I went over to the St. Blog's Site just now and clicked on a link listed under "new blogs". It caught my attention because it was misspelled -- "EUCHRISTICADORATION". I click on it and this site pops up with this ridiculous photo.
I'm laughing because I just received this piece of high-end spam:
Just checking in. Need not reply. I have great wholesale pricing on Hawker 400's, Hawker 800's, Citation X's and Gulfstreams. If you happen to be doing any upcoming trips or holiday travel, please let me know and I will send you over a quote on a great aircraft with my wholesale pricing.
Also ask me about my all-inclusive 25 hour card programs, at the best price points in the industry. Please contact me directly at either of the below numbers or via email at rj@jets.com. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely, RJ LaSasso
Several years ago, between 2006 and 2008, I was constantly getting unsolicited calls on my cell phone. I would estimate that I got an average of one a day, but sometimes I'd get several in one day. They were primarily either robocalls from shady refinance companies, vehicle warranty scamsters or there was simply dead air when I picked up the phone, so I don't know what they were. I assumed that I was on a list since I owned my own business. It became enough of a time waster that I purchased a piece of software for my phone that sent everything to voice mail unless it was in my address book. This was when I was still using a Treo 680 which now looks like a TRS-80 next to my iPhone, and the software was developed by a dude who pretty much disappeared. So updates and support were out of the question. I wondered what was going to happen when I had to switch phones.
Now I get unwanted phone calls about twice a month, and sometimes I'll go several months without any. I doubt anything happened with laws because these people don't obey them anyway. Maybe it's just the business downturn and credit crunch that has dried up the activity of these folks, but I have a hard time believing that this could account for such a drastic decline. Maybe my carrier has cracked down on these people? There are good sites where you can log annoying calls: whocallsme.com, phoneowner.info, 800notes.com, whocalledus.com, etc. Having these sites on the 'net has allowed people to basically search for numbers and have information concerning the nature of the calls. I don't know how much this helps the shutting down of "phone spammers", but I don't suppose they like it much.
Got this email:
Subject: Sweet Lord, call me on my cell!
Hey, why do not you write? You forgot about me?
"I am very unhappy without you, remember me?"
It's me, Olga from Russia, Moscow, remember? I'm waiting for you on his page on the Internet, and miss you terribly!
[click here]
This appeared in my inbox today from tangwong.yu@yahoo.com.hk. I don't know why he thought my name was "Acknowledge". But maybe we'll consider that as a boy's name for our child just in case we can't think of one.
Acknowledge,
An Iraqi made a fixed deposit of $6.5m usd in
my bank branch (Hang Seng Bank, Hong Kong) where
am a director and he died with his entire family
in the war leaving behind no next of kin, I'm ready
to share 50/50 with you if you choose to stand as my
deceased client next of kin. If interested mail me at
the address below.
Email Contact: tang.yu@livemail.tw
Yours Truly,
Wong Tang
