Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Annoy Mike Carona for Orange County Sheriff
With all the other shit this dickhead has going against him, his campaign just auto-dialed me to leave a vote-for-me message.
Actually, voting against you was the only reason I even bothered with my absentee ballot.
For all the sordid details about the sheriff, see the OC Weekly's Sheriff Scandal Archive.
If you want to return the favor and call the Carona campaign yourself, you can reach them at 714-502-9578.
Actually, voting against you was the only reason I even bothered with my absentee ballot.
For all the sordid details about the sheriff, see the OC Weekly's Sheriff Scandal Archive.
If you want to return the favor and call the Carona campaign yourself, you can reach them at 714-502-9578.
Friday, May 19, 2006
A New Breed of Annoying Automated Telemarketer
Just got an automated message saying:
"This is a message for
Straight out of the Simpsons. After a minute of saying, "please press 1," the message finally said, "Phone 1-877-290-2680 between the hours of 8am and midnight to receive a very important message."
That's 1-877-290-2680. For Garcia, Kathy.
"This is a message for
Garcia, Kathy. Please press 1 to get your message."Straight out of the Simpsons. After a minute of saying, "please press 1," the message finally said, "Phone 1-877-290-2680 between the hours of 8am and midnight to receive a very important message."
That's 1-877-290-2680. For Garcia, Kathy.
Labels: 877-290-2680
Shit List American Dog Balls Award Winner: Omni Capital Solutions
I've long held that 10-20% of the American economy is bullshit refi, telemarketing, day-trading, money-laundering, scam-artist small businesses. Today, I'm upping my projection to 20-30%.
Eliminate this vast gray market and we're just another stagnant European economy, without the vacation and other socialist benefits. In recognition of this vital yet utterly fetid part of the American economy, I'm starting my Shit List American Dog Balls Awards.
Omni Capital Solutions just war-dialed me with a pre-recorded message offering a $5000 credit "against future credit card sales." Sounds too good not to be some kind of sleazy rip-off.
You can usually pick these dogs out by their crappy, half-assed websites. Congratulations, Omni Capital Solutions. You lick the dog's balls.
Eliminate this vast gray market and we're just another stagnant European economy, without the vacation and other socialist benefits. In recognition of this vital yet utterly fetid part of the American economy, I'm starting my Shit List American Dog Balls Awards.
Omni Capital Solutions just war-dialed me with a pre-recorded message offering a $5000 credit "against future credit card sales." Sounds too good not to be some kind of sleazy rip-off.
Omni Capital Solutions
4342 Katella Ave
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
Phone (800) 810-3018
Fax (562) 799-7064
http://www.omnicapitalsolutions.com/
4342 Katella Ave
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
Phone (800) 810-3018
Fax (562) 799-7064
http://www.omnicapitalsolutions.com/
You can usually pick these dogs out by their crappy, half-assed websites. Congratulations, Omni Capital Solutions. You lick the dog's balls.
Thursday, May 18, 2006
The Hot Lead Slime Trail Leads to...
Danny Kitchell, "Your Home Lendor & Realtor"
details here
Danny, your website's a joke and you're in bed with scumbags. Here's hoping the housing crash lands on you.
details here
Danny, your website's a joke and you're in bed with scumbags. Here's hoping the housing crash lands on you.
Labels: 818-638-8049, hot lead
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
I Won the Email Lottery!
The best part is, I didn't even have to buy a ticket! Fittingly, I have been notified by email (reproduced below as formatted):
Give me my jackpot, you fucking bitches. I'll take it in Thai whores disbursed over the next 20 years.
I'm rich, bitch!
From: Mrs.carol. hunter. Mailed-By: gmail.com
Date: May 16, 2006 8:48 AM
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
DATE-Tuesday 16 May 2006
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
AN CRANNCHUR NAISIUNTA
An Post National Lottery Company.
www.lotto.ie
We are pleased to inform you of the result of The
National Lottery Email Program which has been released.Your
Email address attached to ticket number 5-4-3-2-1-0
with serial number 2113-05 drew the lucky numbers 02
11 23 25 27 30 34 which consequently won the lottery in
the 1st category.
