I Hate Spam!
No I’m not talking about the kind you eat, but the junk that keeps coming in the form of e-mails. Just in the last 5 days I have deleted over 10 million dollars in worldwide winnings. Am I crazy or what? I have spam guard on my computer which puts all likely span into a separate folder. I know from experience that there is a sucker born every minute, and there seems to be an e-mail con artist for every greedy sap out there!
Listen to some of the spam I’ve recently received. From Dayzers The Netherlands; “phone and e-mail for your Dayzers prize!” Olajide Johnson says; “my good friend.” Trust me I have no good friends named “Olajide!” Then there’s one titled “UK National Lottery;” congratulations you have won! The only way I win this lotto is to hit the delete button! Next I have one from Nigeria that says; “fund transfer regarding your bank details!” Don’t those Nigerian crooks know that everyone in America watches “Nightline” and is on to their scams? Next I have one from the European Union Award that informs me “You have emerged as a winner 2ND!” Here in America you can’t be a winner unless you are 1ST. not 2ND! Those European con-men should know that by now. I don’t want no second place prize-even if it’s 5 million euro’s! Next one is from a Mr. Pascal Berry and he informs me that I need to “Contact the fedex courier service!” They probably want me to ship them my S.S. number, birth certificate, drivers license, and bank statements so I can claim my prize. (An empty bank account) Last, but not least is the Foundation Di Vittorio which says; “Attention Foundation Di Vittorio winner!” Please someone grab a wheelbarrow and help me haul all this “good fortune” to the garbage dump!!!!! Opp’s I missed one from a Ming Yang. Hers says “Good day (code no:AM-002.) Well Miss Yang must be part of the “Ying and Yang gang,” and this “homeboy” isn’t falling for that one! Man that’s about enough “good fortune” for one 5-day period don’t ya think?
I can’t sign off without reading you one of the weirder e-mails I received during this past week. It was from “New Clothing Line.” The subject said; “Mike you can now dress like Jessica Simpson!” What the heck is that all about? They must of meant “Bart Simpson” or “O.J. Simpson” any Simpson beside “Jessica.” I’m beginning to dislike spam more each day, and “Frankly Miss Scarlett I don’t Give A Darn” if I ever get anymore!
Mike
August 21st, 2008 at 7:20 am
Hey, if you do decide to dress like Jessica Simpson will you please post that pic on your site? I’m not sure you want to dress like O.J. either. I’m not sure that the gloves would look all that great on you.
I do hate spam. It is too bad that it is a fact of life for many of us, and one that is not going away anytime soon.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:42 am
Well, you just made me like spama a whole lot more - it sure made for an entertaining blog post!
Seriously, though - I’m not sure there is anything more annoying - I get around 20 of them a day in my Yahoo account - and lately I’ve been getting a whole bunch of spam users signing up for blogs on our site - frustrating!