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A Bestiary of Spam Charactersby
Dave Dawes
Vivian Schlömer
Die Vopan Brueder
ADARA SALAMAT
noyan
Silvio Lo Russ0
Inga Schlömer
Raimundo Castro
RoSa MenKmAN
Transmediale 2013Wed 30.01.2013Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
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SPAMTIONARY SPAMTIONARY
plesloyalossy / [ˈpleʒlɔɪəllos-ee] (adjective) Devotion or faithfulness although misfortune or bad luck occurs. Ples refers to Mrs. Ples, the popular nickname for the most complete skull of an Australo-pithecus africanus specimen ever found in South Africa – dead but still preserved.
It also refers to digital culture, where many types of digital data are compressed in a way that reduces the size of a computer le almost beyond recognition (known as lossy compression). This term spread via spam e-mail in 2012 and quick-ly became a common expression for the antagonism of loss and loyalty joint in one person, environment, device, situation etc.
1.1 Original skull of 'Mrs. Ples', Transvaal Museum, Pretoria
1.2 Original skull of 'Mrs. Ples', Transvaal Museum, Pretoria – compressed
SPAMTIONARY SPAMTIONARY
plesloyalossy / [ˈpleʒlɔɪəllos-ee] (adjective) Devotion or faithfulness although misfortune or bad luck occurs. Ples refers to Mrs. Ples, the popular nickname for the most complete skull of an Australo-pithecus africanus specimen ever found in South Africa – dead but still preserved.
It also refers to digital culture, where many types of digital data are compressed in a way that reduces the size of a computer le almost beyond recognition (known as lossy compression). This term spread via spam e-mail in 2012 and quick-ly became a common expression for the antagonism of loss and loyalty joint in one person, environment, device, situation etc.
1.1 Original skull of 'Mrs. Ples', Transvaal Museum, Pretoria
1.2 Original skull of 'Mrs. Ples', Transvaal Museum, Pretoria – compressed
Workshop ReportRaimundo (André) Castro
The BookletThe booklet you are either holding or staring at is the result of a workshop titled Spam Publishing. Spam Publishing was one of the four Post-digital Publishing Workshops, focused on DIY publishing, which took place at Transmediale 2013.
The following lines will be dedicated to an overview of the workshop and its outcomes.
The Workshop DescriptionThe workshop revolved around a simple task: “Create writing and hybrid media publications from your junk mail folder”. We wanted to encourage participants to look at spam messages as something more than digital junk. We wanted participants to detect the small and hidden details contained within email spam messages, at the anomalies, at reoccurring elements. Once these elements were found we then proposed an investigation to explore these traces further. The findings of this process were compiled into a ‘spam portrait’ occupying two A5 sheets. In order to gather together all the portraits we decided upon a ‘bestiary’ as our hosting format. A compendium of beasts is a platform where spam beasts find a space to take off their clothes and let themselves be portrayed in their naked state.
Workshop EvaluationIf I make a quick evaluation, I would easily consider that the workshop was a positive experience. To begin with, the workshop gave me the chance to articulate my thoughts around why am I interested in spam, what findings I have made so far about its nature, and what I expect to get from it, as the subject of my inquiry.
Another reason that made me walk out of the workshop room with a smile across my face was the collaboration with Silvio Lorusso. Silvio brought to the project a good dose of pragmatism and enthusiasm: “Let’s do it! Yes, a booklet!”. And along with it, his interest in the remediation of digital materials into analog formats prompted the following questions: What changes does the content undergo when its container changes? Is our view upon that content also transformed? Will we see other sides to spam upon remediation by print? Then the third part of the equation, the participants, came into the play. Their
enthusiasm contaminated the atmosphere of whole workshop, and ideas began circulating at light-speed. Each one seemed to have a slightly different reason for having joined the workshop, but common to all was the will to get below the surface of unsolicited emails. Different areas of investigation were delineated, as follows:
Die Vopan Brueder gave themselves the task of finding a botnet that could be bought in order to spam a large (very large) number of addresses. Making their way through Russian web-forums, the Vopan Brothers eventually located an individual who advertised access to a botnet dedicated to spam. A contact to his ICQ number and a transaction was what was needed in order to seal the deal. Unluckily the Bothers forgot their bitcoin card at home, so no spamming could be carried out this time.
