Comments on: Spam of the day https://thenewneo.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/ A blog about political change, among other things Sat, 08 May 2010 02:53:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Nolanimrod https://thenewneo.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/#comment-159487 Sat, 08 May 2010 02:53:54 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/#comment-159487 I’m getting jealous. Pheromones? The apple? The hyphen?

]]> By: Paul_In_Houston https://thenewneo.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/#comment-159401 Fri, 07 May 2010 16:04:32 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/#comment-159401 “I used to have a patient who was utterly convinced she had won the Reader’s Digest sweepstakes one year.”

And I would bet you this a contest that she had never even entered in the first place.

Some of these scams would almost (Hell; strike the “almost”!) have you believe that there are outfits just looking at random for people to give money away to.

I truly believe that most children would have trouble swallowing that.

What do you get when supposedly grown adults think that way?

November 4, 2008.

(Sorry; absolutely no way could I resist that one. 🙂

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]]> By: Assistant Village Idiot https://thenewneo.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/#comment-159398 Fri, 07 May 2010 15:48:39 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/#comment-159398 I also wonder who is still falling for these things. I used to have a patient who was utterly convinced she had won the Reader’s Digest sweepstakes one year. She was convinced that people couldn’t print that and send it to her if it weren’t true. Perhaps something like this is in play – people with a belief that there is some magical agency which protects us infallibly from such things, so those that get through must be legit.

I would love to see the numbers on political affiliation on this. As I would on Leno’s “Jay Walking.”

]]> By: Hangtown Bob https://thenewneo.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/#comment-159394 Fri, 07 May 2010 14:04:51 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/#comment-159394 Yes, TNT Courier Services is a real company, but, in this day and age, I think that they should be having second thoughts about having a name that is equivalent to “Bomb Carrier” and a task of delivering “packages” from around the world.

]]> By: waltj https://thenewneo.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/#comment-159375 Fri, 07 May 2010 11:15:29 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/#comment-159375 It is fairly humorous. Most of them are, unintentionally so. I’m amazed that people still fall for them. And you’re right, Neo, $150 is much lower than the typical amount of $30,000 or so. Maybe hard times have hit the Nigerian scam industry as well.

]]> By: Paul_In_Houston https://thenewneo.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/#comment-159356 Fri, 07 May 2010 04:26:26 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/#comment-159356 You’re getting a bargain, Neo. Only $150.00?

An email, similar to that comment, that I got last year wanted $250.00 as the “security keeping” fee.

Alas, I didn’t have it then, so I had to kiss off $1,000,000.00 dollars. (I think I would have bought a Porsche, toured the country, and had all sorts of fun.)

Such is life. 🙁

( I suppose it only needs a very tiny percentage of those fees to be actually paid for a scammer to make out pretty well. Sometimes, it really sucks to think what one could do if one had no concience at all.)
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]]> By: neo-neocon https://thenewneo.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/#comment-159352 Fri, 07 May 2010 04:00:49 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/#comment-159352 waltj: I’m well aware that it’s a Nigerian scam. I just think it’s a particularly humorous version in its details.

]]> By: waltj https://thenewneo.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/#comment-159334 Fri, 07 May 2010 01:47:05 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/#comment-159334 This is a Nigerian 419 scam letter. I’ve seen lots of them, and this is just another variant on that theme. Bottom line: the only money here is the money the scammer wants from you.

]]> By: Rathtyen https://thenewneo.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/#comment-159328 Fri, 07 May 2010 00:49:48 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/#comment-159328 TNT is a large firm, originating in courier and transport services (which it still does). Think of it as Australia’s version of Federal Express. While originally Australian, the firm is international, although it appears it may not have much penetration in the US market (US markets are usually very competitive and difficult to penetrate).

Notwithstanding TNT is a legitimate firm, it think it’s safe to say your instincts regarding the legitimacy of the offer/advice are correct.

]]> By: SteveH https://thenewneo.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/#comment-159268 Thu, 06 May 2010 19:11:31 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/05/06/spam-of-the-day/#comment-159268 Maybe this is why Obama has no paper trail. A lot of it looked like this until he became a confirm able American con man.

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