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This thread is about what people find in their junk mail folder. I had to clarify because apparently it wasn't obvious to someone.
So, I was skimming through my spam folder to make sure nothing I actually wanted wound up there and I came across an email that had the following in big bold oversized text...
[firstname],
This Was Designed With You In Mind
Ah, it's the personal touch that I love most.
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It's funny that you're from Sweden. Austin Powers picture below, slightly NSFW
Spoiler:
Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do
Seeing this thread made me check my junk mail for the first time today. Hidden amongst the usual flotsam and jetsam was this gem...
Spoiler:
WHY YOUR FUNDS ARE STILL PENDING
MR. ALEX TETTEH (dmdgh@outlook.com) 07:39
To: Recipients
dmdgh@outlook.com From: MR. ALEX TETTEH (dmdgh@outlook.com) Microsoft SmartScreen classified this message as junk.
Sent: 10 October 2014 07:39:39
To: Recipients (dmdgh@outlook.com)
This message looks suspicious to our SmartScreen filters and we'll delete it after ten days. Attn:
Final Payment Notification.
Sometimes i do wonder if you are really with your senses. How could you keep trusting people and at the end you will loose your hard earned money,or are you being deceived by their big names? They impersonate on many offices,claiming to be Governors, Directors/Chairmen of one Office or the other.
Their game plan is only just to extort your hard earned money. Now, the question is how long will you continue to be deceived? Sometimes, they will issue you fake check,fake ATM card,introduce you to fake diplomatic delivery,UN-existing on-line banking and they will also fake wire transfer of Your fund with Payment Stop Order.
Anyways,by the virtue of my position,i have been following this transaction from inception and all your efforts towards realizing the fund. More often than not,i sit down and laugh at your ignorance and that of those who claim they are assisting you,it is very unfortunate that at the end you loose. Although,i don't blame you because you are not here in Ghana to witness the processing of your payment in Ghana.The problem here is that you've never been told the whole truth about this transaction and it is because of this truth they decided to extort you.
The most annoying part is even fraudsters have really taken advantage of this opportunity to enrich themselves at your expense, those you feel are assisting or working for you are your main problems.
I know the truth surrounding this payment and i am the only person who will deliver you from this long suffering if you will abide by my advice.
Please i beseech you to stop pursuit of shadows and being deceived.Feel free to contact me immediately you receive this mail so that i can explain to you the modes-operandi guiding the release of your Payment. Do not panic be rest assured that this arrangement will be guided by humble self.
N/B: You are urgently requested to provide me with the following information.
the internet thinks i like Asian women. how many times do i have to tell it that no i do not want to trade sex for living space with a chinese woman. I don't think that is legal for a fifteen year olb. I am never using a torrent download again.
also, apparently "FACEBOOK" is billing me even tho i don't have face book. lol.
Apparently, Blizzard really needs to get in contact with me about my World of Warcraft account, which has been hacked and locked by Blizzard as a precaution.
I'm sure one day I'll get around to telling Blizzard that I don't have a WoW account and that they must have me confused with someone else, but I have much more important things to do with my time.... like post in OT.
Emperor's Eagles (undergoing Chapter reorganization)
Caledonian 95th (undergoing regimental reorganization)
Thousands Sons (undergoing Warband re--- wait, are any of my 40K armies playable?)
facebook Hello, Victoria Carpenter commented on your status. Victoria wrote: "so cute"
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Reply to this email to comment on this status.
See Comment This message was sent to Blah blah If you don't want to receive these emails from Facebook in the future, please unsubscribe. Facebook, Inc., Attention: Department 415, PO Box 10005, Palo Alto, CA 94303
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I get so much of this at work daily. I have been billed tens of thousands of dollars now. Apparently.
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Work email gets constant spam begging me to go to various seminars and conventions in different places, as well as desperate sales guys and recruiters emailing asking for times to call me about sales pitches/interviews.
I actually had a recruiter email me at my personal address once (it's my work email except @gmail.com) saying he knew where I worked and was wanting to know if I was interested in a position at another company in NY. That was the only one I've ever responded to, and it was not an amicable response.
I actually had a recruiter email me at my personal address once (it's my work email except @gmail.com) saying he knew where I worked and was wanting to know if I was interested in a position at another company in NY. That was the only one I've ever responded to, and it was not an amicable response.
Headhunters are the new bounty hunters in the 21st century.
THEY...
JUST...
KNOW...
HOW...
TO...
FIND...
YOU.
It's amazing...
Know what I did? I actually talked to one of the recruiters and gave her my requirements to even consider moving around. (+50k more, company luxery car, fly 1st class, min 20% yearly bonus). All of which are negotiable, but they're my starting points.
Somehow that info got out and the number of headhunter solicitors dropped.
I don't know if I want to completely burn those bridges though. Who knows, might WANT to leave one day.
Thanks... funny thing,I still got an offer....
If I wasn't married and have kids, it's a fething dream job.
-I'd have to move to Seattle.
-I'd be traveling approx 3 weeks per month to Pacific Rim locations.
-Places like, Anchorage, AK; New Zeland; Japan; Pacific Military Bases.
Dude.
*shrug*, but I'd still hesitate to do that job 'cuz I'd know I wouldn't have a life.
*shrug*, but I'd still hesitate to do that job 'cuz I'd know I wouldn't have a life.
I know that feeling. I've had damn good offers for Virginia and NY, but it means never seeing friends or family and losing any sense of social life I have.
*shrug*, but I'd still hesitate to do that job 'cuz I'd know I wouldn't have a life.
I know that feeling. I've had damn good offers for Virginia and NY, but it means never seeing friends or family and losing any sense of social life I have.
Hard choices to make.
Absolutely.
If I'm honest with myself, it really wasn't that hard to turn down. Because I was happy/content with where I was at in that time.
Now, to someone else, they'd probably jump all over that offer for that opportunity for different reasons.
Everyone's different.
*that is why when Obama (and others) says "you didn't build that" or "we need to spread the wealth around"... it rubs me wrong. Everyone has that "spot in life" where they can say, "yeah, I'm good here." Not someone else telling them, "no, you should be good there". Knowwhatimean?