at 7:35 am

    We maybe a distant relative of Alfred Cat too!

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  20. Sniffie and the Florida Furkids says

    August 31, 2010 at 6:24 am

    We have our own gmail account and haven’t gotten anything about our cousin Alfred!

    Sniffie and the Florida Furkids

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  21. Fraidy Cats says

    August 31, 2010 at 5:36 am

    Spam is no good even if it is that stuff in the can. Glad you weren’t fooled Sparkle. Who knows how much it would have cost to be that cat’s heir and you’d never see any of it.

    hmmmm, suddenly we are hungry for some eggs, bacon, spam, spam, spam, and spam….

    -Pip, Smidgen, Minnie

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  22. Marg says

    August 31, 2010 at 4:56 am

    Our Mom gets spam all the time. She does a lot of deleting on the emails. That kind of email goes around a lot, not just a millionaire cat and a lot of the time, they ask you to send money back for some reason. I heard on the news that some people actually did that.
    We hate getting spam on our blog. That really ticks off the assistant.
    Have a great day.

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  23. Huffle Mawson says

    August 31, 2010 at 4:54 am

    Hmmm. I only get spam from dodgy online pharmacists offering me little blue pills. I’d rather the $24.5 mill thanks.

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  24. Fui, Suey and Lishy says

    August 31, 2010 at 4:32 am

    You should go for it, Sparkle. It’s too good to be true, what could possibly go wrong?! 😛

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  25. Mishkat says

    August 31, 2010 at 4:31 am

    Wow, we’re impressed that you got your own personal spam! Our mom gets it but we have never received any.

    P.S. Many, many, thanks for your purrs for Blackie! Very much appreciated.

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  26. Daisy the Curly Cat says

    August 31, 2010 at 4:29 am

    $24.5 MILLION?!? Where do I go to stand as next of kin to my old buddy Alfred Cat?!?

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  27. The Island Cats says

    August 31, 2010 at 4:24 am

    We think you should figure out how to get all this money yourself and cut Mr. Barber out of the equation! Oh waydaminut…you’re telling us it’s not real?? Nevermind….

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  28. Simba says

    August 31, 2010 at 4:02 am

    Go for it, Sparkle. Looks legit to me ………….

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  29. Momo says

    August 31, 2010 at 3:27 am

    Yeah, I get spam mail too, some of which are just far too ridiculous to be sent to a granny cat.

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  30. Goldie says

    August 31, 2010 at 3:06 am

    That is poopy!

    I hate to say it but I probably would have fell for that! Dang. I am just too trusting.

    Glad to see you are on the ball!

    Purrs Goldie

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  31. casbahkitten says

    August 31, 2010 at 2:57 am

    Yeah, our email got hacked, spammed……..whatever. And the nasty villian sent out emails to everyone in our address book saying that Momma was stranded in the UK, had been mugged, and needed monies. Everyone knew it was fake because:
    #1 If Momma was going to the UK, she’d talk about it incessantly for weeks prior.
    #2 The English are way too polite to mug people (or so they are in OUR happy little world).
    #3 Momma is street smart enough not to carry all her plastic cards/monies in her purse just in case it gets snatched.

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  32. rumblepurr says

    August 31, 2010 at 2:14 am

    You’re RICH!! You’re RICH!! …waitasec…

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  33. Fuzzy Tales says

    August 31, 2010 at 1:47 am

    Most spam is so stupid we can’t understand how any human could fall for it. Oh, wait, we typed “human”….Certainly no cat would be so gullible!

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  34. ozark Mountain Cats says

    August 31, 2010 at 1:22 am

    Well all us cats now have something to shoot for. Our biped has gotten several of those types of emails but we sure haven’t. Just imagine how many cans of stinky goodness we could buy.

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