[Land-speed] Off Topic: All those Emails telling us we have won money or Help is needing on transferring...

[drmayf]

Jon, if you feel bad about not getting the emails on money laundering, 
lotteries you've won, free money just all you gotta do is... Well, I can 
forward all of mine to you! How's that for a buddy!

I never ever open any attachment from anyone I do not know...never ever... 

Still it is curious that the people who send this crap out must know 
that it is not working. Why do they still do it?  I get the same letters 
from several senders..

phunny for sure..

mayf
Jon Wennerberg wrote:

>
> On Jul 5, 2009, at 7:26 PM, drmayf wrote:
>
> You know, I get a lot of those things in my email inbox. I get a lot  
> because I had a chat with my ISP guy and told him that I would filter  
> my own junk , thank you very much. But, there seems to be zillions of  
> them and that got me to wondering... I wonder what the success rate 
> is  for people falling for the scams?  Anybody ever heard or have a  
> guestimate? They must work on some level. Some are so  outlandish,  
> that it would sem to me that the least experienced novice would know  
> that they are fake.
>
> mayf
>
>
>
> I wonder how many folks open the spam/mails saying "photo album" or  
> "software enclosed" or stuff like that.  I've got this 'puter trained  
> to send it all to the junk folder -- but I still scan through it to  
> see if something real got into the junk.  I don't open anything I'm  
> not 100% satisfied is okay, though.  I haven't got any "Zillion  
> dollars in a country you've never heard of" emails in quite a while,  
> but still get the usual pharmaceutical ads (one there right now, I  
> see, says "Boost your bomber", another says "Become virile like a  
> rabbit".  One says "sending you the archive".  I'm entertained by 
> 'em,  that's for sure.  Still don't open them).
>
>
>       Jon Wennerberg
> Tall guy with moustache
> and a pair of 2 Club hats