Best E-mails of the Week March 26, 2006
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Don't Hate, Appreciate!
But before the Mayflowers come the April showers
Jim,
This puzzle is for you:
http://www.brl.ntt.co.jp/people/hara/fly.swf
Tennis anyone?
http://www.mcsaatchi.webcentral.com.au/tennischallenge/optus_tennis_site_edited.html
A FUN DAY OF FISHING IN NAPLES
Landon,
I really enjoyed your fifth birthday party.
When you go fishing for cobia next month with
Justin and Manfred, please send me pictures.
Pete
THE COMPUTER SWALLOWED GRANDMA
The computer swallowed grandma.
Yes, honestly its true.
She pressed 'control' and 'enter'
And disappeared from view.
It devoured her completely,
The thought just makes me squirm.
She must have caught a virus
Or been eaten by a worm.
I've searched through the recycle bin
And files of every kind;
I've even used the Internet,
But nothing did I find.
In desperation, I asked Jeeves
My searches to refine.
The reply from him was negative,
Not a thing was found 'online.'
So, if inside your 'Inbox,'
My Grandma you should see,
Please 'Copy', 'Scan' and 'Paste' her
And send her back to me!
Unknown
In this con, someone calls pretending to be a
court official who threateningly says a warrant has been issued for your arrest
because you didn't show up for jury duty. The caller claims to be a jury
coordinator. If you protest that you never received a summons for jury duty,
the scammer asks you for your Social Security number and date of birth so he or
she can verify the information and cancel the arrest warrant. Sometimes they
even ask for credit card numbers. Give out any of this information and bingo!
Your identity just got stolen. The scam has been reported so far in 11 states,
including Oklahoma, Illinois, and Colorado. This (scam) is particularly
insidious because they use intimidation over the phone to try and bully people
into giving information by pretending they're with the court system.
The FBI and the federal court system have issued nationwide alerts on their
websites, warning consumers about the fraud.
Pete