Someone sent me a “private message” the other day via e-mail.
I’d share it with you, but I got distracted at the time.
Oh wait.
There are some hormones being shipped to me that will just “melt away” the fat.
Boy, I could really use some of that.
Hold on, hold on….some Russian girl wants to chat me up in her private room. “Just click here” it says.
Yolanda?
Do I know a girl from Russia?
Maybe before I click there I should click on the other e-mail that just happens to mention something about Viagra and Cialis in the subject line.
Free?????
Hmmmm…..maybe before I click on that one I should check out the newest e-mail concerning a $1500 loan just in time for the holidays or getting my “swagger” back.
But wait, there is more. Cynthia keeps e-mailing me, saying this is her “last try. Can you please answer?”
Well, that “last try” e-mail has come in about 242 times since mid-December.
Somehow I get the impression that even if I did answer, the e-mails would just keep piling in…
Wow.
Apparently our “firewall settings” need some tweaking down here at the local newspaper office, but until said computer tweaking occurs, I have to wade through a myriad of very tempting e-mails.
I have to say, some of the subject lines are quite creative and sometimes amusing, but if you think you get a lot of junk mail in your “snail mail” mailbox, the computer world takes that trend an entire universe further.
I understand why someone would try to scam another person out of their money (because they want the money and have no scruples), but I truly don’t understand the motivation behind these hackers who send out viruses and such to unsuspecting folks and their computers. They are not even around to “enjoy” the sick satisfaction of giving someone a lot of headaches and costly computer repair bills.
Wait, wait a minute.
Canadian pharmacy?
OK, never mind, I’m back.
As with telephone scams, mail scams or any other kind of scam, just remember they are sending you stuff unsolicited. You didn’t ask for it. And if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is.
If someone contacts you in some fashion and they want YOU to send THEM money in some fashion, just don’t do it.
If it’s an attorney from England or Nigeria, if it’s a friend who got mugged in Italy while on vacation and lost her passport, if it’s your long-lost grandson sitting in jail somewhere needing bail money, just don’t do it.
Wow, the President just passed some refinancing bill that will give me thousands of dollars from my mortgage.
Oh wait.
Ignore that one, too.
If, however, you get something from me (mike@fhtimes.com) asking for a $5 bill, just go ahead and drop it off at our offices on Laser Drive.
I’m pretty sure that’s a legitimate need and request.
