A new variant of the Nigeria scam

[Stan]

For the last six weeks I've been getting on a work email address a steady flow of scam email offers, starting with Nigerians and now ostensibly Chinese emails. Plus the odd appeal for an email penfriend. If only they used a spellchecker and were not so implausible.

davidbfpo

Ooh, David...It gets much better here:

Whilst on a business trip in China, a man wanted to buy some cheap electrical gifts for his children.

He quickly discovered what looked like a suitable shop and found a pair of iPods at a great price.

Natuarally concerned that they may be cheap in more ways than one, he asked the shopkeeper what would happened if they did not work.

The shopkeeper excitedly pointed at what was the only sign in the shop that was written in English.

It said, ‘GUARANTEE NO SPOILT’.

The businessman was glad of the reassurance and duly paid for two iPods before returning to his hotel.

As soon as he reached his room he tried testing both of them.

Unfortunately, neither would even so much as switch on.

The businessman quickly returned to the shop and asked for either a refund or an exchange.

The shopkeeper laughed and refused both requests, pointing to the only sign written in English.

In broken English the shopkeeper said, ‘In case you forgot, we read from right to left in China.’