Being notified of a lottery win via email is a frequent occurrence for some of us, even for those who don’t play it. That wasn’t the case for Dave Dawes, a lottery enthusiast who won the British Jackpot Lottery. Out of sheer generosity he is willing to donate a percentage of his fortune to you. Dave made a collage of the various steps in his path to fortune through several news clippings. Congratulations Dave! Hopefully this publication will help you find someone worth your generosity.
Another approach was taken by ADARAM SALAT, the daughter of the founder of Moro Islamic Liberation Front. ADARAM expressed her doubts on the efficiency of Facebook to promote her father’s cause. Although she owns five Facebook accounts and was an avid spammer, not many responses were making it to her. This time ADARAM decided to join this publication and try a new platform from which to promote her cause. Let’s hope it helps.
noyan dug through their inboxes, searching back to 2007, looking for whatever spam had remained. A number of historical viagra adverts were found. The same visual formula branded these emails: A colorful text-box with misspelled “viagra” in capitals. At the bottom of each email a short text kept appearing, in small font-size, and with no apparent sense or reason to be present. Upon searching these cryptic text fragments, noyan found out they were extracts from War and Peace, The Holy Bible, and A Feast for Crows. noya had discovered a case of Spam Lit, a spam technique in which literary texts are introduced into the email body, in order to fool the spam filter into thinking a friend with literary inclinations, and probably a psychological disturbance,
decided to email some fresh prose. Noyan’s venture capitalistic spirit saw this formula as both an innovative advertisement technique for books, and as a resource for literacy programs. Soon enough, these beautiful ads will be adopted in large scale, and sell billions of Dan Brown’s and Paulo Coelhos.
RoSa MenKmAN’s paranormal visionary soul foresaw a future world where spam messages will be fed into karaoke machines. Dancing to electrifying rhythms, looking at color-exploding images, and singing to Dr. Oz’s lyrics will transport us into a world of red raspberries and protein-regulated metabolisms. Here bodies are perfect, weight is something of the past, and a smile is a must.
Vivian and Inga Schlömer also began by excavating their inboxes in search for oddities. A strange and cryptic email was found. The message consisted of composite words with no easily identifiable meaning, plus a broken link. Their findings brought the Schlömers to initiate the Spamtionary, creating as its first entry the term “plesloyalossy”. To the moment, this was the email’s only deciphered term, bearing reference to Mrs. Ples’ devotion to lossy compression.
ConclusionAs previously mentioned, the explorations and discussions undertaken during the workshop brought up a few interesting ideas and a broad range of questions around the topic of spam. Spam’s archeology and its constant metamorphosis were two of the most prominent subjects. Changes in spam appear to take place quite suddenly, dramatically and on a global scale. Why did penis enlargement spam stop arriving in our mailboxes? Why was this spam disappearance felt at roughly the same time? Does it imply that the majority of spam is centralized? Or is it highly networked, generated by a myriad of small groups, aware of each other’s movements, following and appropriating the latest spam trend? And since change is a constant, how important is to register those shifts? Does spam’s cultural value justify such an effort? And why do such questions arise in our minds in the first place? Is it due to the authorless nature of spam? Is it because its creative strategies are contaminated by money-extorting intentions? The wide appeal of spam is also puzzling. Why are so many people curious about it? Why do we not simply treat these texts simply as internet debris? Perhaps there is something that hooks us to them. Perhaps is the fact that these
intimate and confessional emails are entrusted to us, as a result of our good will and honesty. Perhaps is the desire to be told these stories infused with magic spells, distant lands, princesses and kings, and abundant wealth. And no doubt most of us see them as a fictitious, but could it be that we half-believe in them? That we take on a suspension of disbelief because we want to be told these stories, stories which offer opportunities to cast us in the role of heroes and saviors in a spam fantasy world populated by murdered business men, corrupt politicians, seductive women, and generous account managers?
– Raimundo (André) Castro
A Word of ThanksWe’d like to thank all the participants for their inspiring and devoted contributions, Florian Cramer for having invited us to take part in the Post-digital Publishing program of Transmediale 2013, Sebastian Schmieg and Anna Okrasko for their hospitality, Liz Allan for patiently proofreading this text. Last but not least, thanks to the Piet Zwart Institute (in the human forms of Leslie Robbins, Simon Pummel, and Steve Rushton) for making our presence at Transmediale possible.
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My
daug
hter
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ost 7
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icto
ria, h
ad a
dre
am sh
e w
as w
ith th
e Lo
rd th
is S
unda
y Ju
ne 2
6th.
