Best Spam Email Ever – Oil Tanker For Sale

by Patrick Altoft on October 23, 2008

Below is a spam email that just made its way past Gmails filters. Wonder what the conversion rate is on something like this?

Would you buy a brand new oil tanker from a spam email? I bet the affiliate CPA is pretty high.

23 October 2008 14:13
Subject Newly built 7,000 dwt Oil Tanker For Sale

Newly built Oil Tanker For Sale directly with Ship Owner.

Dead Weight: 7,000dwt
Type of Vessel : Oil Tanker
Type of Hull: Double Side
Type of bottom: Double Side
Year of built: 2008
Net Registered Tonnage (NRT): 2261
Gross Tonnage (GT): 4922
Length overall (LOA): 118.0m
Length between perpendiculars (LBP): 110.0m
Beam (extreme breadth): 17.60m
Breadth molded: 17.60m
Depth molded: 9.0m
Design draft: 6.60m
Trading area: The vessel sails in unrestricted navigation area
Laycan: Prompt

Please contact us if you are interested.

Best Regards

Judy Qian

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Patrick Altoft is Director of Search at Leeds based digital & SEO agency Branded3. Patrick also runs Blogstorm.

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Ciaran 23 Oct 2008 at 2:59 pm

Once I get that $32 million the nice man in Nigeria has promised me I’m definitely going to get me one of these…

Shark SEO 23 Oct 2008 at 3:18 pm

That… that is just extraordinary.

Pete W 23 Oct 2008 at 3:25 pm

Maybe they really do have one for sale, and think you’d be interested…

…what? It’s possible!

kelvin newman 23 Oct 2008 at 3:49 pm

You’re sure it’s not that someone has signed you up for the greasy tankers mailing list?

Boom Boom, I’m here all week enjoy your steak

sandossu 23 Oct 2008 at 7:01 pm

I want two, please :)

Tyler Banfield 23 Oct 2008 at 7:17 pm

Ha, I found a post from another blogger who received this email. Not only did he respond to the email, but “Judy” wrote him back and said that it’s a real offer (they’re selling 3 ships for $17,000,000 each).

Tamar Weinberg 23 Oct 2008 at 7:45 pm

Dude, those emails have nothing on mine! :)

Check this one out: http://flickr.com/photos/pixelopera/2757379171/

:)

Peter Young 24 Oct 2008 at 11:23 am

I’ve put my name down for two – so you may have to move quick :)

James 24 Oct 2008 at 4:14 pm

Heck, with all the “you’ve won the national lottery” from all over the world, i’m
not richer then Trump and Gates combined. I’ll take 2 of these…..*LOL*

Nick Stamoulis 24 Oct 2008 at 4:16 pm

That is a great email. I wonder if anybody actually wanted to purchase it?

Ryan G 26 Oct 2008 at 10:03 pm

It’s been through a lot for a 2008.

Ray The Money Man 28 Oct 2008 at 12:26 am

You would be surprised! Some people will fall for anything.

Muurtegel 30 Oct 2008 at 10:35 am

Hahaha, i never read spam mail but it can be hilarious sometimes =’)

Peter 20 Jul 2009 at 8:02 pm

All you touts that have nothing to do than scrambling through the web daily condeming other people.
What do you know about shipping for a start?? That mail in question is a ”circular” from a shipbroker that is well-known within shipping circle. So, if you receive such mail and feel that it is mistake and without value to you, why cant you do the honorable thing by deleting it and mind your business?

Am disppointed that the world is still full of ignorants, despite that we are living in an information age. What do ”Nigeria” has to do with that mail from Judy Qian, …as that thing above that call himself CIARAN is trying to portray. He is talking as if Nigeria is the haedquarters of scammers, when we all know that countries like the USA, UK, RUSSIA, GERMANY, CANADA, ETC, ETC, keeps producing record-holders in world of scam each year. Every well-iformed person, except CIARAN, know one from USA that recently bagged 150 years jail for being the king of scammers. But am not hearing anyone shouting about it. Instead, it is Nigeria that ignorants like CIARAN keep on the tip of their tongues daily.

Also, the simple truth is that most of the victums of scam are criminals themself. If someone tell you that you will be paid for a ”contract” that you never did, or that you will be paid for a ”lottery” that you never played, or that you will be supplied goods at a ridiculous price below sensible imagination, why not you walk away from the deal, and report the person to the cops…if not because you are also a criminal??? I also receive such mails, but I do delete them right away…or in some cases, save some if I feel that they makes good comedy.

But when you stuck your ass somewhere in Western world waiting for stolen money from one ‘’stupid” African country to be transfered to your bank account so that you will cash it and disapear, NOBODY will cry for you if you are defrauded along the line. You and the person that defaruded you are in same category. CRIMINALS!! What then happens is that ”overtake then overtakes overtake”. Goodluck!!!!

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