ABOUT THE SPEAKER
James Veitch - Comedian and writer
For James Veitch, a British writer and comedian with a mischievous side, spam emails proved the perfect opening to have some fun, playing the scammers at their own game.

Why you should listen

Packed full of Nigerian princes, can't miss investment opportunities and eligible Russian brides, James Veitch's correspondence with email spammers leads to surprising, bizarre and usually hilarious results. Out of this experiment came his first book, Dot Con. In 2014, his first solo comedy show The Fundamental Interconnectedness of Everyone with an Internet Connection, premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe to wide acclaim. His second show, Genius Bar, focussed on his time working for Apple, chronicles his attempts to fix his relationship using the same troubleshooting techniques he’d been using to fix iMacs, iPhones and iPods. He is currently writing his third show and preparing to tour the UK. 

He lives in London with his full body pillow.

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James Veitch: This is what happens when you reply to spam email

James Veitch: Inilah yang berlaku bila anda balas emel penipuan

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Email yang sangsi: bon insuran tidak dituntut, peti deposit keselamatan bertatah belian, rakan rapat terkandas di negara asing. Emel ini muncul dalam peti masuk kita dan prosedur biasa adalah memadamkannya. Namun apa yang berlaku jika anda balas? Ikuti penulis dan pelawak James Veitch menceritakan perbualan melucukan selama berminggu-minggu bersama penipu yang menawarkan ganjaran atas urusjanji yang menarik.
- Comedian and writer
For James Veitch, a British writer and comedian with a mischievous side, spam emails proved the perfect opening to have some fun, playing the scammers at their own game. Full bio