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saw
mill
ions
of a
lien
ship
s aro
und
earth
, circ
ular
shap
ed. V
icto
ria w
as to
ld in
the
drea
m th
ese
alie
ns w
ill li
e to
get
pe
ople
in th
eir s
hips
, she
was
mad
e to
und
erst
and
by th
e Lo
rd th
at in
no
way
shou
ld th
ese
ship
s be
ente
red.
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y th
e al
iens
ar
e lia
rs. S
he w
as sh
own
the
wea
pons
insi
de th
e sh
ips a
nd a
fter h
uman
s ent
ered
the
alie
n sh
ips t
hese
wea
pons
will
be
used
to
kill
the
hum
ans.
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was
show
n th
at m
any
peop
le a
roun
d th
e w
orld
ent
ered
the
alie
n sh
ips a
nd o
nce
insi
de th
e al
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ate
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hum
ans f
lesh
ra
w a
nd w
ill e
ven
drin
k th
eir b
lood
.
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e pe
ople
ent
er th
e sh
ips t
hey
will
find
out
to la
te th
at th
ey ju
st e
nter
ed th
e bu
tche
r sho
p an
d w
ill b
e on
thei
r men
u.
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t eve
r lie
is to
ld b
y th
ese
alie
ns sh
ould
be
igno
red,
peo
ple
shou
ld se
ek th
e H
oly
bibl
e an
d Je
sus w
hile
ther
e is
still
tim
e.
Som
e th
eorie
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ut th
eir l
ies.
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uman
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a D
NA
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exp
erim
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nd th
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re o
ur c
reat
ors.
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ill tr
ansp
ort m
any
hum
ans t
o an
othe
r wor
ld.
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isas
ters
com
ing
to e
arth
, will
hel
p hu
man
s avo
id th
ese
com
ing
disa
ster
s by
taki
ng th
ese
hum
ans t
o an
othe
r pla
ce o
f sa
fety
.
Ble
ssin
gs R
aul.
I hav
e ha
d se
vera
l dre
ams a
bout
alie
ns fi
lling
the
skie
s with
diff
eren
t si
zes a
nd sh
apes
of c
rafts
. In
the
first
dre
am I
saw
a u
fo ta
king
off
that
ha
d w
indo
ws a
roun
d th
e cr
aft.
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ing
clos
er I
saw
a n
umbe
r of
hum
ans l
ooki
ng o
ut th
e w
indo
ws,
they
had
ver
y sa
d lo
oks o
n th
eir
face
s as t
houg
h th
ey h
ad re
aliz
ed th
e bi
g m
ista
ke th
ey h
ad m
ade.
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e se
cond
dre
am th
e sk
y w
as fi
lled
with
them
aga
in m
any
diffe
rent
ty
pes b
ut m
ostly
circ
ular
. In
this
dre
am tw
o cr
eatu
res i
n ho
oded
robe
s ca
me
wal
king
up
to m
e an
d I r
ebuk
ed th
em in
the
nam
e of
Jesu
s. Th
ey
then
turn
ed a
nd fl
ed.
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e th
ird d
ream
the
sky
agai
n w
as fi
lled
and
I was
yel
ling
at p
eopl
e (m
ostly
you
ng p
eopl
e) te
lling
them
not
to g
et o
n th
e cr
aft b
ut th
ey
wou
ld n
ot li
sten
.
Mar
k B
rand
er, C
anad
a
July
5, 2
011
My
daug
hter
alm
ost 7
, nam
ed V
icto
ria, h
ad a
dre
am sh
e w
as w
ith th
e Lo
rd th
is S
unda
y Ju
ne 2
6th.
She
saw
mill
ions
of a
lien
ship
s aro
und
earth
, circ
ular
shap
ed. V
icto
ria w
as to
ld in
the
drea
m th
ese
alie
ns w
ill li
e to
get
pe
ople
in th
eir s
hips
, she
was
mad
e to
und
erst
and
by th
e Lo
rd th
at in
no
way
shou
ld th
ese
ship
s be
ente
red.
The
y th
e al
iens
ar
e lia
rs. S
he w
as sh
own
the
wea
pons
insi
de th
e sh
ips a
nd a
fter h
uman
s ent
ered
the
alie
n sh
ips t
hese
wea
pons
will
be
used
to
kill
the
hum
ans.
