Obnoxious Bitch

Monday, March 06, 2006

‘New act of terrorism in New York,’ my ass!!!

I just got this email, and although I didn’t take the infected bait, I’m sure there are plenty of people out there who do.  After all, who can resist breaking news of a “New act of terrorism in New York,” that looks like it’s coming from the BBC?

To: OB
Subject: New act of terrorism in New York
From: “New York BBC News”
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:34:36 -0600

Today the FBI has informed new act of terrorism in New York.
Look details in an applied file.

Well… it’s immediately apparent that the person who wrote the above message is either a.) a child, b.) a moron, or more probably c.) a non-English speaker.

I, however, am none of those things. So, on top of the fact that I know better than to open *zip files (or ANY attachments) coming from people I don’t know, I’m quite sure that this did not come from the BBC.  They wouldn’t butcher English so thoroughly as this piece of shit, virus-peddling douchebag has in this abortion of a scam email.  I’m not sure whether they should be punished more severely for the virus or the murder of my beloved language.

The attached file is called “main.zip” and is 34k of some sort of shit that’d probably turn my computer into a zombie and start spamming beasty porn or ads for C1@L!S… so I hit the Delete button while shouting a hearty “Fuck Off!”

Who is it that buys into such a badly worded email claiming to be a “news story,” which not only isn’t spelled out IN the email, but requires opening a separate file?  Are there really still people out in the world that are THAT naive?  I have a difficult time believing it… or perhaps I’m just in denial.

Jesus.  Stupidity should be painful.