This is a hilarious collection of email exchanges starring the anti-hero of spam, Bob Servant. Spam is the plague of the electronic age. It comprises 90 per cent of all emails and GBP150 million was conned from Britons in 2006 alone. Into this wave of corruption steps the brave figure of Bob Servant - a former window cleaner and cheeseburger magnate with a love of wine, women and song as well as a keen sense of fair play. This wickedly funny and original book features the anarchic exchanges between Bob and the hapless spam merchants. As they offer Bob lost African millions, Russian brides and get-rich-quick scams he responds by generously offering some outlandish schemes of his own. The spammers may have breached his firewall, but they have met their match as Bob Servant rises heroically to the challenge, and sows confusion in his wake.
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'Genius! Highly entertaining and brilliantly deranged' -- Maxim
`Hilarious. I laughed so much I nearly gave him my account number' -- Martin Kelner, The Guardian
`Hilarious. I laughed so much I nearly gave him my account number' -- Martin Kelner, The Guardian
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Bob Servant is a sixty-two-year-old, semi-retired resident of Dundee. He has previously worked as a merchant sailor and window cleaner, among other occupations, but now describes himself as 'an unemployed gigolo'. Neil Forsyth is an author and journalist. A fellow Dundonian and friend to Bob Servant for over twenty years, he has recently completed Servant's biography, Bob Servant: Hero of Dundee, also available from Birlinn.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
By Zak Maxwell
Format:Paperback
What more can I say? An new edition of the original 'Delete This at Your Peril' with new material.
Bob Servant takes on the internet spammers, confusing and frustrating them at every turn. With the promise of a money transfer by Western Union hanging in the balance, the Spammers patiently agree to Bob's bizarre requests (e.g. a talking lion for Bob's friend's private zoo).
Can't add any more praise than that already given for the original version except to say that the new material is every bit as good as the rest.
The email exchanges are currently made into a radio series being broadcast by Radio Scotland with Brian Cox playing the role of Bob.
Bob Servant takes on the internet spammers, confusing and frustrating them at every turn. With the promise of a money transfer by Western Union hanging in the balance, the Spammers patiently agree to Bob's bizarre requests (e.g. a talking lion for Bob's friend's private zoo).
Can't add any more praise than that already given for the original version except to say that the new material is every bit as good as the rest.
The email exchanges are currently made into a radio series being broadcast by Radio Scotland with Brian Cox playing the role of Bob.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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This short book is excellent. It's a series of email exchanges between Bob Servant, former owner of the largest window-cleaning round in the Western world, unemployed gigolo (by choice) and titan of the great cheeseburger van wars of the 90s and the fraudsters behind scam spam emails. The book is segmented only by the differing people who contact Bob by email, and thus a conversation ensues.
It's easy to relate to the initial emails he receives if you have ever been in possession of an email account, particularly a few years ago when firewalls aren't what they are now. Numerous emails from Africa, Russia and beyond are responded to by Bob in a variety of ways. At first I almost felt sorry for Bob, his cranky ways descending into near-insanity, with his circle of 'friends' including Frank Theplank and the other boys down the pub ridiculing him at every turn. Initially you want to scream out to him that he needs to realise these emails are a scam and that he shouldn't engage them in conversation, as he'll be sucked in. Then further into the book, it becomes clear that Bob is seeing how far he can push these spammers, and play them at their own game. Finally it dawns that he has known all along what their game was, be it a chinese organisation needing new employees in the UK ('so please forward your bank details so we can transfer payment') or a Russian blonde bombshell (picture attached) who has a sick grandmother with a list of medicine that needs paying for ('please forward bank details and address'), and he is not the gullible Bob we thought he was.
I'm not a huge book reader, and it was only by chance that I stumbled upon this book whilst looking for something else. But it has proved to be a very enjoyable read, a real page-turner which is easy to digest in chunks if you're not planning on reading it in one sitting. Bob Servant has some crazy ideas and ways but he is brought to life by the author, Neil Forsyth, making this book easily readable and laugh out loud funny.
