[78-L] Just curious.. ^

[simmonssomer]

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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78L" <78-L at 78online.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 5:53 AM
> Subject: [78-L] Just curious.. ^
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>>I didn't own a computer until July 2000. Since then, I've received my fair
>> share of the usual crap e-mail we all get and we've all learned to tune
>> out.
>> But tonight, here's an old favorite, from somebody who's dying of
>> something and
>> who wants to make amends and leave me GBP20M..and the wording hasn't
>> changed in
>> nine years, even down to the typos and spelling mistakes ("it has defiled
>> all
>> form of medicine"). Don't they get tired of playing this game? Hasn't
>> anybody
>> ever noticed that it doesn't work? Okay, except for the 3 idiots Oprah
>> interviews every so often.
>>
>> Just wondering....
>>
>> dl
>
> I'm never certain whether 'they' really expect to catch a sucker or just
> pump the crap out to slow down the net and/or achieve a partial Denial of
> Service. Fortunately my ISP filters most of this spam out and I usually 
> only
> see evidence of it when checking my mailboxes on the server. It does seem
> though the volume of spam has dropped from the time earlier this year when
> the undersea cables twixt N. Africa and Europe developed faults - since
> cleared. About 18 months ago, my ISP was filtering out about 160/200 per
> day, this is now down to about 50 per week. Of those I might see a couple
> which sneak through.
> ~~
> John D
>
I had a good friend (now deceased), a well known and savvy musician, well 
versed in all the angles of management in the music business who received 
one of those e-Mails. He fell for it, responded and after all the required 
back and forth  received AND DEPOSITED their "preliminary" certified check 
for a substantial amount. He  dutifully (as he was an honest man) sent in 
the piddling $10,000 bucks to cover their understandable administrative 
expenses. The bank called seven days later and gave him the unwelcome news.
The beautifully engraved check was a phony.
Pain and sorrow for the family.

Al Simmons