comedy

[tom winter]

Phil, most of us do know what these are. At least I hope most of us do.

The one they sent me was funny because I specifically called the scam out in
my ad and told them in advance not to bother.

Must have been a computer generated letter. Or a really stupid person who
couldn't read.

But yeah, most criminals are nasty people, not the kind of folks that I'd
look up and have a pint with, which I'll try to with you next time I'm over
in the UK (I used to live in York and St. Andrews, Scotland, and there's
times when I miss real beer terribly).

Speaking of scams, how 'bout most of the swill they sell me at the local
bar? Ahhh, I'd give plenty for a pint of cask conditioned ale right now. It
is Friday after all, and the end of the week beckons.

Tom


on 7/16/04 10:53 AM, Phil Payne at quattro at isham-research.com wrote:

>> I actually got a new twist earlier this week..... I was notified that a
>> relative of mine,
> Joseph DiBiase, of South Africa, died, and his lawyer wanted to split his $7
> million estate
> with me, 60% for him and 40% for me! All he needed was my bank account
> information to proceed!
> I replied that, as a gesture of good faith, if he wanted to send me $10,000
> cash I'd be happy
> to accept that before we proceed. I haven't heard back yet.
> 
> If you really don't know what these things are - I get about five a day and
> have a collection
> now of several thousand - they're called "419 letters" or "advance fee
> frauds".  The perps are
> serious people - some have been murdered or gone missing when trying to
> collect.