Your servant,
It's easy to relate to the initial emails he receives if you have ever been in possession of an email account, particularly a few years ago when firewalls aren't what they are now. Numerous emails from Africa, Russia and beyond are responded to by Bob in a variety of ways. At first I almost felt sorry for Bob, his cranky ways descending into near-insanity, with his circle of 'friends' including Frank Theplank and the other boys down the pub ridiculing him at every turn. Initially you want to scream out to him that he needs to realise these emails are a scam and that he shouldn't engage them in conversation, as he'll be sucked in. Then further into the book, it becomes clear that Bob is seeing how far he can push these spammers, and play them at their own game. Finally it dawns that he has known all along what their game was, be it a chinese organisation needing new employees in the UK ('so please forward your bank details so we can transfer payment') or a Russian blonde bombshell (picture attached) who has a sick grandmother with a list of medicine that needs paying for ('please forward bank details and address'), and he is not the gullible Bob we thought he was.
I'm not a huge book reader, and it was only by chance that I stumbled upon this book whilst looking for something else. But it has proved to be a very enjoyable read, a real page-turner which is easy to digest in chunks if you're not planning on reading it in one sitting. Bob Servant has some crazy ideas and ways but he is brought to life by the author, Neil Forsyth, making this book easily readable and laugh out loud funny.
Your servant,
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book detailing Neil Forsyth's alter-ego Bob 'Godzilla' Servant's hilarious exchanges with various internet spammers will not fail to amuse even the most discerning reader. Firstly, Forsyth's description of his creation's life and career in Broughty Ferry (near Dundee) are spot on and the fact that he was once one of the foremost cheeseburger vendors and window cleaners in the area (until the gypsies allegedly stole his ladders...) are very funny indeed. The author has a surreal and somewhat bizarre sense of humour which is perfectly pitched in the eight different chapters describing Bob's exchanges with various internet hoaxers. The ones which really stood out for me and made me laugh like an idiot on the train were when he wanted to be remunerated in lions instead of cash and the fictitious stories in the local paper detailing his related activities. Bob's 'business' suggestions are even more whacky than the spammers' and most of the exchanges end with a series of odd happenings which proclude Bob from wiring the money to his 'boss'.
The good thing about this book is that it's a fairly undemanding read and hence can be enjoyed in small chunks, which is perfect for a medium length commute. After reading this I'd be very interested in the author's other titles as it's clear he's exactly on my wavelength.
The good thing about this book is that it's a fairly undemanding read and hence can be enjoyed in small chunks, which is perfect for a medium length commute. After reading this I'd be very interested in the author's other titles as it's clear he's exactly on my wavelength.
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Fantastic
V v good - easily the best of all the Bob Servant corpus. If you've ever done Internet dating and talked to 'Svetlana,' you'll know what I mean...
Published 1 month ago by Gary Flood
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Saw the programme of bob servant on t.v, and, having read the book first, we found that the book is far superior than the programme.
Published 2 months ago by elaine ramsay
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You have to read this
Very funny book, really enjoyed reading this. I have been recommending it to all my friends. If you need cheering up, then read this book.
Published 2 months ago by Rockymacy
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Enjoyable read
A good, funny book. I love the premise and the execution. Some genuine laugh out loud moments. Would recommend to people who have enjoyed "The Time Waster" letters.
Published 3 months ago by Mandias
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Laugh out loud funny
One of the funniest books I have ever read. Would recommend it to everyone. Laugh out loud funny a real find
Published 3 months ago by MRS VIVIEN DOW
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THE funniest book in the last 20 years
Bob Servant is not the brightest. He is sexist, chauvinistic, anachronistic and likes a drink a little too much, but it is his ability to get under the skin of those people trying... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Michael Doherty
2.0 out of 5 stars
Dull dull dull
This is extremely boring and is a one joke book. Can't believe they made a TV series based on it. The TV series is if anything even worse. Don't buy it as you will regret it.
Published 3 months ago by Anthony Holdich
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buy this!!
I dont read a lot these days!....but your sides will be hurt for laughing so much with this book. A cult clsssic!!
Published 3 months ago by John Mantle
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Emails from Nigeria then read this.....
I heard a radio episode of this book some time ago and laughed for the 10 or so minutes it was on so I had to download it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by PhilT
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A Shot in the Eye for Spammers Everywhere
This is a hugely funny, but ultimately formulaic, book which sees our Dundee Hero, Bob Servant, take on the world's spammers, reducing them to gibbering expressions of frustration. Read more
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