She
was
show
n th
at m
any
peop
le a
roun
d th
e w
orld
ent
ered
the
alie
n sh
ips a
nd o
nce
insi
de th
e al
iens
ate
the
hum
ans f
lesh
ra
w a
nd w
ill e
ven
drin
k th
eir b
lood
.
Onc
e pe
ople
ent
er th
e sh
ips t
hey
will
find
out
to la
te th
at th
ey ju
st e
nter
ed th
e bu
tche
r sho
p an
d w
ill b
e on
thei
r men
u.
Wha
t eve
r lie
is to
ld b
y th
ese
alie
ns sh
ould
be
igno
red,
peo
ple
shou
ld se
ek th
e H
oly
bibl
e an
d Je
sus w
hile
ther
e is
still
tim
e.
Som
e th
eorie
s abo
ut th
eir l
ies.
1. H
uman
s are
a D
NA
test
exp
erim
ent a
nd th
ey a
re o
ur c
reat
ors.
2. O
ver p
opul
atio
n an
d w
ill tr
ansp
ort m
any
hum
ans t
o an
othe
r wor
ld.
3. D
isas
ters
com
ing
to e
arth
, will
hel
p hu
man
s avo
id th
ese
com
ing
disa
ster
s by
taki
ng th
ese
hum
ans t
o an
othe
r pla
ce o
f sa
fety
.
Ble
ssin
gs R
aul.
I hav
e ha
d se
vera
l dre
ams a
bout
alie
ns fi
lling
the
skie
s with
diff
eren
t si
zes a
nd sh
apes
of c
rafts
. In
the
first
dre
am I
saw
a u
fo ta
king
off
that
ha
d w
indo
ws a
roun
d th
e cr
aft.
Look
ing
clos
er I
saw
a n
umbe
r of
hum
ans l
ooki
ng o
ut th
e w
indo
ws,
they
had
ver
y sa
d lo
oks o
n th
eir
face
s as t
houg
h th
ey h
ad re
aliz
ed th
e bi
g m
ista
ke th
ey h
ad m
ade.
In th
e se
cond
dre
am th
e sk
y w
as fi
lled
with
them
aga
in m
any
diffe
rent
ty
pes b
ut m
ostly
circ
ular
. In
this
dre
am tw
o cr
eatu
res i
n ho
oded
robe
s ca
me
wal
king
up
to m
e an
d I r
ebuk
ed th
em in
the
nam
e of
Jesu
s. Th
ey
then
turn
ed a
nd fl
ed.
In th
e th
ird d
ream
the
sky
agai
n w
as fi
lled
and
I was
yel
ling
at p
eopl
e (m
ostly
you
ng p
eopl
e) te
lling
them
not
to g
et o
n th
e cr
aft b
ut th
ey
wou
ld n
ot li
sten
.
Mar
k B
rand
er, C
anad
a
My
hot n
eigh
bor c
ame
knoc
king
on
my
door
cr
avin
g fo
r mor
e af
ter
tryin
g m
y hu
ge
man
hood
the
othe
r nig
ht
My
nam
e is
kar
mel
a,24
yea
rs o
ld, S
ince
my
child
hood
I w
as h
avin
g ex
tra w
eigh
t, ve
ry e
xtra
, I lo
ved
eatin
g to
o m
uch
vario
us fo
ods w
ho th
ey m
ake
me
incr
ease
d w
eigh
t day
afte
r day
, and
I ca
n't n
ever
stop
. Unt
il I g
ot to
the
age
of 1
8 ye
ars,
the
curs
ory
was
ver
y ba
d an
d I'm
ash
amed
of a
ppea
ring
in fr
ont o
f peo
ple,
it fe
els r
eally
dev
asta
ted.
