A Reporter's Life


Spam

I have a feeling everybody on the planet gets spam from people claiming to be from a far-off country, looking for some help in exchange for millions of dollars. The latest one to hit my inbox got off to an amusing start: "Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics."

Mr. Brun Cale goes on to say: "I have secretly resolved to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with. I thus propose to do business with you."

Who on earth writes this stuff? And who really falls for it? Those people -- the writers and the fallers alike -- really ought to be banned from the Internet.

Posted by Layla at 1:21 AM, August 10, 2005

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