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00:12
A fewbeberapa yearstahun agosebelum ini,
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Beberapa tahun lepas
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I got one of those spamspam emailse-mel.
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saya menerima emel spam
00:17
And it manageddiuruskan
to get throughmelalui my spamspam filterpenapis.
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dan ia berjaya melepasi penapis spam
00:19
I'm not quiteagak sure how,
but it turnedberpaling up in my inboxpeti masuk,
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saya tak pasti, tapi ia muncul
dalam peti masuk saya
00:22
and it was from a guy
calleddipanggil SolomonNabi Sulaiman OdonkohOdonkoh.
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dan daripada seorang lelaki
bernama Solomon Odonkoh
00:24
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
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I know.
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Saya tahu.
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(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
00:28
It wentpergi like this:
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Begini kandungannya:
" Hello James Veitch,
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it said, "HelloHello JamesJames VeitchVeitch,
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00:31
I have an interestingmenarik businessperniagaan proposalcadangan
I want to shareberkongsi with you, SolomonNabi Sulaiman."
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Saya ada cadangan perniagaan menarik
untuk berkongsi dengan anda, Solomon."
00:36
Now, my handtangan was kindjenis of hoveringberlegar
on the deletepadam buttonbutang, right?
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Sekarang, tangan saya berlegar
di butang padam.
00:39
I was looking at my phonetelefon.
I thought, I could just deletepadam this.
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Saya merenung telefon dan fikir,
boleh saja saya padam.
00:42
Or I could do what I think
we'vekami sudah all always wanted to do.
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Atau saya boleh buat
perkara kita selalu teringin buat.
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(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
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And I said, "SolomonNabi Sulaiman,
Your emaile-mel intrigueskomplot me."
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Saya balas, "Solomon, emel
awak tarik perhatian saya."
00:52
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
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(ApplauseTepukan)
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(Tepukan)
01:00
And the gamepermainan was afootdirangka.
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Bermulalah permainan ini.
01:05
He said, "DearDear JamesJames VeitchVeitch,
We shallhendaklah be shippingpenghantaran GoldEmas to you."
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Dia berkata,"James Veitch, kami akan
menghantar Emas kepada anda."
01:08
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
01:10
"You will earnmendapat 10%
of any goldemas you distributesmengedarkan."
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"Awak akan menerima 10%
dari emas yang anda edarkan."
01:13
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
01:15
So I knewtahu I was dealingberurusan
with a professionalprofesional.
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Saya tahu saya berurusan
dengan pakar.
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(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
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I said, "How much is it worthbernilai?"
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Saya bertanya, "Berapakah nilainya?"
01:25
He said, "We will startmulakan
with smallerlebih kecil quantitykuantiti," --
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Dia menjawab, "Kita bermula dengan
kuantiti lebih kecil," --
01:27
I was like, awwAww --
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Saya berasa kecewa
01:28
and then he said, "of 25 kgsKGS.
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kemudian dia sambung," 25 kg.
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(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
01:34
The worthbernilai should be about $2.5 millionjuta."
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Nilainya dianggarkan $2.5 juta."
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I said, "SolomonNabi Sulaiman, if we're
going to do it, let's go bigbesar.
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Saya kata, "Solomon,jika kita
berkerjasama, buatlah besar-besaran.
01:42
(ApplauseTepukan)
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(Tepukan)
01:50
I can handlemengendalikan it.
How much goldemas do you have?"
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Saya boleh menguruskannya.
Berapa banyak emas yang kamu ada?"
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(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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He said, "It is not a matterperkara
of how much goldemas I have,
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Dia berkata, "Ini bukan tentang
jumlah emas saya miliki,
02:00
what mattersperkara-perkara is
your capabilitykeupayaan of handlingpengendalian.
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yang penting ialah
kemampuan awak uruskannya.
02:02
We can startmulakan with 50 kgsKGS
as trialpercubaan shipmentpenghantaran."
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Kita boleh mula 50 kg
sebagai percubaan."
02:04
I said, "50 kgsKGS?
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Saya bertanya, "Hanya 50 kg?
02:06
There's no pointtitik doing this at all
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Baik tak payah buat
02:08
unlessmelainkan jika you're shippingpenghantaran
at leastpaling kurang a metricmetrik tonTan."
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kecuali hantar paling
kurang satu metrik tan."
