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May 10 2009 by Ian Robson, Sunday Sun

SCAM emails provide an unlimited amount of entertainment.

Day by day they come and, day by day, they can be relied upon to provide amusement.

It’s something to do with the strangulation of the English language and the desperation of the writers.

Normally, they end up in the cyberspace equivalent of a bin, but this one grabbed my attention.

Thank you, Yuliya from Russia, for brightening an otherwise dull day.

She said: “Hello my new dear friend! I do not know, there I write a letter or not. I do not know you, and you I do not know. Here on this I am writing in order to get acquainted with you.

“Most recently, my friend advised me to appeal to the international agency of acquaintances.

“I have addressed in the international agency of acquaintances. And me a distance yours e-mail!”

OK, fine, just about got that. It means my email address was picked at random.

What did Yuliya want?

She went on to say she was looking for a man and asked for a reply to her email in what may, or may not, have been a bit of sexual innuendo.

I don’t think I’ll bother. What was her name again?

Yuliya. Rhymes with you liar.

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