or, Fun With Spam
I am a little bit weird - I actually get a chuckle out of opening up my Spam folder. I look at it the *stuff* collected there, and ponder my fellow humans. Specifically -- I wonder, "what were they thinking???"
One yesterday caught my attention. It was from someone named "Giedrius". The subject line said, "***Make $6,513 a day doing this***"
* I have met an awful lot of people (in several different countries) in my life.. but never one named "Giedrius". I have however, met lots of Pauls, Peters, Toms, and Joes, Jerrys, Jacks, Phils, Rogers .. and just about every other name in the book.
My second impression was.. "You know, if it said, 'make $6,750 a day', I might open it. But $6,513? That's just not worth it.."
How did the crook decide on that number? Aw.. who cares?
PS - no, I did not open either the Importantt message nor the Immportant one. There's a reason there's a Spam folder.
97% of all the 'signals' traveling the Internet at any given moment is scam *crud* like this.
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