Am I Spam or Not?

Never sure if I’m supposed to take these requests seriously.  I get one every few months, usually from a third-world country:

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From: seun Akinnawo [mailto:kwamone@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 8:18 AM
To: consultingmanager@www-acomp.stanford.edu
Subject: i wants admssion form.

Am Akinnawo Oluwaseun from p.o.box 209 ipaja lagos Nigeria. i wants to study in your school so i wants you to plx send the admssion form to me so that i can fill and be a  studentin this coming Autum. plz send the form to me. and i can join the school.

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4 Comments

  1. Well, the weird thing is the “send me an application” rather than “send me money, your credit card, social security number” etc.  If it’s spam, what’s the point?

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