I ca
n't w
ear c
loth
es
that
I lo
ve p
lus I
can
't fin
d it
for m
e. O
n th
e ot
her h
and
I suf
fere
d fr
om c
hole
ster
ol a
nd h
yper
tens
ion
Non
-chr
onic
. Bec
ome
isol
ated
from
the
peop
le, n
o fr
iend
s no
intim
ate
rela
tions
hips
bec
ause
peo
ple's
com
men
ts a
bout
cur
sory
, alre
ady
I'm
asha
med
of m
ysel
f, w
as m
y lif
e as
hel
l… S
o I d
ecid
ed to
cha
nge
my
life,
mak
e it
bette
r, I d
on't
wan
t to
live
like
this
, I
wan
t a B
eaut
iful c
urso
ry, I
wan
t to
wea
r nar
row
pan
ts a
nd b
eaut
iful d
ress
es. I
wan
t to
have
my
intim
ate
rela
tions
hips
as a
ll pe
ople
sim
ply
deci
ded
to re
stor
e m
y lif
e.Ti
red
at th
e be
ginn
ing,
I re
ad a
lot a
bout
way
s to
lose
wei
ght,
food
s to
eat a
nd st
ay a
way
from
oth
ers o
r min
imiz
e, a
nd
appr
opria
te sp
orts
whi
ch h
elp
to b
urn
fat b
ette
r and
fast
. Har
d to
get
a g
ood
resu
lt in
a sh
ort t
ime,
it n
eeds
pat
ienc
e, st
rong
w
ill, p
ersi
sten
ce, a
nd n
ot d
espa
ir. B
ut I
knew
I ca
n do
that
I w
ill su
ccee
d. I
lear
ned
not t
o be
lieve
fals
e ad
s, th
ey sa
y to
lose
w
eigh
t in
one
wee
k th
at I
boug
ht th
is p
rodu
ct, f
or sa
le sp
orts
mac
hine
or W
eigh
t los
s pro
duct
s. B
ecau
se w
hen
you
buy
and
shor
t tim
e pa
sses
with
out a
ny a
ppar
ent c
hang
e, y
ou g
et fr
ustra
ted
and
be d
isap
poin
ted,
And
feel
it‘s
not
hing
that
can
hel
p yo
u or
solv
e yo
ur p
robl
em. S
o do
wha
t you
see
fit n
ot to
bel
ieve
fals
e ad
s, ar
med
with
pat
ienc
e an
d de
term
inat
ion,
w
orki
ng o
n lo
ses y
our w
eigh
t fro
m a
ll si
des,
Low
-fat
food
s and
cal
orie
s, gl
obal
food
syst
ems,
prac
tice
of d
iffer
ent s
ports
, R
egul
ar w
alki
ng, W
ith d
eter
min
atio
n an
d co
ntin
ue y
ou g
et g
ood
resu
lts a
nd y
ou c
an d
o it.
Thi
s is w
hat h
appe
ned
with
me,
af
ter t
hat I
got
the
best
way
to lo
se w
eigh
t, I c
ontin
ue th
em a
nd d
id n
ot n
ever
feel
des
pair.
I w
as th
inki
ng a
lway
s in
the
obje
ctiv
e, in
my
beau
tiful
con
figur
able
and
to li
ve a
hap
py li
fe…
I not
iced
that
the
good
resu
lts b
egan
to a
ppea
r on
my
body
, Fat
less
eve
ry d
ay, I
s my
body
app
ears
and
take
s his
nat
ural
form
afte
r tha
t was
dis
torte
d an
d Fa
t sta
cked
ev
eryw
here
. I g
ot a
bod
y al
way
s dre
amed
. Peo
ple
prai
se m
y cu
rsor
y an
d m
y fig
ure,
Ask
ed h
ow I
can
mak
e th
is c
hang
e.
That
was
n't a
surp
rise
for m
e it
took
tim
e an
d ef
fort,
but
if th
e re
sult
was
satis
fact
ory,
the
time
and
effo
rt an
d al
l diff
icul
ties
are
not w
orth
any
thin
g to
resu
lt.In
this
per
iod
som
e pe
ople
trie
d to
em
brac
e m
e, p
eopl
e w
ho h
ave
the
sam
e pr
oble
m-E
xces
s wei
ght-
They
ask
ed m
e ab
out
the
prog
ram
that
I fo
llow
ed, a
nd th
ey a
dvis
ed m
e to
shar
e m
y ex
perie
nce
with
oth
ers f
or th
ey w
ill b
enef
it gr
eatly
. Tha
t's
wha
t pro
mpt
ed m
e to
writ
e th
is p
rimar
y ar
ticle
to te
ll th
e pe
ople
who
suffe
ring
from
exc
ess w
eigh
t abo
ut m
y ex
perie
nce.
Th
ere
will
be
othe
r arti
cles
tell
you
abou
t wha
t you
mus
t do
to g
et th
e bo
dy y
ou w
ant.