You have therefore been approved to recieve the sum
of( €5,866, Million Euros)
in cash credited
to file EAASL/941OYI/02/STXN.
This is from a total cash prize of €58,660 Million Euros
shared amongst
the first fifty (10) lucky winners in thiscategory.
All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from 25,000 names and email
addresses from all continent of the world as part of
our international promotions program which we conduct
twice every year
To begin your claim please contact your claims agent:
Mr.Patrick.Walter,
Claims Agent Asian District
Bangkok Thailand.
Phone: +66-94846441
Email:claimsagentpatrick1@yahoo.co.th
Your claims agent will assist you in theprocessing
for the remittance of your prize funds pending on your
choice of payment.
Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later
than One month.
After this date all funds will be returned to the
LOTTERY TREASURY as
unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications,please endeavor to quote your Reference
(TNL/776/05/EGS) and Batch numbers (02/01/0078) in
every correspondence with your agent. Furthermore,
should there be any change in your address, do inform
yourclaims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from all members of our
staff and thanks for
being part of our promotions program.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Carol Hunter.
Promotions Manager
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
You may also contact our
lawyer's office in london.
Barr.Owen.Smith in this number
(+447031908617)or
email barr_owensmith1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: May 16, 2006 8:48 AM
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
DATE-Tuesday 16 May 2006
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
AN CRANNCHUR NAISIUNTA
An Post National Lottery Company.
www.lotto.ie
We are pleased to inform you of the result of The
National Lottery Email Program which has been released.Your
Email address attached to ticket number 5-4-3-2-1-0
with serial number 2113-05 drew the lucky numbers 02
11 23 25 27 30 34 which consequently won the lottery in
the 1st category.
You have therefore been approved to recieve the sum
of( €5,866, Million Euros)
in cash credited
to file EAASL/941OYI/02/STXN.
This is from a total cash prize of €58,660 Million Euros
shared amongst
the first fifty (10) lucky winners in thiscategory.
All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from 25,000 names and email
addresses from all continent of the world as part of
our international promotions program which we conduct
twice every year
To begin your claim please contact your claims agent:
Mr.Patrick.Walter,
Claims Agent Asian District
Bangkok Thailand.
Phone: +66-94846441
Email:claimsagentpatrick1@yahoo.co.th
Your claims agent will assist you in theprocessing
for the remittance of your prize funds pending on your
choice of payment.
Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later
than One month.
After this date all funds will be returned to the
LOTTERY TREASURY as
unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications,please endeavor to quote your Reference
(TNL/776/05/EGS) and Batch numbers (02/01/0078) in
every correspondence with your agent. Furthermore,
should there be any change in your address, do inform
yourclaims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from all members of our
staff and thanks for
being part of our promotions program.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Carol Hunter.
Promotions Manager
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
You may also contact our
lawyer's office in london.
Barr.Owen.Smith in this number
(+447031908617)or
email barr_owensmith1@yahoo.co.uk
Give me my jackpot, you fucking bitches. I'll take it in Thai whores disbursed over the next 20 years.
I'm rich, bitch!
Friday, May 12, 2006
/. quotable
From "Americans Not Bothered by NSA Spying":
I've come up with a way to reduce—perhaps even eliminate—our dependence on foreign oil as an energy source.
As more and more civil liberties are trampled upon, faster and faster will the Founding Fathers spin in their respective graves.
If we attach magnets to each Founding Father, then wrap copper wire around each of them, we should have a potentially unlimited energy source. Well, at least until the Libertarians get elected in significant numbers—so yeah, come to think of it, it truly is unlimited.
The AC frequency, of course, might be unpredictable. In fact, I'd suspect it will be ever-increasing, which could create some technical issues to overcome. But we're smart people, I'm sure we can figure it out.
What do you all say? Shall we write up a grant proposal?
-- Myrrh (53301)
As more and more civil liberties are trampled upon, faster and faster will the Founding Fathers spin in their respective graves.
If we attach magnets to each Founding Father, then wrap copper wire around each of them, we should have a potentially unlimited energy source. Well, at least until the Libertarians get elected in significant numbers—so yeah, come to think of it, it truly is unlimited.
