Posted by Neredbojias on 07/06/07 21:02

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:29:24 GMT Adrienne Boswell scribed:

> Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Neredbojias
> <neredbojias@gmail.com> writing in
> news:Xns99645C322EE85nanopandaneredbojias@198.186.190.161:
>
>> Speaking of spam, every so often I get a "Bank of America" alert that
>> my account has been temporarily suspended and I need to do this and
>> this and that to reinstate it. Naturally, the remedy includes
>> submitting sensitive info for proof of ownership, whatever. There's
>> even an ersatz Bank of America url to reply to.
>>
>> You'd think they'd go after these assholes. That's out-and-out fraud
>> for which a 10-year jail sentence is certainly not
>> out-of-the-question. The beauty of it is that the spammers are
>> actually pretty dumb; they obviously don't (or can't) screen for who
>> utilizes what bank.
>>
>
> When I have nothing to do, and I'm in a particularly bad mood, I click
> on those and fill out the form, with obviously bad information like
> "youareanidiot@youareathief.com". Sometimes, I have fun with phone
> spammers, too - they're actually more fun because you can lead them
> down the garden path, then swoop down and get 'em good.

I've been tempted to do that, myself, but am afraid my anger precludes such
a repartee in the main. It's probably a good idea, too, because it wastes
their time (and probably p-'s them off.) Still, I'd rather see them in
prison (-with a maladjusted 6' 9" bunkmate from Samoa.)

--
Neredbojias

Q: Do you speak Turkish?
A: Gobble gobble, dude.

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