My
hot n
eigh
bor c
ame
knoc
king
on
my
door
cr
avin
g fo
r mor
e af
ter
tryin
g m
y hu
ge
man
hood
the
othe
r nig
ht
My
nam
e is
kar
mel
a,24
yea
rs o
ld, S
ince
my
child
hood
I w
as h
avin
g ex
tra w
eigh
t, ve
ry e
xtra
, I lo
ved
eatin
g to
o m
uch
vario
us fo
ods w
ho th
ey m
ake
me
incr
ease
d w
eigh
t day
afte
r day
, and
I ca
n't n
ever
stop
. Unt
il I g
ot to
the
age
of 1
8 ye
ars,
the
curs
ory
was
ver
y ba
d an
d I'm
ash
amed
of a
ppea
ring
in fr
ont o
f peo
ple,
it fe
els r
eally
dev
asta
ted.
I ca
n't w
ear c
loth
es
that
I lo
ve p
lus I
can
't fin
d it
for m
e. O
n th
e ot
her h
and
I suf
fere
d fr
om c
hole
ster
ol a
nd h
yper
tens
ion
Non
-chr
onic
. Bec
ome
isol
ated
from
the
peop
le, n
o fr
iend
s no
intim
ate
rela
tions
hips
bec
ause
peo
ple's
com
men
ts a
bout
cur
sory
, alre
ady
I'm
asha
med
of m
ysel
f, w
as m
y lif
e as
hel
l… S
o I d
ecid
ed to
cha
nge
my
life,
mak
e it
bette
r, I d
on't
wan
t to
live
like
this
, I
wan
t a B
eaut
iful c
urso
ry, I
wan
t to
wea
r nar
row
pan
ts a
nd b
eaut
iful d
ress
es. I
wan
t to
have
my
intim
ate
rela
tions
hips
as a
ll pe
ople
sim
ply
deci
ded
to re
stor
e m
y lif
e.Ti
red
at th
e be
ginn
ing,
I re
ad a
lot a
bout
way
s to
lose
wei
ght,
food
s to
eat a
nd st
ay a
way
from
oth
ers o
r min
imiz
e, a
nd
appr
opria
te sp
orts
whi
ch h
elp
to b
urn
fat b
ette
r and
fast
. Har
d to
get
a g
ood
resu
lt in
a sh
ort t
ime,
it n
eeds
pat
ienc
e, st
rong
w
ill, p
ersi
sten
ce, a
nd n
ot d
espa
ir. B
ut I
knew
I ca
n do
that
I w
ill su
ccee
d. I
lear
ned
not t
o be
lieve
fals
e ad
s, th
ey sa
y to
lose
w
eigh
t in
one
wee
k th
at I
boug
ht th
is p
rodu
ct, f
or sa
le sp
orts
mac
hine
or W
eigh
t los
s pro
duct
s. B
ecau
se w
hen
you
buy
and
shor
t tim
e pa
sses
with
out a
ny a
ppar
ent c
hang
e, y
ou g
et fr
ustra
ted
and
be d
isap
poin
ted,
And
feel
it‘s
not
hing
that
can
hel
p yo
u or
solv
e yo
ur p
robl
em. S
o do
wha
t you
see
fit n
ot to
bel
ieve
fals
e ad
s, ar
med
with
pat
ienc
e an
d de
term
inat
ion,
w
orki
ng o
n lo
ses y
our w
eigh
t fro
m a
ll si
des,
Low
-fat
food
s and
cal
orie
s, gl
obal
food
syst
ems,
prac
tice
of d
iffer
ent s
ports
, R
egul
ar w
alki
ng, W
ith d
eter
min
atio
n an
d co
ntin
ue y
ou g
et g
ood
resu
lts a
nd y
ou c
an d
o it.
Thi
s is w
hat h
appe
ned
with
me,
af
ter t
hat I
got
the
best
way
to lo
se w
eigh
t, I c
ontin
ue th
em a
nd d
id n
ot n
ever
feel
des
pair.
I w
as th
inki
ng a
lway
s in
the
obje
ctiv
e, in
my
beau
tiful
con
figur
able
and
to li
ve a
hap
py li
fe…
I not
iced
that
the
good
resu
lts b
egan
to a
ppea
r on
my
body
, Fat
less
eve
ry d
ay, I
s my
body
app
ears
and
take
s his
nat
ural
form
afte
r tha
t was
dis
torte
d an
d Fa
t sta
cked
ev
eryw
here
. I g
ot a
bod
y al
way
s dre
amed
. Peo
ple
prai
se m
y cu
rsor
y an
d m
y fig
ure,
Ask
ed h
ow I
can
mak
e th
is c
hang
e.
