Spam!
My spam learner should figure out pretty soon that any e-mail containing the word “lottery” is spam. I’ve won an Irish or English lottery every few days for the past several weeks.
Most favorite intro ever: “Is my delight contacting you? Though we have not met face to face but i believe we could achieve this goal if we cooperate and work in oneness.” The e-mail is from a Polish address, they ask me to respond to a Canadian address, and the spammer claims to represent the Economic Community of West African States.
Adobe Photoshop CS3 retail: $999. But I can get it for the low, low price of $89.95. Please don’t say anything about how that’s possible; I need to claim “plausible deniability” just in case.
you too? i’ve won the english and irish lottery a few times now. also, some prince has a few million in a bank and needs me to help him get the money out, i get to keep a good portion of it, all he needs from me is my bank account info, sounds pretty legit. i mean, why would a rich prince want to swindle me?
Comment by chessloser | 6 August 2007
And I think this new anti spyware software that automagically installed itself for me is awesome. It really works hard to protect me from bad things on the internet. I know because it requires a lot of cpu time, and it slows everything else down, you know - because it works so hard…Rich
Comment by Rich Dailey | 7 August 2007
CL and RD: It’s comforting to know that I’m not the only one.
Comment by Donnie Briggs | 9 August 2007