Another E-mail Scam
This is dawn in my neighborhood about two weeks ago. It doesn't have anything to do with the rest of this post. But I thought it was pretty. |
Sunday, I received a strange e-mail. Immediately it dawned on me that the e-mail was a scam. The header was enough to tell me so:
Notice anything odd about all the folks this "newsletter" was sent to? All have the same e-mail provider. Then the pitch—which isn't addressed to anyone personally—begins:
Earning a diploma, much less receiving one in 6 weeks, is highly unlikely to earn anyone "the praise of all." Nowadays, it doesn't necessarily guarantee "an extraordinary future" or a growth "in earning power." I wonder what this scam outfit considers "prestigious universities"? And what exactly is a "100% verified degree"?
C'mon! I'm retired. I'm not looking to upgrade my degree at this point. My master's degree is fine just like it is.
What's with the "Dear Diana"? And who is "Jason"? The plot is thickening here. Was the advice to get a 6-week degree? Did the degree give the writer her desire back? If so, what kind of a degree roused her? Give us a hint here—was it in science or the humanities?
Apparently it never dawned on the scammer that he (she?) must have mistakenly copied and pasted parts of two separate e-mail scams—one about getting a degree and another about getting—oh, never mind.
If anyone is stupid enough to respond (and just to be on the safe side, I blocked part of the phone number), what kind of call back will that person get?
Why didn't it dawn on the sender to least add a fake signature to the end? But it gets even weirder. At the bottom of the e-mail is this:
What the #*^!* does that part have to do with anything? Did the scammer post yet another part of another scam into the e-mail? Or was he (she?) just trying to see how stupid the recipients might be? Or was it just the news part of the "newsletter"?
Sheesh! (I should have another reference to dawn here, but I couldn't think of one.)
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2 Comments:
Sheesh, and all I get are e-mails telling me millions of dollars are waiting for me from the fbi or Nigeria.
I have the same photo of the sky and I also thought it was so pretty, I almost chose it for my blog today but it had nothing to do with the story. I tried every which way I could think of to fit it in but no go.
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