That
was
n't a
surp
rise
for m
e it
took
tim
e an
d ef
fort,
but
if th
e re
sult
was
satis
fact
ory,
the
time
and
effo
rt an
d al
l diff
icul
ties
are
not w
orth
any
thin
g to
resu
lt.In
this
per
iod
som
e pe
ople
trie
d to
em
brac
e m
e, p
eopl
e w
ho h
ave
the
sam
e pr
oble
m-E
xces
s wei
ght-
They
ask
ed m
e ab
out
the
prog
ram
that
I fo
llow
ed, a
nd th
ey a
dvis
ed m
e to
shar
e m
y ex
perie
nce
with
oth
ers f
or th
ey w
ill b
enef
it gr
eatly
. Tha
t's
wha
t pro
mpt
ed m
e to
writ
e th
is p
rimar
y ar
ticle
to te
ll th
e pe
ople
who
suffe
ring
from
exc
ess w
eigh
t abo
ut m
y ex
perie
nce.
Th
ere
will
be
othe
r arti
cles
tell
you
abou
t wha
t you
mus
t do
to g
et th
e bo
dy y
ou w
ant.
Dea
r Frie
nd,
I am
Pet
er H
aym
an,P
erso
nal b
anke
r and
acc
ount
offi
cer t
o th
e la
te U
WE
Gam
balla
who
was
mur
dere
d in
Sou
th A
fric
a, b
efor
e hi
s dea
th
he w
as th
e C
EO o
f por
sche
Mot
ors.
My
urge
nt n
eed
for a
fore
ign
partn
er th
at m
ade
me
to c
onta
ct Y
ou fo
r thi
s tra
nsac
tion.
I go
t you
r co
ntac
t fro
m y
ahoo
Tou
rist s
earc
h w
hile
I w
as se
arch
ing
for a
fore
ign
partn
er. A
s thi
s mes
sage
mig
ht m
eet y
ou in
utm
ost s
urpr
ise.
H
owev
er, i
t All
just
sure
of y
our c
apab
ility
. And
relia
bilit
y to
cha
mpi
on T
his b
usin
ess o
ppor
tuni
ty w
hen
I pra
yed
to g
ood
Lord
abo
ut y
ou.
Bef
ore
his d
eath
he
left
the
sum
of 2
2Mill
ion
Usd
with
the A
BSA
Ban
k of
Sou
th A
fric
a w
ere
curr
ently
wor
k as
a b
anke
r, an
d al
l atte
mpt
to
com
mun
icat
e w
ith h
im F
amily
was
no
no a
vail,
and
he
neve
r inc
lude
d an
y ne
xt o
f Kin
on
this
acc
ount
and
unt
il no
w n
o on
e ha
s ste
ped
forw
ard
to la
y cl
aim
s on
the
entir
e fu
nds T
he B
elow
Lin
k w
ill g
ive
you
an in
sigt
of h
is st
ory.
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ww.
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0/10
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h-af
rica/
Ther
efor
e i r
equi
re y
our p
artn
ersh
ip to
stan
d as
his
nex
t of K
in to
ena
ble
me
prep
are
all l
egal
pap
er w
orks
in y
our n
ame
to h
ave
the
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s m
oved
out
in y
our n
ame,
and
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ou a
gree
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resp
ond
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e to
ena
ble
me
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ish
you
with
mor
e de
tails
as t
o th
e w
ay fo
rwar
d in
ho
w th
is c
an b
e ac
hiev
ed.
Imm
edia
tely
you
rece
ive
this
lette
r. Pl
ease
indi
cate
you
r Will
ingn
ess b
y se
ndin
g yo
ur in
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atio
n to
ena
ble
us e
nter
into
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offic
ial s
tage
of
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tran
sact
ion.
For m
ore
Cla
rific
atio
n an
d ea
sy c
omm
unic
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ou c
an a
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Than
ks,
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s Fai
thfu
lly,
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eter
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man
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ank
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uth
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Hel
lo d
ear f
riend
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How
are
you
doi
ng to
day?
. I M
rs A
nna
Ken
nedy
, and
i am
cur
rent
ly se
ndin
g yo
u th
is m
ail f
rom
my
sick
bed
. I
have
to th
ank
God
this
mom
ent f
or h
is d
irect
ion
as re
gard
s thi
s mis
sion
. God
wan
t me
to c
ompl
ete
this
mis
sion
he
nce,
I go
t you
r con
tact
. I k
now
you
may
be w
onde
ring
how
I go
t you
r con
tact
em
ail.
