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March 6, 2006
Disappointment....
I just missed my chance to be scammed out of thousands of my hard-earned dollars by someone who's grasp of the English language was at best questionable. After making out something that sounded like my apartment had been selected by the US government to receive $150,000.00, I decided that anything that had to do with both money and the US government using non-English speaking telemarketers was nothing I was going to get tangled up in. As politely as I could, I said "I don't think so" and hung up.
In the 15 seconds it took him to redial, I recalled recent news articles about various local people who'd fallen prey to the scammers, and patted my head for not being one of them. So when I heard the broken English on the second call asking me why I'd hung up, because this was an "official" call, I was ready "I'm on the no call list" I said and hung up again. I guess it worked, because he's not called back.
Perhaps I should have stayed on the line longer, given him a few of my bank account numbers, perhaps my social security number as well, after all, it's the US government sending me the money, right? Maybe even wired him a few weeks pay in order to help out with shipping and handling. I guess even opportunity has gotten into the technology age and started ringing instead of knocking.
Posted by Anna at March 6, 2006 12:30 PM