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From the Ted Talk by James Veitch: This is what happens when you reply to spam email

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

I know so many.

"I NEED TO tafensrr 45 MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF THE cntrouy BECAUSE OF MY HUSBAND NELSON MANDELA'S HEALTH CONDITION."

Let that sink in. She sent me this, which is harsciyetl.

(Laughter)

And this. And this looks fairly legitimate, this is a letetr of authorization. But to be honest, if there's nothing written on it, it's just a shape!

(Laughter)

I said, "Winnie, I'm really sorry to hear of this. Given that Nelson died three months ago, I'd describe his health condition as fairly serious."

(Laughter)

That's the wrsot health condition you can have, not being alive.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

I know so many.

"I NEED TO ________ 45 MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF THE _______ BECAUSE OF MY HUSBAND NELSON MANDELA'S HEALTH CONDITION."

Let that sink in. She sent me this, which is __________.

(Laughter)

And this. And this looks fairly legitimate, this is a ______ of authorization. But to be honest, if there's nothing written on it, it's just a shape!

(Laughter)

I said, "Winnie, I'm really sorry to hear of this. Given that Nelson died three months ago, I'd describe his health condition as fairly serious."

(Laughter)

That's the _____ health condition you can have, not being alive.

Solution


  1. letter
  2. worst
  3. country
  4. transfer
  5. hysterical

Original Text


(Laughter)

I know so many.

"I NEED TO TRANSFER 45 MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF THE COUNTRY BECAUSE OF MY HUSBAND NELSON MANDELA'S HEALTH CONDITION."

Let that sink in. She sent me this, which is hysterical.

(Laughter)

And this. And this looks fairly legitimate, this is a letter of authorization. But to be honest, if there's nothing written on it, it's just a shape!

(Laughter)

I said, "Winnie, I'm really sorry to hear of this. Given that Nelson died three months ago, I'd describe his health condition as fairly serious."

(Laughter)

That's the worst health condition you can have, not being alive.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
gummy bear 2
fizzy cola 2
cola bottle 2
jelly beans 2
giant gummy 2
good day 2
scam emails 2
highly recommend 2
email address 2
health condition 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
fizzy cola bottle 2

Important Words


  1. alive
  2. authorization
  3. condition
  4. country
  5. describe
  6. died
  7. dollars
  8. health
  9. hear
  10. honest
  11. husband
  12. hysterical
  13. laughter
  14. legitimate
  15. letter
  16. million
  17. months
  18. nelson
  19. sink
  20. transfer
  21. worst
  22. written