Is anyone else tired of all the Repubican debates? Several, like Rick Perry, don't appear that they can create a cohesive thought.
Does anyone else think the Obama jobs bill forgot to point out that it is extremely focused on Union type jobs?
What happens when the not-so-"Super Congress" fails to make any cuts?
This is likely the prevailing theme of the upcoming election.
It is ironic to have someone call Fox news biased while watching MSNBC with Chris Matthews?
Just saying.
Former US Senator George LeMieux in Florida (or at least his campaign) has really begun to irritate me with his political emails. How can a former Senate critter get on my nerves? Let me see:
1. Send political campaigning email to my mailboxes.
2. Use the email addresses that I had given his Senate office when he was supposed to represent the State of Florida. This occurred when contacting the office on either privacy or credit union related topics.
3. Ignore the multiple unsubscribe requests from said link on email.
That is probably not the way to ingratiate yourself to a potential voter in 2012, especially when I am not a registered to either "major" political party. This is what I would consider "douchebag" behavior and not worthy of a potential US Senator. Clean up your own house before trying to manage (meddle) in people's affairs in the Senate.
Quick question to you sales wea...er people. If a company sends you a Request For Proposal, and ask for pricing, do you think you might want to send it without giving an argument/excuse on why you won't send it without a long drawn out meeting/discussion, especially when you got a 30 page request, and already talked with you on a conference call of what we are looking for?
Just wondering...
Just for giggles this evening, I decided to go into the spam mailbox and see what the latest scam people are trying to pull are. Tonight, there was over 20 in this one (unpublished) box with this theme....
Hmmm...all within the last day. I wonder if I am looking for a job? :)
As I open one up, you get what looks like the opportunity to be a money mule....oh joy!
Obviously, the only job opportunity is for an opportunity to either work for organized crime, or get your information stolen....probably both. At least Google warns you of this.
Friends don't let friends get pwned.
Ah...the joys of Saturday morning. I am sitting here this a.m., while trying to convince Joshua that going to his friend's birthday party might be fun (and not winning), when we get a call with caller ID reading UNAVAILABLE. It is election time, so I assume it is some campaign trying a last ditch effort to bull$**t me into voting for them. However, Nicole had mentioned that she had been receiving missing several of these calls recently and I was curious what the call was. I answer the call and have a large pause before I get an individual (ah...an autodialer, this is not a recorded message). Finally, on the other end, comes a voice with a thick accent (likely Indian).
The "fun" begins. The gentleman on the other end of the line picks up and asks for me by name. Here is how the conversation went (not verbatim, but close enough to get the gist of the call:
"May I speak to Kirk Becker...."
"Speaking"
"This is (name forgotten) from Online PC Support," (I think that was the name). "I am calling you because you may be having a problem with your computer. "
"Okay...." I think I see where this is heading...***SCAM ALERT ALARM SOUNDS GOING THROUGH MY HEAD***
"Yes, your computer has been reporting errors online to us. Can you tell us what operating system you have?"
"Okay...um..." Do I have time to play around with the guy? Nah...I still have to help my youngest get dressed. "I somehow don't think so. You see, I am an IT professional that might have a clue on how my computer actually operates. Please take me off your calling list."
Click......
Turns out this scam may be more widespread than I had originally thought. Doing a quick google search brought me to the following website where at least 900 different people have commented about the scam, and there was a police crackdown in July in the UK on one of these outfits. The website has links to several videos where people are on the phone with these "PC support experts." Some reports from individuals getting called in the US can be found here.
Obviously, don't give them any more information or a credit card. They are out to steal something from you.
I do hope ignore me and call back. I would love to get help on an OS2 Warp system. :)
It is amazing that this scam is still taking place. My wife just received a call from this (or a similar) group trying the exact same script. She gave them a similar blowoff as I did in the original article (if you are legitimate, then contact my husband via email...no request for email address).
Scammers will be scammers.
About 2 weeks after I posted this information, the following article came out about the same issue. Share and enjoy.
