Now haven't we all received spam? Well, most of us still do. There are these crazy fwds that we sometimes don't bother to open. As annoying as they may be, some of them are really amusing. Amusing as long as you don't fall for it. Unfortunately some of us do fall for the pranks. Tough wood, I have been safe from spammers until now and hope to remain so. Meanwhile, I thought I would run through my top 5 (ridiculous) forwards.
1. Movie portraying Jesus and his Disciples as gay.This has got to be the oldest one. I remember receiving this even way back in 1998, saying that a movie is going to be released, showing Jesus and his 12 as gay. Well, 13 years on and I'm still waiting for the movie, but I still receive the fwd every now and then. A lot of people signed the petition and forwarded it further, mostly out of ignorance, and hence sharing a lot more email id's with awaiting spammers. If I receive this one more time, I just might make that movie myself, just so this would end.
2. You have been chosen to receive a million dollars..!!
When you see $$$ on your subject line, you are tempted to open it. Well, who doesn't need money. Then you read that some old rich lady living alone in a London mansion just croaked her last, and that her bank has randomly chosen YOU to receive all her fortune. Wow..!! Now, really? Some of us actually believe that? Don't be stupid. It does not happen in real life. I had blogged before about one such conversation I had. Check it out here.
3. Fwd to 20 people or you will die.
Ok, its amazing how some think that the "send" button on your screen has the power to kill you, if not clicked. Hey, I'm still alive, in spite of not sending anything. Sometimes it says you will have 20 years of bad luck if you don't fwd this, or you will lose your job or whatever. OK, I choose 20 years of bad luck over annoying 20 people I know. So far my luck has been great and I am doing just fine.
4. Save a little girls life.
Then we have a fwd that does not ask for your money or address or anything else. All it says is that there is a little girl dying of cancer and that her folks cant afford the money to cure her. Apparently microsoft has stepped in to help, saying that they will pay 20 cents for each person who forwards the mail. Ok, apparently that girl is still not dead, and that mail still comes every now and then. Use your brains. Microsoft has enough money to pay for her treatment if they wanted to, plus there are thousands of people dying from cancer, so you spamming your friends will NOT save this little girl.
5. Apple is giving away free iPads.
Yea, right. That's how they made their money; by giving free ipads. This apparently is the latest spam, mostly on facebook. You click a link that says "click here and receive your free ipad" and that message is immediately posted to all your friends profile. And did you get the iPad? Hell no. You only made me think you are stupid.
Nothing comes free in life. Whether iPad or money or whatever, no one will ever give it away for free. That's just not how it works. Sometimes we act stupid and try our luck. "Oh its from microsoft so much be genuine" is what we think. "Jesus wont forgive me if I don't act christian and do my bit to stand up for my lord" is what some of us think when we receive the fwd about the Jesus movie. We wouldn't risk denying our God, so we fwd it anyway. Just in case. Then some of us fwd crap out of pure desperation. Our life must be in the pits and it couldn't go further down, so if forwarding an email is going to work, then no harm trying. If forwarding an email is going to give someone that hope, then hey, why not; isn't it?
So yea, that's it. Now within the next one minute, type out a comment about this post. Otherwise your computer screen will burst into a million pieces and about a half a million of those tiny sharp shreds will pierce your eyes.
1. Movie portraying Jesus and his Disciples as gay.This has got to be the oldest one. I remember receiving this even way back in 1998, saying that a movie is going to be released, showing Jesus and his 12 as gay. Well, 13 years on and I'm still waiting for the movie, but I still receive the fwd every now and then. A lot of people signed the petition and forwarded it further, mostly out of ignorance, and hence sharing a lot more email id's with awaiting spammers. If I receive this one more time, I just might make that movie myself, just so this would end.
2. You have been chosen to receive a million dollars..!!
When you see $$$ on your subject line, you are tempted to open it. Well, who doesn't need money. Then you read that some old rich lady living alone in a London mansion just croaked her last, and that her bank has randomly chosen YOU to receive all her fortune. Wow..!! Now, really? Some of us actually believe that? Don't be stupid. It does not happen in real life. I had blogged before about one such conversation I had. Check it out here.
3. Fwd to 20 people or you will die.
Ok, its amazing how some think that the "send" button on your screen has the power to kill you, if not clicked. Hey, I'm still alive, in spite of not sending anything. Sometimes it says you will have 20 years of bad luck if you don't fwd this, or you will lose your job or whatever. OK, I choose 20 years of bad luck over annoying 20 people I know. So far my luck has been great and I am doing just fine.
4. Save a little girls life.
Then we have a fwd that does not ask for your money or address or anything else. All it says is that there is a little girl dying of cancer and that her folks cant afford the money to cure her. Apparently microsoft has stepped in to help, saying that they will pay 20 cents for each person who forwards the mail. Ok, apparently that girl is still not dead, and that mail still comes every now and then. Use your brains. Microsoft has enough money to pay for her treatment if they wanted to, plus there are thousands of people dying from cancer, so you spamming your friends will NOT save this little girl.
5. Apple is giving away free iPads.
Yea, right. That's how they made their money; by giving free ipads. This apparently is the latest spam, mostly on facebook. You click a link that says "click here and receive your free ipad" and that message is immediately posted to all your friends profile. And did you get the iPad? Hell no. You only made me think you are stupid.
Nothing comes free in life. Whether iPad or money or whatever, no one will ever give it away for free. That's just not how it works. Sometimes we act stupid and try our luck. "Oh its from microsoft so much be genuine" is what we think. "Jesus wont forgive me if I don't act christian and do my bit to stand up for my lord" is what some of us think when we receive the fwd about the Jesus movie. We wouldn't risk denying our God, so we fwd it anyway. Just in case. Then some of us fwd crap out of pure desperation. Our life must be in the pits and it couldn't go further down, so if forwarding an email is going to work, then no harm trying. If forwarding an email is going to give someone that hope, then hey, why not; isn't it?
So yea, that's it. Now within the next one minute, type out a comment about this post. Otherwise your computer screen will burst into a million pieces and about a half a million of those tiny sharp shreds will pierce your eyes.
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