I just got an email that said:
"Can you figure that out - that is how Mike dealed with his health situation"
It was followed by a link. You know--the usual kind of stuff.
Okay spammers, I understand that you need to misspell pen1s, vigara, and hottt nekkid gurlz to get your messages through the filters. But this is just being sloppy.
I mean, you really had me going for a moment.
Here is how is went down/what I was thinking.
I like to figure things out.
I know someone named Mike. (Several Mikes, actually.)
"Health situations" are a serious matter.
If any of my Mikes have had health situations I would want to know.
Then I realized that none of the Mikes I know would have misspelled "dealt" as "dealed."
But... Then I thought: "No. this message is not from Mike. It is about Mike. Maybe Mike had a health situation going on, and I should find out what happened to him."
Then I realized that none of the people I know who might want to say something to me about a Mike with whom we are mutual acquaintances would have misspelled "dealt."
Then I realized that I don't think I know anyone who would have misspelled "dealt." At least not anyone who would actually send me an email message.
And that is when I realized that the message must be spam, and decided not to click the link.
Whew! So close, but disaster averted.
2009-03-21
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I don't know if it is cool to comment on one's own blog, but I feeled it was necessary to mention that none of the above is true except that I really did get the spam.
ReplyDeletePlease recognize the intentional irony.