One Born Every Minute
Posted: Fri 19 August, 2005 Filed under: 1BEM, Cynicism, News 3 Comments »Sometimes you just have to wonder about people, don’t you? Today’s Barnum moment comes courtesy of Cornwall’s Trading Standards (although how they got involved, I’m not quite sure) and the story in the BBC today about a letter scam that’s been doing the rounds.
Basically, the letter comes with an enclosed Jack of Spades playing card, and tells the gullible fuckwit, sorry, recipient that they’ve been cursed, and that in order to rescind the curse they need to rip the card into quarters, and send it back to the sender wrapped in a £10 note. Now, duh, I’m sorry but send that to me, the fucker’s going in the bin.
Cursed? By post? Excuse me while I fall off my chair with laughter.
Quite honestly, anyone who does send the card and £10 back bloody well deserves to be fleeced. Call it a stupidity/gullibility tax and be done with it.
Someone forwarded onto me a police warning about a “fraud”. You get a phone message saying you have won a free holiday, press 9 to find out the details, and lo and behold you automatically dial a Premium rate number.
No, that isn’t a fraud. It’s a con.
I hereby curse you by blog comment. Please send money.
Duh. Everyone knows you have to tear the card into 7 equal parts. Tearing into quarters just doubles the curse. Doesn’t anybody know anything about cursing these days? I’m happy to inform further, just send me a tenner (not ripped into quarters).