Getting sick and tired of all that junk and phishing emails? Me too. By the end of each day I get at least a hundred of them. Everything from sex aids to Paypal acount problems. If I could just make them all go away, my Outlook Box would be a better place. No matter how many times you junk the sender, they still find a way to reach you.
I am waiting though to get one of those famous bogus clairvoyant mailings that the folks in the UK seem to be getting a lot of. I feel so left out, all I get is emails from psychic Jenna wanting to tell me my future for a small fee.
Apparently, The Government News Network is warning consumers not to fall for this doom and thunder messages predicting that something bad will happen if the recipient does not send them money. I just can see that - "Send me $100.00 in cash or I will cut off a chicken's head and send a voodoo curse on you" or even "Send me $100.00 and I will release all the bad aura around you."
I might be very superstitious, but even I wouldn't fall for it. No matter how personalized they make the email, and make me feel that I've been chosen amongst a million people!
So, here's the top list of what not to fall for according to The Office of Fair Trading (OFT):
I am waiting though to get one of those famous bogus clairvoyant mailings that the folks in the UK seem to be getting a lot of. I feel so left out, all I get is emails from psychic Jenna wanting to tell me my future for a small fee.
Apparently, The Government News Network is warning consumers not to fall for this doom and thunder messages predicting that something bad will happen if the recipient does not send them money. I just can see that - "Send me $100.00 in cash or I will cut off a chicken's head and send a voodoo curse on you" or even "Send me $100.00 and I will release all the bad aura around you."
I might be very superstitious, but even I wouldn't fall for it. No matter how personalized they make the email, and make me feel that I've been chosen amongst a million people!
So, here's the top list of what not to fall for according to The Office of Fair Trading (OFT):
'Maria Rosa' who claimed 'in the next few days you will have the very tidy
sum of £169,000 in your possession'
sum of £169,000 in your possession'
'Gabriel d'Angelo' claimed 'You have to trust me....BECAUSE YOUR FUTURE
AND YOUR HAPPINESS DEPEND ON IT'
AND YOUR HAPPINESS DEPEND ON IT'
'Lise and Rose' claim that 'there is, in your home, in the very place
where you are living, a zone which had been booby trapped'
where you are living, a zone which had been booby trapped'
'Serena' claimed that 'Your life will be beautiful and you deserve it,
thanks to the Parchment of the Sacred Olive Branch which will protect you
and bring you happiness'.
Nice, what will they think of next.....
thanks to the Parchment of the Sacred Olive Branch which will protect you
and bring you happiness'.
Nice, what will they think of next.....
posted by The Imaginary Diva at 1:59 PM
