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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trust nothing from nigeria. really. any email, mail, or fax from nigeria do not trust. there’s like a ring of people who go around cheating people from their money.
Why wuold it go to cosnutilngmnaaegr? Is your nmae on smoe wbestie or wahtont? If not, no tusrt gvnein.
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?
shrug. i got a bunch of emails while at stanford from ppl all over the world wanting to learn wushu from me. Great.