In the last few days, Melbourne Uni's student email system were flooded with numerous 'lost item' mails. In one single day, I can get around 20+. The thing is, I'm going on this field trip for 3 days.. and I wonder what's going to happen to my inbox..

So anyway, this is one example:

 Hi all,
>
>  I found a ring seemingly made of gold in Baillieu library. It has no
>  markings on it and looks to be a smooth continuous band of metal. I picked
>  it up near a radiator though and it seemed to contain some faint cursive
>  writings, though it seemed to disappear. I may have been mistaken.
>
>  I tried bringing it to lost and found but everyone was busy and couldn't
>  attend to me, so i had to resort to the email. I was wearing it at the
>  time because i had no pockets and my hands weren't free, so my apologies
>  to the owner.
>
>  If this is your ring, please email me and i'll return it to you.

And this is the response:

Dear Shou Farn,

I am currently in search of this ring. Last I heard it was in the
possession of a hobbit. It would be best for you to return it to me.
If not, I will cast my giant eye over you and shoot out Beams of
Hellish Fire (tm).

Please call 1300-DARKLORD and ask for my secretary Saruman for the
delivery details. Thank you.

Kind Regards,
Sauron
AKA Annatar, Gorthaur the Cruel
Dark Lord of Mordor

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Yeah. Well, at least some people still retain their sense of humor. Because I know there's a bunch of people that spams on the mailing list screaming: "OH WTF IS UP WITH THIS LOST ITEM FOUND EMAIL,.. GHYAR GHYAR"

So I think there's an equal proportion of hate mails and 'lost item' emails. Which is kind of silly, if you think about it.

I think there's something wrong with this spam of 'lost item' mail. They are trying to phish us. Die, phishers, die!!!