Potentially funny :-)

[Gartons]

I think the most amusing service they offer is the "To be excluded from
future promotions please call 0871 872 3731" feature.
I really want to kick these people who fall for this bollocks. It is the
likes of them which mean the likes of us need to filter our e-mail so
heavily and spend so much money on bin bags to fill with stupid letters
informing us that we have won money.
I may bemoan British manufacturing and shit myself at the prospect of

Indian

call centre people putting us all out work, but the single most worrying
thing about our captains of industry is that so many of them fell for The
Nigerian Scam. These people shouldn't be in charge of domestic pets, let
alone businesses.

Morning Tommo. :-)
You'll be pleased to hear that the SPAM rate seems to be going down.

Last month I received under 1,300 messages (slightly down)!

Then I thought...."Thirty days hath September, April, JUNE and" etc.. :-(

The cheekiest of the lot I think are the SPAMMERS that try to sell you
programmes to filter your SPAM!! :-)

WHAT THE HELL!!!! If people make money out of sending SPAM
- Good luck to them! Afraid they're falling on stony ground here though!
I even refuse to get ruffled by them! :-)

[Tommo ³]

Snip Spam talk

I've got the Spam well under control now with Mailwasher from
www.mailwasher.net

But just me saying that is in itself spam I suppose. Doh!

[Tommo ³]

And another thing about Mailwasher!

I had some spam tonight which I thought was really clever. It masqueraded as
one of *your own* undeliverable items. Of course the temptation is to open
it and see just which one of your e-mails has not got through, but with
Mailwasher you can have a quick peek at the contents (without actually
downloading the virus ridden shite onto your PC) and then delete it at
source, sending an "undeliverable" message back to the spammer. Good times.

[Jo Gradeless]

This would be potentially funny if it were not potentially fraudulent. The
subjects used include 'Inflict Hilarious Pranks' 'Mr Joker and 'Ultimate
Pranks'.

There is at least a 6 minute pre-amble (costing over £9) before you get to
place your prank call and listen to the response. If your victim is not in
and their phone remains unanswered you still pay £1.50 per minute for the
privilege.

You could pay up to £18 for a call and C Fry (the 'service provider') does
sh*t all to earn his/her money.

The fact that forged email addresses are used shows the ethics of the
operation.

Jo.

NB I am not a victim of this email but simply report the experience of
others.

Realistically expensive! :-)
Amongst this mornings SPAM.
So that I can't be accused of helping spammers I have crossed
the 96 out after the 87 ....
=====FUNNY PRANK CALLS=====
1. Choose a Prank from the list below
2. Make sure you have the telephone number of your chosen target
3. Call 0906 403 87XX
4. Listen in as the computer dials out to your victim!
1. Mr Fury
2. Irate Delivery Driver
3. Invite to no. 10
4. Tax Inspector from Hell
5. Mr Stammer
6. The Detective
7. My Daughter`s Pregnant
Calls to 0906 no`s cost one pound and fifty pence per minute and last a

few

minutes. Service provider: C Fry: Tel: [phone]. To be excluded from
future promotions please call 0871 872 3731.

[Gartons]

Post by Jo Gradeless
This would be potentially funny if it were not potentially fraudulent. The
subjects used include 'Inflict Hilarious Pranks' 'Mr Joker and 'Ultimate
Pranks'.
There is at least a 6 minute pre-amble (costing over £9) before you get to
place your prank call and listen to the response. If your victim is not in
and their phone remains unanswered you still pay £1.50 per minute for the
privilege.
You could pay up to £18 for a call and C Fry (the 'service provider') does
sh*t all to earn his/her money.
The fact that forged email addresses are used shows the ethics of the
operation.
Jo.
NB I am not a victim of this email but simply report the experience of
others.

Hi Jo, :-)
Don't worry Mate! - You won't find anyone on this group ready to
part with money! :-(
On the whole, we're a tight fisted lot of bas*ards!! :-))

J.G.

[Tommo ³]

Post by Jo Gradeless
This would be potentially funny if it were not potentially fraudulent. The
subjects used include 'Inflict Hilarious Pranks' 'Mr Joker and 'Ultimate
Pranks'.
There is at least a 6 minute pre-amble (costing over £9) before you get to
place your prank call and listen to the response. If your victim is not in
and their phone remains unanswered you still pay £1.50 per minute for the
privilege.
You could pay up to £18 for a call and C Fry (the 'service provider') does
sh*t all to earn his/her money.
The fact that forged email addresses are used shows the ethics of the
operation.
Jo.
NB I am not a victim of this email but simply report the experience of
others.

Realistically expensive! :-)
Amongst this mornings SPAM.
So that I can't be accused of helping spammers I have crossed
the 96 out after the 87 ....
=====FUNNY PRANK CALLS=====
1. Choose a Prank from the list below
2. Make sure you have the telephone number of your chosen target
3. Call 0906 403 87XX
4. Listen in as the computer dials out to your victim!
1. Mr Fury
2. Irate Delivery Driver
3. Invite to no. 10
4. Tax Inspector from Hell
5. Mr Stammer
6. The Detective
7. My Daughter`s Pregnant
Calls to 0906 no`s cost one pound and fifty pence per minute and last a

few

minutes. Service provider: C Fry: Tel: [phone]. To be excluded from
future promotions please call 0871 872 3731.

My company make an awful lot of money through these "premium services", but
I hate them with a passion. I'd far rather we made honest profits through
broadband than conning people who are too busy to read the smallprint
(credit to them - if you read the smallprint they always make it clear what
the costs are and can be).

The thing is, with advertising standards they seem to adopt a very sensible
approach of only allowing things which are "acceptable". Its actually not
very objective at all, but they seem to get reasonable reslults (I still
don't agree with the way they banned the Six Feet Under ads, but I'll go
with it). Why can't they use the same approach for services, where if a
panel of people think they are being "sharp" the service can be banned, even
if it is strictly legal?