02:10
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(ApplauseTepukan)
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(Tepukan)
02:15
He said, "What do you do for a livinghidup?"
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Dia bertanya, "Apa pekerjaan awak?"
02:17
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
02:20
I said, "I'm a hedgelindung nilai funddana
executiveeksekutif bankbank managerpengurus."
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Saya menjawab, "Saya pengurus bank
dana lindung nilai."
02:22
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
02:27
This isn't the first time
I've shippeddihantar bulliondiniagakan, my friendkawan,
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Ini bukan kali pertama saya kirim
jongkong emas, kawan,
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no no no.
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tidak, tidak, tidak.
02:32
Then I startedbermula to panicpanik.
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Kemudian saya mula cemas.
02:34
I was like, "Where are you basedberasaskan?"
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"Di mana pengkalannya?"
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I don't know about you,
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Saya tak kenal awak,
02:37
but I think if we're going
viamelalui the postalpos serviceperkhidmatan,
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tetapi jika kita memilih
perkhidmatan pos,
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it oughtsepatutnya to be signedditandatangani for.
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ia perlu ditandatangani.
02:40
That's a lot of goldemas."
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Banyak emas ini."
02:42
He said, "It will not be easymudah
to convincemeyakinkan my companysyarikat
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Katanya, "Bukan senang untuk
yakinkan syarikat saya
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to do largerlebih besar quantitykuantiti shipmentpenghantaran."
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untuk hantar kuantiti yang besar."
02:46
I said, "SolomonNabi Sulaiman, I'm completelysepenuhnya
with you on this one.
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Saya berkata, "Solomon,saya setuju
dengan awak.
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I'm puttingmeletakkan togetherbersama-sama a visualvisual for you
to take into the boardpapan meetingmesyuarat.
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Saya sediakan visual untuk anda
bawa ke mesyuarat lembaga pengarah.
02:52
HoldMemegang tightketat."
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Sila tunggu."
02:54
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
03:01
This is what I sentdihantar SolomonNabi Sulaiman.
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Inilah apa yang saya emel ke Solomon.
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(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
03:05
(ApplauseTepukan)
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03:11
I don't know if we have
any statisticiansahli statistik in the houserumah,
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Saya tidak tahu jika kita ada
ahli statistik di sini,
03:14
but there's definitelypasti something going on.
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tetapi pasti
ada sesuatu sedang berlaku.
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(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
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I said, "SolomonNabi Sulaiman, attacheddilampirkan to this emaile-mel
you'llawak akan find a helpfulmembantu chartcarta.
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Saya kata, "Solomon, emel ini
disertakan carta yang berguna.
Saya minta salah seorang pembantu saya
semak nombor-nombor ini
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I've had one of my assistantspembantu
runberlari the numbersnombor.
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03:25
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
Kami bersedia untuk penghantaran emas
sebanyak mungkin."
03:27
We're readysedia for shippingpenghantaran
as much goldemas as possiblemungkin."
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Sentiasa ada saat di mana
mereka cuba tarik hati sanubari,
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There's always a momentmomen where they try
to tugtunda your heartstringshati sanubari,
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ini yang Solomon buat.
03:33
and this was it for SolomonNabi Sulaiman.
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Katanya, "Saya sangat gembira
jika urusan berjalan lancar,
03:34
He said, "I will be so much happygembira
if the dealberurusan goespergi well,
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sebab saya pun dapat
untung komisen banyak."
03:37
because I'm going to get
a very good commissionsuruhanjaya as well."
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Saya kata, "Hebat! Apa yang awak nak
belanja guna bahagian awak?"
03:40
And I said, "That's amazingmenakjubkan,
What are you going to spendbelanja your cutpotong on?"
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Dia menjawab, "Untuk hartanah,
awak pula?"
03:43
And he said, "On RealEstateRealEstate,
what about you?"
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03:46
I thought about it for a long time.
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Saya berfikir untuk masa yang lama.
03:50
And I said, "One wordperkataan;
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Kemudian balas,"Satu perkataan;
03:53
HummusHumus."
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Hummus."
03:54
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
04:00
"It's going placestempat.
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"Ia merata tempat.
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(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
04:03
I was in Sainsbury'sSainsbury the other day
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Saya berada di Sainsbury's suatu hari