The AC frequency, of course, might be unpredictable. In fact, I'd suspect it will be ever-increasing, which could create some technical issues to overcome. But we're smart people, I'm sure we can figure it out.
What do you all say? Shall we write up a grant proposal?
-- Myrrh (53301)
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Who steals my purse steals trash, but he who filches from me my good email address...
Just got this message at my work email address from an admiring stranger:
My response:
Oh yeah, good luck with the DOJ. Readers of this blog well know the utter ineffectiveness of the federal government when it comes to stopping any form of fraud or commercial malfeasance.
From: [withheld] [mailto:withheld@dc.rr.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 8:18 AM
To: Tomohiro Idokoro
Subject: moviepass.tv
You have harassed me for too long now and I have reported you and the moviepass to the Justice Dept in California. I have tried your one time removal and you have ignored. I am mad as hell and I am not going to take it anymore. Unless you remove my email address(withheld@dc.rr.com) expect to hear from the Justice Dept and they have a special email address for your kind of personalities.
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 8:18 AM
To: Tomohiro Idokoro
Subject: moviepass.tv
You have harassed me for too long now and I have reported you and the moviepass to the Justice Dept in California. I have tried your one time removal and you have ignored. I am mad as hell and I am not going to take it anymore. Unless you remove my email address(withheld@dc.rr.com) expect to hear from the Justice Dept and they have a special email address for your kind of personalities.
My response:
From: Tomohiro Idokoro
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 8:28 AM
To: [withheld] [mailto:withheld@dc.rr.com]
Subject: re: moviepass.tv
Just got your message here at work. Can you send me an example of my "harassment"? If this isn’t some kind of put-on or ploy of its own, I suspect perhaps you are being contacted by spammers or some other type of internet vermin who have somehow misrepresented me as themselves.
If you can send me an example, I'll pass it along to my sysadmin here and do what I can to stop whatever I may be doing. But I get the unsettling feeling that my email address may be getting spoofed and beyond my control. You’ll probably want to investigate spam filters or get a gmail account (which has a very powerful spam filter built in), if it is a spam problem.
By the way, never ever bother with those "one-time removals", they’re just a way spammers verify that you’re a live email address that can be shared among all their miserable ilk.
Tomohiro Idokoro
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 8:28 AM
To: [withheld] [mailto:withheld@dc.rr.com]
Subject: re: moviepass.tv
Just got your message here at work. Can you send me an example of my "harassment"? If this isn’t some kind of put-on or ploy of its own, I suspect perhaps you are being contacted by spammers or some other type of internet vermin who have somehow misrepresented me as themselves.
If you can send me an example, I'll pass it along to my sysadmin here and do what I can to stop whatever I may be doing. But I get the unsettling feeling that my email address may be getting spoofed and beyond my control. You’ll probably want to investigate spam filters or get a gmail account (which has a very powerful spam filter built in), if it is a spam problem.
By the way, never ever bother with those "one-time removals", they’re just a way spammers verify that you’re a live email address that can be shared among all their miserable ilk.
Tomohiro Idokoro
Oh yeah, good luck with the DOJ. Readers of this blog well know the utter ineffectiveness of the federal government when it comes to stopping any form of fraud or commercial malfeasance.
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Just when I think my contempt for Bush can't get any more contemptuous, I read the news:
Bush challenges hundreds of laws (Boston Globe)
Reporter Highlights Bush's Executive Decisions (NPR)
The thing that kills me is: this is the last douchebag in the world you'd want to give more power to. (Unless, of course, you're a fucking imbecile.)
Bush challenges hundreds of laws (Boston Globe)
Reporter Highlights Bush's Executive Decisions (NPR)
The thing that kills me is: this is the last douchebag in the world you'd want to give more power to. (Unless, of course, you're a fucking imbecile.)
Monday, May 08, 2006
Phishing for Imbeciles
Just got this email from accounts.intl@inc-paypal.com:
This is the actual link from the email:
http://www.it.tyl.cc/.www.paypal.com-x.rl.doplet.verificationlet.do/Pay/
To test, click link and enter any email and any password and, amazingly, you'll be logged in. Then fill in the provided form with your favorite expletives.
