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Spammed
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You
have always heard me say that I thought the internet was a good thing.
I should amend that to say…"If used properly."
As far as a source for
references, I would be hard pressed to tell you where else to look for any type
of research. I am amazed at what you can find by just typing in something you
are interested in learning about. And then in a few seconds have a huge amount
of information about the subject in question. I know that twenty years ago you
would have been hard pressed to find out information that is at your fingertips
today.
However…..there is also the bad side of the internet. I for one
am tired of receiving e-mails from people I do not know, nor will ever know who
want to enlarge certain parts of my body. Thank you very much, but this is something
I wish to buy from you.
Several times a week I get a letter from some bank
that I do not use, telling me that my account is in jeopardy and that I am about
to be cut off from using this account (which I do not have) and that I need to
enter certain numbers and passwords into a form so that everything will be put
back in order. I am certain they have me confused with someone, but on the other
hand perhaps I have a large amount of money setting in some bank somewhere that
I have forgotten about? It could happen. Not in my lifetime.
Then at least
twice a week some kindly soul in Nigeria or elsewhere has determined that I am
the long lost descendant of their recently deceased relative and they need to
know where to send the 25 million or so they are holding in my name. In this case
all I have to do is to fill out one of their forms and give them certain passwords
and personal information in order for the money to be transmitted to me. I can't
remember having any long lost relatives in Nigeria or any other parts of the world,
so I may have to think about this one. It could happen. Never.
I don't
know about you, but then there is the Irish, Canadian, Polish lottery that I have
won even though I didn't buy a ticket. These folks are entirely too generous.
I have not purchased a ticket, but somehow they have determined that their 'computer'
selected me to be the winner of 10, 15, 20 or 25 million dollars. All I have to
do is fill out one of their forms and give them some passwords and other personal
information and my newly won cash will be on its way to me. I don't know about
this, but then again …it could happen. Forget about it.
And while I'm at
it, I'd like to thank the 5 or 10 nice people a day who send me 'confidential'
tips of stocks that are about to climb through the roof. I probably have missed
out on several large fortunes due to my hesitation. For fun, I have tracked several
of these and find that you people need to be a little more attentive about your
timing. I am a busy person and never get much of a chance to look at these on
the day you send them to me. I always look a day or so later and have found that
the highest day on record is the morning you sent out the alert, and the stocks
dropped like a rock afterwards. I appreciate your kindness, whoever you are, but
could you get these to me a few days in advance of the big sell offs?
And finally…..those of you who think I need a job….I appreciate your interest
such as this offer I received a few moments ago, while writing this column:
WHAT I NEED YOU FOR?
At this point, I will be glad if you could work with
me as my representative in your country. You will be working as my payment assistant
in charge of collecting the Funds from my Associates. Since they will be making
the paymentts from of bank transfers/Check to you in your country, you will be
collecting this payments and cashing them on my behalf. On agreement to been my
representative, you will receive a commission of 10% of whatever amount of payment
you receive from my associates.
JOB DESCRIPTION?
1. Receive payments
from My Clients/Associates through bank transfers or check.
2. Cash the Payments
at your Bank.
3. Deduct 10% which will be your commission/percentage on Payment
processed.
4. You are to remit the balance via Money Gram or Western Union
Money Transfer according to my instruction.
HOW MUCH WILL YOU EARN?
10%
from each transaction! Fore instance: On receiving $ 80,000 Pounds on my behalf,
you will cash the payment and keep 10% to yourselfs before remitting the balance!
At the beginning your commission will equal 10%, though later it will increase
up to 15%!
I appreciate the fact that you people don't know about spell
check. It makes it easier for me to delete your message when I see words and phrases
as underlined above.
What scares me is the thought that someone actually
believes in these and thinks they will get some money. Remember…if it sounds too
good to be true, it probably is. |
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Peary Perry
Letters From North
America >
March 26, 2007 column
Syndicated weekly in 80 newspapers
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