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How a Stupid Scammer Made My Day: The Hilarious Story of a Ridiculous Email

Brandt Amelia
3 min readMar 19, 2023

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Have you ever received an email From a Scammer That left you laughing so hard you almost fell out of your chair? Well, I certainly have! Let me tell you about my recent encounter with a guy named Michael who tried to scam me out of my hard-earned cash .

It all started with an email that had the subject line “STATEMENT” from someone named Michael with the email address kkimig gmail.com . As soon as I read it , I knew something Was off . The Email contained a strange set of numbers , 5436559–005586 , which made absolutely no sense to me.

email of the scammer

But the funniest part was the attached PDF File that claimed to be from PayPal support , saying they valued my trust and had sent an invoice generated on March 14 , 2023 . The only problem was that it was still March 12, 2023 !

PDF file send by the scammer

To make matters worse, the PDF file requested that I send $429 to a Bitcoin address in order to resolve the issue. I Couldn’t believe it! Did this guy really think I was stupid…

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Brandt Amelia
Brandt Amelia

Written by Brandt Amelia

Amelia, a writer and lover of literature.dedicates her life to the written word. https://brandtamela.medium.com/membership

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