All My Problems Are Over!!!
Fraud is where you find it.
I just received the following email:
“Paymaster General Office,
Foreign Remittance Payment Department,
Federal Capital Territory Wuse Zone 11
Abuja Nigeria.
TEL: +234-08118516420
Attn: ,
Good news for you, We have been immediately assigned to effectively co-ordinate the immediate release of the sum of $2,500,000.00 ( Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) to you from your approved funds. Kindly re-confirm the following details to enable us get this transfer done, as we only have 72 hours to make
this transfer happen for you.
Full Nmae:
Your Direct Telephone number:
Your Home Address:
Occupation:
Age:
Marital status:
Kindly get back to us immediately.You can call me on +234-08118516420 for more information.
Respectfully,
MR. JAMES MOORE
(FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT)”
Apparently, Nigeria has had a problem with disbursing vast fortunes to deserving recipients for many years now, but their persistence to the task at hand should be an inspiration to us all. Admittedly, the chosen task itself is not so admirable, yet is a reminder that how we choose to live out our time on the earth – our basic orientation to it and how we choose to relate to others – is a very personal decision that reflects the kind of world we perceive and want to expand upon. Our answer to the simple question of “What is our purpose here?” can have a profound impact on ourselves and well beyond ourselves. As Batman once growled, “It’s not who I am, it’s what I do that defines me.” Yet what we do comes from who we are, or often, who we choose to be. There isn’t a one of us who isn’t flawed, but our aspirations and conduct are a better indicator of us than are our self-perceptions.
Strolling Amok 
You lucky dog…….. 🙂
Yep, I’m gonna go out right now and get me a new Ferrari and 10,000 jelly beans. I’m sure I’ll have the money by the time the invoices show up!
Hey! You wan’a adopt me??
Sure Greg! Just wire me $2,500 to cover the paperwork costs, which of course will be returned to you once the money shows up…
Congratulations on your new found abundance. 👍😃
How come everyone but me gets offers like this? What’s wrong with me?
Two words: Clean Living. That, and the criminal element of the Internet apparently considers you to not be very gullible.
Maybe that plus Mac has better spam filters than PCs? 😀
Beats me! Mac paraphernalia is all I’ve got. How much filtering is done at Google Gmail and how much is done at the Mail program level is probably the issue. The email I cited was automatically shoveled into the Junk folder, but I went in and took a look. If one’s email app doesn’t do much shoveling, then I don’t know whether to more blame the app or the carrier used.