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| Monday, June 26, 2006 |
| Spam and scams |
Geez, since my email address went up on a few websites, the unsolicited messages I get at my LiddyMail address has grown by leaps and bounds. Does this bug you, too?
What is it with these morons? I don't want to read anything from them. I actively work to eliminate their dreck.
Who could possibly think that defeating my spam filters by misspelling words will make me more likely to read their message? "Oh, yeah, this message was written by a non-native English speaker with a second-grade education AND hawks things I'd never want - let's send them my credit card information!" Or not.
With all the malware out there, riding on images and hiding in applets, there's no way I would ever click through to an unknown site from someone offering to enlarge my penis or make an erection last an unnatural length of time.
Trust me, if I had a penis, as a woman I could make a lot of money without enlarging it, and who other than a porn star - whose income depends on how much film (as well as other things) he can put in the can - wants an erection that lasts for hours? As I sometimes say to Mistah Midnight, "If you've got that much energy, get out there and mow the lawn!"
For a fabulous editorial analysis of several such messages, visit the Crabby Cows site. For a belly laugh about the infamous "Nigerian" scam, visit the 3rd Nigerian E-Mail Conference site.
Who would ever fall for that one? You know, the e-mail from the widow of the undersecretary of oil for an obscure country ruled by an evil dictator. She's fabulously wealthy AND terminally ill, and she has selected YOU from all the other dopes on the planet to help her with this little problem. She needs YOUR help in getting the money out of the country and securing that wealth for the deserving charities she's decided should have it. You will - of course! - receive a generous portion for your invaluable assistance and minimal investment. All you have to do is send her all of your bank account info and a blank check.
Yeah, right. Who is crazy or greedy enough to hand over all their financial information to a stranger who just happened to pick their name out of the phone book?
Which brings me to another, totally unrelated topic. LOL ::placing tongue firmly in cheek:: Whose idea was it to remove the third arm from that Chinese infant? He could have had a life of ease, letting scientists study him and the public gawk, if they'd left him alone. If he wanted to be a productive member of society, think of how efficient he'd be working on an assembly line!
Face transplants, supernumerary limb removal, growth hormones, where will it stop??? And just where are all those circuses going to get their sideshow freaks, if we keep fixing them? (Please be aware that I'M NOT SERIOUS! It was a momentary ridiculous notion meant to entertain, nothing more. Although there may be a story in there somewhere...) |
posted by Liddy Midnight @ 9:23 AM  |
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LOL Liddy, loved your post. Had a great chuckle.
Speaking of giving out personal banking information....I received a phone call from the police society the other day (this is a real organization and I have donated in the past) they produce and sell these books as fundraisers. So the officer asks if I'd like to buy one to support the cause and I say okay, send me the information in the mail. And he says, perhaps you'd like to put it on your visa and we could do it over the phone. I could send you a receipt in the mail..HELLLOOOO....I don't think so. Aren't we warned BY OFFICERS never to give visa information out over the phone, yet here they are asking just that. Sheesh!
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What???!!??? You mean those e-mails I've gotten about millions of dollars of cash waiting on me in Nigeria aren't real? I'm crushed. Devastated, I tell ya, just devastated!!!
Thanks for taking the wind out of my sails, Liddy!
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Cathryn, most of those fundraising organizations, even those associated with what sound like good causes, give far too much money to the telemarketing firms that actually call you, IMHO. We made the decision to only support a few local charities that we know, like the fire department that's three blocks away.
When I get one of those calls, I grill the caller.
Me: "For whom do you work?"
Caller: "I'm calling on behalf of the XYZ Detective's Fund."
Me: "I understand that. But who pays you?"
Caller: "Um, the HIJ Telemarketing Firm."
Me: "I'm sorry, but we only support those charities that don't dilute our gifts by splitting them with commercial fundraisers. Please don't call again."
And Rachel, honey, if you want to lose some money to a scammer, get in touch with me privately. I can arrange it, and the whole experience will be a lot less costly than with some stranger. LOLOLOL
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LOL Liddy, loved your post. Had a great chuckle.
Speaking of giving out personal banking information....I received a phone call from the police society the other day (this is a real organization and I have donated in the past) they produce and sell these books as fundraisers. So the officer asks if I'd like to buy one to support the cause and I say okay, send me the information in the mail. And he says, perhaps you'd like to put it on your visa and we could do it over the phone. I could send you a receipt in the mail..HELLLOOOO....I don't think so. Aren't we warned BY OFFICERS never to give visa information out over the phone, yet here they are asking just that. Sheesh!