While surfing the net, I came across this link to an anti-spam web site that had an interesting method for dealing with the Nigerian spammers/scanners.
Link, read, and enjoy.
Wow. That’s quite an epic. Intrigueing and fun.
Perhaps a bit of caution is in order here. When I went to the site you linked to above, a window popped up that looked amazingly like a Windows “bluescreen” with a warning message and an OK button. Clicking on the OK button begins downloading of what I’m pretty sure is spyware of the worst kind, complete with instructions on how to install it by getting around further warning messages.
BEWARE: If this happens to you, don’t believe a single thing that pops up; it is 100% scam and you will be sorry.
Musicat, although I didn’t have that problem when I linked to the site, I want to assure you that I’m trying to “trap” anybody with spyware.
Anyway, if any subsequent linkers have pop-up trouble, as Musicat said, be cautious.
NDP, I didn’t mean to accuse you of anything and I have seen that site before. I’ve been trying to recreate the popup, but haven’t been able to repeat it so far, so maybe it was a one-time thing.
Nevertheless, I have seen many phony “advisory” popup messages recently, well-crafted to look legitimate, and altho they don’t fool me, they would fool 95% of my non-technical friends. Then I have to go over to their house and fix their computer!
Is it a Freudian slip when they leave a word out?
No pop up for me, but the e-mail conversation was a hoot to read!
I think that Freud would insist that such a slip-up stems from a sub-concious desire to fuck goldfish.
Sidebar: Sheer brilliance. The conversation, I mean, not the goldfish fucking.
(snicker)
OH MY SWEET FREAKIN LORD!!!
That was great. Better than Sunday morning cartoons. I really liked the end… looks like old Dave sorta lost it there.