Scammers Get Anuddah Break
Something came along I hadda share.Not so much the picture, albeit fitting for the season.No, I hadda share this h'yar little tidbit that was floating around Facepalm. It made me laugh.What's more,...
View ArticleHalloween, Libyan Scammers, Shutdowns and Edits, Oh My
This pumpkin looks like he's reading the letter a lengthily-named Libyan scammer sent me, seeking my help to complete the assignment 'she' was allegedly given by the late and unlamented President...
View ArticleSickophant
Here we go again.A picture of a lady in a hospital in the UK (this time), sending me (and gawd knows how many others) her last wishes regarding a large inheritance fund she says she...
View ArticleBonco UnInc vs Email List Scammer
Ya never know the direction an email scambait can take. Which is part of the fun.Emmanuel Benson -- the name he gives, anyway -- emails to gawd knows how many folks a simple scam, offering to sell...
View ArticleBiblical Quotes From Scamdom
With this particular scam, I reckon I AM dealing with a meth lab.Or someone who has spent too much time doing sample testing for one.Reverend Paul Smith decided I needed a nudge to get my ATM card and...
View ArticleA Walton Family Email
Is there a connection between Mrs. Sam Walton and Miley Cyrus?Probably not, but leave it to me to make one.I just got an email from a "Mrs. Christy Walton", who therein purports to be the "Second...
View ArticleLookin' Fer Love In The Wrongest of Places
Meet Anna. Anna Ivanova. Russian. Female. Early 20s. Looking for love outside of Mother Russia.Uh huh.Darlin' Anna found her way into my email box at the beginning of October.Amusingly, she...
View ArticleUN is an Acronym Too
The current potus of the US has gone far to give acronyms a bad name.But the UN -- alleged 'United Nations' -- was way ahead of him on that.Scammers are what they are, of course.So here's the latest...
View ArticleThe Pet Rock Horns In On An Edit
Yes, Seymour was really in Califorlornia. On a very nice boat. In a life preserver.Seymour has great hosts.Even when Seymour is a naughty little pet rock.A recent scammer caught Seymour's attention...
View Article"You Have Something Lodged Somewhere.."
There are jobs that are exactly as they appear.Here's a quickie scammer email that emanates from .... c'mon, you know .... Nigeria.Dear Beneficiary,Please be informed that you have $250,000,00 USD...
View ArticleFree..To Be Stuuuuuuuuuuuuupid
Do you REALLY think I did this?The last comment from a recent online lotto scammer: "u hurt my head wif this. what kind r u?"I compassionately responded with just that kind of kind. Take two aspirin...
View ArticleDo They Really Say That?
I reckon that after he sees what I dun to his email, Ma, what the picture says is most likely.You wouldn't think that a member of the Muzzie Bro'hood would send an email to ME, asking for my hep with a...
View ArticleSeymour Told Me To...
Okay...so I, who scambaits and annoys scammers, gets talked into calling the Butterball Hotline (1-800-288-8372), to ask an elemental question about turkey preparation. By my pet rock, Seymour.I don't...
View ArticleMacy Or Macy Not...
My pet rock, Seymour -- still vacationing in bucolic Arkansas -- finds time to read headlines.He insists there isn't much else to do there.And he came across an article that yet another float in the...
View ArticleA Pet Rock Edits A Cult
Seymour, my world-traveling pet rock -- even as he luxuriates in rustic Arkansasian splendor -- is apparently allowed internet access. And he makes use of it.He apparently found a news article about...
View ArticleATM Cards Can Do So Much
Well...this MIGHT be happening in Canada. But with more liberalized pot laws in Colorado, I think it more likely in Nederland.And I digress.'Tis the time of year for scammers to ramp up their ATM card...
View ArticleAn Online FAIL
How many email scammer "handlers" do you suspect are doing this when the response their employees receive to one of their scams, happens to be one of MINE?I hope most of them.But I digress.You gotta...
View ArticleEmail Road Kill
Perhaps the original road kill, Warner Bros style.Though the umbrella is a nice touch.Why road kill? On accounta cuz I made it the central theme in a recent email edit.If the scammer'd been from...
View ArticleDon't Fart In The Centerpiece
For all of you that receive a decorative centerpiece floral design for the holidays from an anonymous admirer...relax.It's just the NSA.Well maybe.Once again -- and in a less intimidating tone than...
View ArticleIndiana (doesn't) Want Me
At least the FBI office, located in Indianapolis, doesn't.Though after this edit, that might change.Scammers have a real love affair with impersonating the FBI it seems. And they seem to be somewhat...
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