>> The don't call list isn't worth the cyber-paper it's written on;  they
> The only way it does work is to get on it but never subscribe to
> anything. Then you're right back on it again. Tricky o do though as
> you know, because we get sucked into it so easily. All you have to do
> is go on certain AD clogged websistes. Bingo. Or do something really
> dumb and sign into myspace.com..  ((They put you into some sort of
> bank account thingy and send you emails demanding confirmation of an
> account you NEVER even knowingly opened. Strange. Knock on wood, after
> a few months into the spam filter they quit...

I've read, but cannot prove that it's an industry in many African nations;
the head honcho rents a block of time for all the computers at an internet
cafe and mans it with "whiz kids" who are told to sit there and
send thousands of those emails before the doors are unlocked.  There's not
much in the way of capital outlay and all it takes is one or two fools to
send the required information to recoup their investment.  I set up my own
filters rather than use the ISP's system and I still get queries and
warnings from banks I have never dealt with.
 Check the spelling and the way the letter "reads" and you will
see that a lot
of them are written by persons for whom English is a second language.

> ....................
>> My wife does an excellent "Ms. Alzheimer 2007"  Callers have asked
>> "you're not home alone, are you?  Is there someone there with you?  Do
>> you need me to call 911 for you?"  She is *so* good at it..
> ThiS IS a game!!! SURe beats the pretending to be a cop on a murder

Works really well if you take the time to conjure up a script first.  After
all, the telemarketer has one...
> scene heheh.
> Cindy
> ... Star Trek VII:  The Search for Kirk's Toupee.

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