Letters from North America
by Peary Perry
You
have always heard me say
that I thought the
internet was a good
thing.
I should amend that to
say…”If used properly.”
As far as a source for
references, I would be
hard pressed to tell you
where else to look for
any type of research. I
am amazed at what you
can find by just typing
in something you are
interested in learning
about. And then in a few
seconds have a huge
amount of information
about the subject in
question. I know that
twenty years ago you
would have been hard
pressed to find out
information that is at
your fingertips today.
However…..there is also
the bad side of the
internet. I for one am
tired of receiving
e-mails from people I do
not know, nor will ever
know who want to enlarge
certain parts of my
body. Thank you very
much, but this is
something I wish to buy
from you.
Several times a week I
get a letter from some
bank that I do not use,
telling me that my
account is in jeopardy
and that I am about to
be cut off from using
this account (which I do
not have) and that I
need to enter certain
numbers and passwords
into a form so that
everything will be put
back in order. I am
certain they have me
confused with someone,
but on the other hand
perhaps I have a large
amount of money setting
in some bank somewhere
that I have forgotten
about? It could happen.
Not in my lifetime.
Then at least twice a
week some kindly soul in
Nigeria or elsewhere has
determined that I am the
long lost descendant of
their recently deceased
relative and they need
to know where to send
the 25 million or so
they are holding in my
name. In this case all I
have to do is to fill
out one of their forms
and give them certain
passwords and personal
information in order for
the money to be
transmitted to me. I
can’t remember having
any long lost relatives
in Nigeria or any other
parts of the world, so I
may have to think about
this one. It could
happen. Never.
I don’t know about you,
but then there is the
Irish, Canadian, Polish
lottery that I have won
even though I didn’t buy
a ticket. These folks
are entirely too
generous. I have not
purchased a ticket, but
somehow they have
determined that their
‘computer’ selected me
to be the winner of 10,
15, 20 or 25 million
dollars. All I have to
do is fill out one of
their forms and give
them some passwords and
other personal
information and my newly
won cash will be on its
way to me. I don’t know
about this, but then
again …it could happen.
Forget about it.
And while I’m at it, I’d
like to thank the 5 or
10 nice people a day who
send me ‘confidential’
tips of stocks that are
about to climb through
the roof. I probably
have missed out on
several large fortunes
due to my hesitation.
For fun, I have tracked
several of these and
find that you people
need to be a little more
attentive about your
timing. I am a busy
person and never get
much of a chance to look
at these on the day you
send them to me. I
always look a day or so
later and have found
that the highest day on
record is the morning
you sent out the alert,
and the stocks dropped
like a rock afterwards.
I appreciate your
kindness, whoever you
are, but could you get
these to me a few days
in advance of the big
sell offs?
And finally…..those of
you who think I need a
job….I appreciate your
interest such as this
offer I received a few
moments ago, while
writing this column:
WHAT I NEED YOU FOR?
At this point, I will be
glad if you could work
with me as my
representative in your
country. You will be
working as my payment
assistant in charge of
collecting the Funds
from my Associates.
Since they will be
making the payments from
of bank transfers/Check
to you in your country,
you will be collecting
this payments and
cashing them on my
behalf. On agreement to
been my representative,
you will receive a
commission of 10% of
whatever amount of
payment you receive from
my associates.
JOB DESCRIPTION?
1. Receive payments from
My Clients/Associates
through bank transfers
or check.
2. Cash the Payments at
your Bank.
3. Deduct 10% which will
be your
commission/percentage on
Payment processed.
4. You are to remit the
balance via Money Gram
or Western Union Money
Transfer according to my
instruction.
HOW MUCH WILL YOU EARN?
10% from each
transaction! Fore
instance: On receiving $
80,000 Pounds on my
behalf, you will cash
the payment and keep 10%
to yourselves before
remitting the balance!
At the beginning your
commission will equal
10%, though later it
will increase up to 15%!
I appreciate the fact
that you people don’t
know about spell check.
It makes it easier for
me to delete your
message when I see words
and phrases as
underlined above.
What scares me is the
thought that someone
actually believes in
these and thinks they
will get some money.
Remember…if it sounds
too good to be true, it
probably is.