04:05
and there were like
30 differentberbeza varietiesjenis.
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terdapat lebih kurang 30 variasi lain
04:07
AlsoJuga you can cutpotong up carrotslobak merah,
and you can dipberenang them.
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Anda juga boleh potong lobak merah
dan mencelupkannya.
04:10
Have you ever donedilakukan that, SolomonNabi Sulaiman?"
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Pernahkah awak melakukannya, Solomon?"
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(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
04:14
He said, "I have to go bedkatil now."
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Dia kata, "Saya nak tidur sekarang."
04:16
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
04:18
(ApplauseTepukan)
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(Tepukan)
04:21
"TillSehingga morrowMorrow.
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"Jumpa esok.
04:24
Have sweetmanis dreammimpi."
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Mimpikan yang indah."
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I didn't know what to say!
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Saya tidak tahu menjawab apa!
04:27
I said, "BonsoirBonsoir
my goldenemas nuggetbungkal, bonsoirbonsoir."
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Saya kata, "Salam
ketul emas aku, Salam."
04:30
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
Kalian perlu faham,
ini berlarutan untuk berminggu-minggu
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Guys, you have to understandfaham,
this had been going for, like, weeksminggu,
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walaupun sehingga kini, antara minggu
terbaik hidup saya
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albeitwalaupun hithertosehingga kini the greatestterbesar
weeksminggu of my life,
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tetapi saya perlu hentikannya.
04:38
but I had to knockkalah it on the headkepala.
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Ia menjadi luar kawalan.
04:40
It was gettingmendapat a bitsedikit out of handtangan.
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Kawan-kawan mengajak, "James,
jom minum?"
04:41
FriendsRakan-rakan were sayingberkata, "JamesJames,
do you want to come for a drinkminum?"
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Saya cakap, "Tak boleh. Aku tengah
tunggu emel tentang emas."
04:44
I was like, "I can't, I'm expectingmengharapkan
an emaile-mel about some goldemas."
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Jadi saya rasa saya perlu
buat sesuatu.
Saya perlu buat kesimpulan
yang tak masuk akal.
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So I figureddigambarkan I had
to knockkalah it on the headkepala.
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04:50
I had to take it
to a ridiculoustidak masuk akal conclusionkesimpulan.
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Jadi saya mereka satu pelan.
Saya kata, "Solomon,
saya bimbang pasal sekuriti.
04:52
So I concoctedbercampur a planpelan.
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04:53
I said, "SolomonNabi Sulaiman,
I'm concernedmengambil berat about securitykeselamatan.
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Semasa kita emel satu sama lain,
04:55
When we emaile-mel eachsetiap other,
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kita perlu menggunakan kod."
04:56
we need to use a codekod."
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05:00
And he agreedbersetuju.
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Dia bersetuju.
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(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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Saya kata, "Solomon, saya berjaga
semalaman untuk cipta kod ini
05:03
I said, "SolomonNabi Sulaiman, I spentdibelanjakan all night
comingdatang up with this codekod
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05:06
we need to use
in all furtherselanjutnya correspondencesurat-menyurat:
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kita perlu guna untuk
perbualan akan datang:
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LawyerPeguam: GummyGummy BearBear.
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Peguam: Beruang Getah.
05:13
BankBank: CreamKrim EggTelur.
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Bank: Krim telur.
05:16
LegalUndang-undang: FizzyFizzy ColaCola BottleBotol.
ClaimTuntutan: PeanutKacang tanah M&MsMs.
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Sah: Botol Kola Bergas.
Tuntutan: Kacang M&Ms.
05:18
DocumentsDokumen-dokumen: JellyJeli BeansKacang.
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Dokumen: Kacang Jeli.
05:20
WesternWestern UnionKesatuan: A GiantGergasi GummyGummy LizardBiawak."
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Western Union: Gergasi Biawak Getah."
05:22
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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Saya tahu inilah perkataan-perkataan
yang digunakan, betul tak?
05:24
I knewtahu these were all wordskata-kata
they use, right?
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05:26
I said, "Please call me KitkatKitkat
in all furtherselanjutnya correspondencesurat-menyurat."
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Saya kata, "Sila panggil saya KitKat
dalam semua perbualan akan datang."
05:30
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
Saya tidak terima balasan.
Mungkin saya sudah melampau.
05:36
I didn't heardengar back.
I thought, I've gonepergi too farjauh.
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05:38
I've gonepergi too farjauh.
So I had to backpedalbackpedal a little.
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Saya sudah melampau.
Saya kena berundur sikit.
05:40
I said, "SolomonNabi Sulaiman, Is the dealberurusan still on?
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Saya bertanya, "Solomon,jadi tak
urus janji kita?"
05:44
KitKatKitKat."
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KitKat."
05:45
