This is what Happens when you Reply to Spam Email

James Veitch TED During Global Geneva

Suspicious emails: unclaimed insurance bonds, diamond-encrusted safe deposit boxes, close friends marooned in a foreign country. They pop up in our inboxes, and standard procedure is to delete on sight. But what happens when you reply? Follow along as writer and comedian James Veitch narrates a hilarious, months-long exchange with a spammer who offered to cut him in on a hot deal.

Ever received a suspicious email about your PayPal account, or from a Nigerian prince? Of course you have, you're a human with an email address.
James Veitch

Most of us instantly press 'delete', but James Veitch hits 'reply'. The Apple 'genius'-turned-stand-up comedian spent months responding to scammy emails and he published the ridiculously funny online exchanges on his blog, Bluffable. Then they became the subject of his live show, and now they've been curated into a book, 'Dot Con', which is out on August 13 (Quandrille, £7.99.)


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