Regarding email lottery or dead relative scams -
Ever notice that it's always the "President" or a "Doctor" but not a banker, lawyer or lottery official who "signs" those emails?
Several years ago I took one of these email scams as far as I could safely take it. As sarcastic as my email replies were ("WHEEE - - I WON Send me the BUCKS !!! HURRY UP!! ") the guy kept emailing me and after a few weeks he changed addresses and was emailing me minute by minute, coaxing me to go to my bank and get the bank manager on the phone. In my last email I told him I was heading out the door to go to the bank and "I've fallen and I can't get up". Apparently that catchphrase was not within his Americana experience (he didn't get it) so he insisted that I get to the bank before this opportunity slipped away. Since there was no way for him to hear me laughing or to see my hand-gestures I junk-mailed him and ended it. True story!
Several years ago I took one of these email scams as far as I could safely take it. As sarcastic as my email replies were ("WHEEE - - I WON Send me the BUCKS !!! HURRY UP!! ") the guy kept emailing me and after a few weeks he changed addresses and was emailing me minute by minute, coaxing me to go to my bank and get the bank manager on the phone. In my last email I told him I was heading out the door to go to the bank and "I've fallen and I can't get up". Apparently that catchphrase was not within his Americana experience (he didn't get it) so he insisted that I get to the bank before this opportunity slipped away. Since there was no way for him to hear me laughing or to see my hand-gestures I junk-mailed him and ended it. True story!
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