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
05:46
Because you have to be consistentkonsisten.
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Sebab awak kena tekal.
Kemudian saya mendapat balasan emelnya.
05:51
Then I did get an emaile-mel back from him.
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Katanya, "Urusjanji diteruskan
dan saya sedang bla bla bla..."
05:53
He said, "The BusinessPerniagaan is on
and I am tryingmencuba to blahblah blahblah blahblah ..."
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Saya pula berkata, "Saudara, awak
kena pakai kod tu!"
05:56
I said, "DudeDude, you have to use the codekod!"
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06:01
What followeddiikuti is the greatestterbesar emaile-mel
I've ever receivedmenerima.
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Emel seterusnya adalah email
terbaik yang pernah saya terima.
06:04
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
06:07
I'm not jokingbergurau, this is what
turnedberpaling up in my inboxpeti masuk.
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Saya tak bergurau, inilah emel
yang muncul dalam peti masuk saya
06:10
This was a good day.
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Hari yang baik.
06:13
"The businessperniagaan is on.
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"Bisnes akan diteruskan.
06:16
I am tryingmencuba to raisemenaikkan the balanceseimbang
for the GummyGummy BearBear --
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Saya sedang tingkatkan baki
untuk Beruang Getah --
06:18
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
supaya boleh hantar semua Botol Kola
Bergas Kacang Jeli yang diperlukan
06:23
so he can submithantar all the neededdiperlukan
FizzyFizzy ColaCola BottleBotol JellyJeli BeansKacang
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06:26
to the CremeCreme EggTelur,
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kepada Krim Telur,
06:29
for the PeanutKacang tanah M&MsMs processproses to startmulakan.
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untuk proses Kacang M&Ms bermula.
06:32
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
06:33
SendHantar 1,500 poundspound
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Masukkan 1,500 paun
06:36
viamelalui a GiantGergasi GummyGummy LizardBiawak."
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melalui Gergasi Biawak Getah."
06:38
(ApplauseTepukan)
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(Tepukan)
06:49
And that was so much funkeseronokan, right,
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Sangat menyeronokkan, betul tak,
06:51
that it got me thinkingberfikir:
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ini menyebabkan saya fikir:
06:53
like, what would happenberlaku if I just spentdibelanjakan
as much time as could
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perkara yang akan berlaku jika
saya habiskan sebanyak mungkin masa
06:56
replyingmenjawab to as manyramai
scampenipuan emailse-mel as I could?
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membalas emel spam
sebanyak boleh?
07:00
And that's what I've been doing
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Itulah kegiatan saya
07:03
for threetiga yearstahun
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untuk tiga tahun
07:05
on your behalfbagi pihak.
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bagi pihak kamu semua.
07:06
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
07:08
(ApplauseTepukan)
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(Tepukan)
07:12
CrazyGila stuffbarangan happensberlaku when you startmulakan
replyingmenjawab to scampenipuan emailse-mel.
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Perkara mengarut berlaku bila
anda balas email penipuan.
07:14
It's really difficultsukar,
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Ia sangat rumit,
07:16
and I highlysangat recommendmengesyorkan we do it.
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dan saya syorkan kita buat.
07:17
I don't think what I'm doing is mean.
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Rasanya kelakuan saya tidak jahat.
07:19
There are a lot of people
who do mean things to scammerspenipu.
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Ada ramai orang berlaku kejam
terhadap penipu-penipu.
07:22
All I'm doing is wastingmembazir theirmereka time.
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Saya hanya membazir masa mereka.
Saya rasa masa yang mereka
luangkan untuk saya
07:26
And I think any time
they're spendingperbelanjaan with me
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adalah masa yang tidak guna
menipu orang dewasa yang lurus
07:29
is time they're not spendingperbelanjaan
scammingmenipu lain vulnerableterdedah adultsdewasa
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07:31
out of theirmereka savingssimpanan, right?
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duit simpanan mereka, kan?
07:33
And if you're going to do this --
and I highlysangat recommendmengesyorkan you do --
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Jika anda ingin melakukan ini --
dan saya amat mengesyorkannya --
07:37
get yourselfdiri sendiri a pseudonymouspseudonymous emaile-mel addressalamat.
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dapatkan alamat emel samaran.
07:39
Don't use your ownsendiri emaile-mel addressalamat.
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Jangan guna emel sebenar.
Mulanya saya lakukan begitu
dan ia menjadi mimpi ngeri.
07:40
That's what I was doing at the startmulakan
and it was a nightmaremimpi ngeri.
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Saya akan bangun waktu pagi
dan menerima seribu emel
07:43
I'd wakebangun up in the morningpagi
and have a thousandribu emailse-mel
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tentang pembesaran zakar,
07:46
about peniszakar enlargementsenlargements,
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hanya satu daripadanya
balasan yang sah --
07:47
only one of whichyang mana
was a legitimatesah responsetindak balas --
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07:49
