Funny email received requesting to purchase my account

[LanYu]

I received the following email today, to an email that is not even the one listed on my forum account.

Hi I saw you are on bitcointalk.org forum and wondered if you would be willing to sell me your account for $15?   I see you haven’t been on there in quite a while, so perhaps you don’t need the account. 

 

I could make a new acct, but I don’t want to go through the newbie waiting period before I can post in the main forums, so I would like an active account.   Let me know and I could Paypal you the money or send you the equivalent in BTC.  Just let me know.  Thanks.

I sent the following follow up email

I am a bit curious, what leads you to conclude that I am on the
bitcointalk.org forum?

And he replied back with the following

Hi, I believe your email address was listed on the site as being someone who
registered but hadn't used their account much, at least recently.  So I just
looked through the member list and emailed a few people from there.   But
can send the funds if you no longer need that acct or just want to make a
new one.  Thanks.

Very curious...

[wumpus]

Likely has to do with the Ripple giveaway.
See also
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178646.0

[edd]

I received the same email at a gmail address created for a Bitcoinduit profile here. I was only offered $10. 

If you search for members by email address using a wild card, you get a list of every profile with a public email address.

[Birdy]

They either want the free ripples or want to use the account for loan scam. Or both.

[John (John K.)]

I got one too last time if I'm not wrong. I was offered $30! Yay! 
*looks at moderator hat - apparently this is worth $15!*

[Dabs]

I think it's the free ripples. I could have gotten a couple of BTCs if I had a few forum accounts.

[Bitcoin Oz]

I suppose there is  a market in laziness after all

[repentance]

I think it's the free ripples. I could have gotten a couple of BTCs if I had a few forum accounts.

Could be, but we've also had a lot of scammers in the lending forums hijacking inactive accounts in the past.