Bamboo Cutting Boards and SPAM from Shanghai, China

Here's spam e-mail I received on Jan. 8:

Subject: series bamboo cutting boards photoes from (redacted)
From: frad wang <frad.wang@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Tue, January 08, 2008 12:26 am
To: redacted

 

Hello

 

Nice to contact with you.

 

We found you via google, found and knew you are a company which specializing  in selling of kinds of wooden utensils,particularly in bamboo cutting boards products.

 

So write this letter to you,want to know if it is possible to provide you our bamboo products.

 

You know bamboo cutting boards has same function with wooden,and it is the more friendly and environmental material.We think you must have this idea about bamboo features.

 

We're bamboo factory in China,we have been in this line for many years,no we have series bamboo products as below lists:

 

bamboo cutting boards
bamboo serving tray
bamboo container
bamboo spoon and forks
bamboo placemat

bamboo skateboard decks
 

 

You may find us in (redacted)  site to get more information about us.

 

Looking forward to hearing from you.

 

Happy new year to you.

 

Frad Wang

 

Shanghai (redacted)
Tel:+86-21-51875847
Fax:+86-21-64938226
Email:   frad.wang@yahoo.com.cn
MSN:   frad.wang@yahoo.com.cn
Skype:   frad.wang

 

Mr. Wang  said he found me on Google, but he lied.  The below screenshot is from Statcounter detailing his visit.  He thinks I sell bamboo cutting boards and agree with the alleged environmentally friendliness of bamboo.  I think he can't read english.

And attached were the following eleven photos.  Note that these  boards are constructed from strand after strand of bamboo fiber,  held together with a binding agent.  They may be nice to look at, but I would not want to eat off of them.  Back in 1992, the state of California declared that formaldehyde was a toxic air contaminant with no safe threshold.  The US Environmental Protection Agency has classified formaldehyde as a possible human carcinogen.  Does anyone think  China cares?  Think about Chinese lead paint tainted toys and plastic filled pet foods.  As their market share increases, they clearcut forests to make room to grow it.

China is quickly becoming the number one source for Spam.  There are 2 types of spammers - those who promote products to end users, the penis patch, drugs, gambling sites, etc., and those foreign concerns that spam site owners hoping to open new markets for their products.  The later are typically Asian manufacturers.  I won't support them and neither should you.

Enough is enough.  Mr. Wang,  reporting you to this page is for you and anyone that wants to know the truth about your products and how you market them.

Please don't support products that are misrepresented as safe and environmentally friendly -  products that could be down right dangerous to own.  And now you can be be advised of their deceptive marketing practices.

Please continue to support fine American craft at every opportunity.