Junk mail and your health

When I got back from vacation, I found hundreds of junk mails in my inbox. It could have been far worse. My ISP (internet service provider) tries to screen out all the junk mail, but somehow the spammers have figured out how to do an end run around the spam blockade. Not all of them mind you, but enough that it is frustrating.

Somehow, I have been selected by many lotteries and have won literally millions of dollars all over the world. This would be nice it if was really true, but of course it is not. They people telling me I have won always want my bank account information.

John Stossel on television did an expose of these types of scams. He ran across one man who would lead the spammers on, pretending to buy into their imagined scenerio. Of course he never revealed his information, but interacted with them. His philosophy was that if they were wasting their time with him, they would not be conning gullable people.

One "lady" wrote me that he husband had died with billions of dollars in a foreign bank. Now she had discovered that she has aides and wants to give it to charities before she dies. Would I help?
So I responded and told "her" that perhaps there was hope for her, she should not give up so easily, but should fight the aides with all the available medicines and natural health remedies available. With this tiny bit of encouragement, pages and pages of poorly written English came flooding into my email box. After a couple of days, the flood dried up. I guess "she" finally figured out I wasn't going to give my personal information and allow them to empty my bank account.

I am still cleaning out my email box. I have valid emails in there too, but with the passing days, the information is no longer timely.

I am starting to erase big blocks of mail without even reading it.

Someday, I will get current.

Stay happy,
David Youngs