Notice of Account Review Necessity
Read this notice thoroughly and follow the instructions.
Why did I get the notice?
You have been sent this notice because the records of PayPal database indicate you are a current or former PayPal account holder. PayPal is conducting a periodic update of the database record. To ensure your account's security, it is important that you provide us accurate information. Please take a moment to verify the information we have on file. This notice provides instructions on how to confirm your PayPal account.
What should I do now?
We sincerely ask you, as a PayPal account holder, to login to your account and give us the necessary information. Complete the necessary verification tasks within 5 days, or your account might get temporarily suspended. Proceed with the link below.
Click here to confirm your account
We apologize for your inconvenience.
Thank you for your support,
PayPal Accounts Department
Please do not reply to this email. Anything you send to this address cannot be answered. For assistance, login to your PayPal account and choose the "Help" link in the footer of any page.
To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, update your preferences here.
PayPal Email ID PP571
Read this notice thoroughly and follow the instructions.
Why did I get the notice?
You have been sent this notice because the records of PayPal database indicate you are a current or former PayPal account holder. PayPal is conducting a periodic update of the database record. To ensure your account's security, it is important that you provide us accurate information. Please take a moment to verify the information we have on file. This notice provides instructions on how to confirm your PayPal account.
What should I do now?
We sincerely ask you, as a PayPal account holder, to login to your account and give us the necessary information. Complete the necessary verification tasks within 5 days, or your account might get temporarily suspended. Proceed with the link below.
Click here to confirm your account
We apologize for your inconvenience.
Thank you for your support,
PayPal Accounts Department
Please do not reply to this email. Anything you send to this address cannot be answered. For assistance, login to your PayPal account and choose the "Help" link in the footer of any page.
To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, update your preferences here.
PayPal Email ID PP571
This is the actual link from the email:
http://www.it.tyl.cc/.www.paypal.com-x.rl.doplet.verificationlet.do/Pay/
To test, click link and enter any email and any password and, amazingly, you'll be logged in. Then fill in the provided form with your favorite expletives.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Dick Bunbury
A Slashdot article today on spam vigilantism prompted a comment from someone on how to deal with telemarketers. It reminded me of what we do at the small company at which I work:
We employ a fictitious employee, Dick Bunbury, whose sole job is to have telemarketers routed to his voicemail box. Whenever a telemarketer calls, we tell them they need to talk to Dick. Then Dick's name gets put on their list. And we don't have any other Dicks working in our company (that is, people with the name Dick), so whenever someone calls asking for Dick, we know it's a telemarketer and can send them right back to Dick's voicemail.
It's gotten a little tricky once or twice when vendors have showed up at our office actually looking to meet him!
We employ a fictitious employee, Dick Bunbury, whose sole job is to have telemarketers routed to his voicemail box. Whenever a telemarketer calls, we tell them they need to talk to Dick. Then Dick's name gets put on their list. And we don't have any other Dicks working in our company (that is, people with the name Dick), so whenever someone calls asking for Dick, we know it's a telemarketer and can send them right back to Dick's voicemail.
It's gotten a little tricky once or twice when vendors have showed up at our office actually looking to meet him!
My To Do List
Today's Blogger Blog of the Day is To-Do List, a blog about To Do lists. It's kinda like that blog with all the purported postcard confessions but with To Do lists, instead. <Yawn>
Here's my To Do List:
PORN STARS I WANT TO DO
5. Kianna Dior
4. Christy Canyon (I'd do her like it's 1982)
3. Fujiko Kano
2. Kate Beckinsale (Have you seen the crap she's been in lately? Pornography would be a step up.)
1. Kelley Maren
By the way, when it comes to porn stars, Wikipedia blows the Encyclopedia Britannica away.
Here's my To Do List:
PORN STARS I WANT TO DO
5. Kianna Dior
4. Christy Canyon (I'd do her like it's 1982)
3. Fujiko Kano
2. Kate Beckinsale (Have you seen the crap she's been in lately? Pornography would be a step up.)
1. Kelley Maren
By the way, when it comes to porn stars, Wikipedia blows the Encyclopedia Britannica away.