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
tentang persoalan perubatan
yang saya utarakan.
07:51
to a medicalperubatan questionsoalan I had.
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07:53
But I'll tell you what, thoughwalaupun, guys,
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Biar saya beritahu sesuatu,
07:55
I'll tell you what: any day is a good day,
any day is a good day
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Mana-mana hari ialah hari baik,
mana-mana hari ialah hari baik,
07:58
if you receiveterima an emaile-mel
that beginsbermula like this:
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Kalau anda menerima emel
yang bermula begini:
08:01
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
08:04
"I AM WINNIEWINNIE MANDELAMANDELA,
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"SAYA IALAH WINNIE MANDELA,
08:07
THE SECONDKEDUA WIFEISTERI OF NELSONNELSON MANDELAMANDELA
THE FORMERBEKAS SOUTHSELATAN AFRICANAFRIKA PRESIDENTPRESIDEN."
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ISTERI KEDUA NELSON MANDELA
MANTAN PRESIDEN AFRIKA SELATAN."
Saya berfikir, oh! -- Winnie Mandela tu.
08:10
I was like, oh! -- that WinnieWinnie MandelaMandela.
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08:12
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
08:13
I know so manyramai.
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Saya kenal ramai sangat.
08:15
"I NEED TO TRANSFERPEMINDAHAN 45 MILLIONJUTA DOLLARSDOLAR
OUT OF THE COUNTRYNEGARA
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"SAYA PERLU PINDAHKAN
45 JUTA DOLAR KELUAR NEGARA
08:18
BECAUSE OF MY HUSBANDSUAMI
NELSONNELSON MANDELA'SMANDELA DI HEALTHKESIHATAN CONDITIONKEADAAN."
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KERANA KEADAAN KESIHATAN
SUAMI SAYA NELSON MANDELA."
08:21
Let that sinktenggelam in.
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Biarkan ia jelas.
08:23
She sentdihantar me this, whichyang mana is hystericalhisteris.
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Dia hantar ini, dan ia benar-benar lucu.
08:26
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
08:29
And this.
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Juga ini.
08:30
And this lookskelihatan fairlyadil legitimatesah,
this is a lettersurat of authorizationkebenaran.
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Nampak agak sah,
ini adalah surat kuasa.
08:33
But to be honestjujur, if there's nothing
writtenbertulis on it, it's just a shapebentuk!
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Sejujurnya, jika tiada tulisan,
ia hanya satu bentuk!
08:37
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
Saya kata, "Winnie, saya sangat
sedih mendengarnya.
08:39
I said, "WinnieWinnie,
I'm really sorry to heardengar of this.
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Memandangkan Nelson meninggal
tiga bulan lepas,
08:42
GivenDiberikan that NelsonNelson diedmeninggal dunia threetiga monthsbulan agosebelum ini,
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08:44
I'd describeterangkan his healthkesihatan conditionkeadaan
as fairlyadil seriousserius."
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saya fikir keadaan
kesihatannya cukup parah."
08:46
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
08:49
That's the worstterburuk healthkesihatan conditionkeadaan
you can have, not beingmenjadi alivehidup.
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Itulah keadaan kesihatan
yang paling teruk, tidak hidup.
08:55
She said, "KINDLYSILA COMPLYMEMATUHI
WITH MY BANKERSBANK-BANK INSTRUCTIONSARAHAN.
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Dia kata, "SILA PATUH
ARAHAN JURUBANK SAYA.
08:58
ONE LOVE."
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SATU CINTA."
08:59
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
09:02
I said, "Of coursekursus. NO WOMANWANITA, NO CRYMENANGIS."
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Saya kata, "Tentulah.
TIADA WANITA, TIADA TANGISAN."
09:04
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
09:07
(ApplauseTepukan)
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(Tepukan)
09:12
She said, "MY BANKERJURUBANK WILL NEED
TRANSFERPEMINDAHAN OF 3000 DOLLARSDOLAR. ONE LOVE."
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Dia kata, "JURUBANK AKU MEMERLUKAN
PEMINDAHAN 3000 DOLAR. SATU CINTA."
09:15
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
09:20
I said, "no problemoproblemo.
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Saya kata, "tiada hal.
09:24
I SHOTPUKULAN THE SHERIFFSHERIFF."
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AKU TERTEMBAK SHERIFF."
09:29
[ (BUT I DID NOT SHOOTMENEMBAK THE DEPUTYTIMBALAN) ]
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[ (TETAPI AKU TIDAK TEMBAK TIMBALANNYA) ]
09:31
(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Ketawa)
09:32
Thank you.
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Terima kasih.
09:33
(ApplauseTepukan)
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(Tepukan)
Translated by Amy K
Reviewed by Aznah Binti Arshad

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
James Veitch - Comedian and writer
For James Veitch, a British writer and comedian with a mischievous side, spam emails proved the perfect opening to have some fun, playing the scammers at their own game.

Why you should listen

Packed full of Nigerian princes, can't miss investment opportunities and eligible Russian brides, James Veitch's correspondence with email spammers leads to surprising, bizarre and usually hilarious results. Out of this experiment came his first book, Dot Con. In 2014, his first solo comedy show The Fundamental Interconnectedness of Everyone with an Internet Connection, premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe to wide acclaim. His second show, Genius Bar, focussed on his time working for Apple, chronicles his attempts to fix his relationship using the same troubleshooting techniques he’d been using to fix iMacs, iPhones and iPods. He is currently writing his third show and preparing to tour the UK. 

He lives in London with his full body pillow.

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