A couple of days ago I reveived this message via email:
We saw your business on the web and wanted to invite you to add a Free Listing to the largest and highest ranked Gay and Lesbian Directory serving the LGBT community.
We are #1 on Google with over 30,000 hits a day. You get a full page with contact info, picture gallery, description, and map with directions to your business.
It totally pissed me off. This is not difficult as I am easily pissed off by web bullshit.
It was not the gay thing that pissed me off however. It was not the BLT bit although being a northern lad I prefer bacon sandwiches to be adulterated only by fried egg and brown sauce.
No, what pissed me off was the stuff about my business. I do not have a business online. I do not have a business at all. So if people are going to gather data on my web activities I just wish they would write some decent software capable of analysing it properly.
Or better still, respect my privacy and fuck the fucking fuck off.
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You know when these emailers are lying – its when their automated keyboard is clicking! I have had some hilarious ones sent to me over the years, yet I am still utterly bemused why people fall for these things!
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Well said. It would be easy to stop it simply by regulating how many mails per day can be sent from one account.
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It s enough to make a cat cry! I love the ones that say you have inherited a few million from some guy who died in a plane crash….just send your bank details so they can put the money in your account….
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I think one has to be in a slightly unhinged state of mind to contemplate going along with that one.
‘Free money giveaway ‘ – nice idea isn’t it.
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Apparently people do fall for it – they they get in touch with one of those BBC consumer protection programmes and are interviewed by a carrot that looks like a willie.
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