Fishing Emails

Well, I opened my email again today, only to find another 5 spam emails either offering me the $5,000,000 I won in the UK Lottery (that I didn't enter), or wanting me to update my account with XYZ Bank (that I don't have), or the ultra famous, My wealthy spouse/father/brother just passed away in Africa and due to the law, only I (who have no relation with whatsoever) can collect this money, and I will receive a whopping 10% of the $10 billion dollar fortune!

Really, who is still falling for these? If you are online (yes, that's how you are being contacted) then you have heard that these are scams, right? Or is there someone out that how really believes that it is their lucky day, and they have won a lotto that they didn't even participate?

The best, however, is the XYZ Bank sites, who's grammer is poor and words are misspelled. I mean, if you are going through all the trouble of creating a mirror site and sending this fake email to scads of people, shouldn't you invest in a proofreader?

I received an email earlier this week from one of my contacts saying she had to make an emergency trip to England, and is stranded. Needs me to Western Union $2,500 pronto. Ya, right. I emailed my friend, only to find that they have hijacked her entire email account. So, me and my cleaver thinking, picked up the phone and called her, yes, here at her home in Denver. Seriously, do you think I would have a good friend which I would loan $2,500, but not have her telephone number? If I don't have your phone number, I'm not sending you $2,500.

I can only assume people continue to fall for these, or else they would stop altogether. I wonder how many other people are constantly bombarded with these crazy emails?