Act
ually
whe
n I h
eard
from
the
doct
or th
at m
y co
nditi
on h
as b
ecom
e so
criti
cal,
I had
to re
ach
out t
o a
Chr
istia
n si
ster
, who
ass
iste
d m
e in
sear
chin
g fo
r you
r con
tact
in o
rder
to h
elp
me
utili
ze th
is w
ealth
the
way
I am
goi
ng to
inst
ruct
her
ein,
and
eve
n th
e si
ster
that
hel
ped
me
in th
is re
gard
doe
sn't
know
the
purp
ose
for w
hich
I in
tend
to u
se it
I ha
ve p
raye
d ab
out i
t an
d it
has b
een
reve
aled
to m
e th
at y
ou c
an m
ake
judi
ciou
s use
of t
he re
sour
ces f
or it
s int
ende
d pu
rpos
e.
I am
cur
rent
ly se
ndin
g yo
u th
is m
ail f
rom
my
sick
bed
in th
e ho
spita
l. M
y hu
sban
d ea
rned
thes
e fu
nds,
Ten
mill
ion
eigh
t hun
dred
thou
sand
s uni
ted
stat
e do
llars
(10,
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000.
00 U
SD) b
ut h
e di
ed in
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lane
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sh a
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ft ev
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hing
be
hind
for m
e an
d I w
ill jo
in h
im so
on d
ue to
my
ill h
ealth
.D
ue to
my
infe
rtilit
y re
sulti
ng fr
om m
edic
al p
robl
ems I
bec
ame
barr
en. G
od h
as a
reas
on fo
r eve
ryth
ing.
I w
ould
w
ant y
ou to
con
tact
my
law
yer;
he w
ill in
form
you
on
wha
t to
do. C
onta
ct h
im w
ith th
e be
low
det
ails
:
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riste
r Bar
ney
Gab
riel(e
sq)
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l: (b
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You
are
bles
sed.
Mrs
. Ann
a K
enne
dy.
Dea
r Frie
nd,
I am
Pet
er H
aym
an,P
erso
nal b
anke
r and
acc
ount
offi
cer t
o th
e la
te U
WE
Gam
balla
who
was
mur
dere
d in
Sou
th A
fric
a, b
efor
e hi
s dea
th
he w
as th
e C
EO o
f por
sche
Mot
ors.
My
urge
nt n
eed
for a
fore
ign
partn
er th
at m
ade
me
to c
onta
ct Y
ou fo
r thi
s tra
nsac
tion.
I go
t you
r co
ntac
t fro
m y
ahoo
Tou
rist s
earc
h w
hile
I w
as se
arch
ing
for a
fore
ign
partn
er. A
s thi
s mes
sage
mig
ht m
eet y
ou in
utm
ost s
urpr
ise.
H
owev
er, i
t All
just
sure
of y
our c
apab
ility
. And
relia
bilit
y to
cha
mpi
on T
his b
usin
ess o
ppor
tuni
ty w
hen
I pra
yed
to g
ood
Lord
abo
ut y
ou.
Bef
ore
his d
eath
he
left
the
sum
of 2
2Mill
ion
Usd
with
the A
BSA
Ban
k of
Sou
th A
fric
a w
ere
curr
ently
wor
k as
a b
anke
r, an
d al
l atte
mpt
to
com
mun
icat
e w
ith h
im F
amily
was
no
no a
vail,
and
he
neve
r inc
lude
d an
y ne
xt o
f Kin
on
this
acc
ount
and
unt
il no
w n
o on
e ha
s ste
ped
forw
ard
to la
y cl
aim
s on
the
entir
e fu
nds T
he B
elow
Lin
k w
ill g
ive
you
an in
sigt
of h
is st
ory.
http
://w
ww.
auto
blog
.com
/201
0/10
/03/
b...-
sout
h-af
rica/
Ther
efor
e i r
equi
re y
our p
artn
ersh
ip to
stan
d as
his
nex
t of K
in to
ena
ble
me
prep
are
all l
egal
pap
er w
orks
in y
our n
ame
to h
ave
the
fund
s m
oved
out
in y
our n
ame,
and
if y
ou a
gree
do
resp
ond
back
to m
e to
ena
ble
me
furn
ish
you
with
mor
e de
tails
as t
o th
e w
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