Just one of those things
A while back an online friend asked me to join an online thing that I think I would normally term a "date page". I joined so he could get his points - I stated as much in my profile. Anyway I got a notice that someone had sent me a message in said page, so I popped over to see if it was from my friend. It wasn't. It was from this guy:
On 01/14/2009 08:40 PM ferrara wrote:
Hello,
I am sgt jacob ferrara Staying in dallas texas UnitedState. Working with the United State military, currently been deployed to Iraq for a mission.... will come back safe soon. I go through your profile... Its very nice and I Love it.... I love to chat with you. Let's meet on yahoo IM for better conversation.
jacob.ferrara@yahoo.ca
Waiting to hear from you.
sgt jacob
Now I suppose it is remotely possible that the real SSG Jacob Ferrara is interested in IMing with me, but I kind of doubt it. I have made my reasons for this in my reply to him, which I have pasted below. Unlike my "Hugs and Kisses" entries, this one will be sent to the person in question. Unnervingly, when I did a search for the name Jacob Ferrara I found this entry for a kid on Facebook. And he seems to have me friended - at least my icon shows up when I click on the Google link... I'm not sure how he's allowed to do that as I thought I had to approve it, but there you go. I have mentioned to a few people that I don't understand Facebook. Maybe it's normal for your own face to show up in a Google search of someone else when you click on a Facebook link. Either way, I would hope this Michigan kid can put a sentence together better than the guy who messaged me.
Dear "Sgt Jacob",
First of all, your yahoo email is given to Canadians, not Americans. If you were American your email would end in .com. If you are Canadian you should have stated so rather than trying to impress with the statement that you are "Working with the United State military". Secondly, I know a lot of Americans, and they have better grammar than you have utilised here. Thirdly, IF you were an American soldier, you would use term "United States", not "United State". American soldiers tend to be proud enough of their country and their job to spell these things correctly. Finally, the rank of "Sgt." tends to be given as a precursor to a surname, or a full name, not a first name - unless you are a team mascot.
I think it is rather deplorable that you are trying to make contact with people using a seemingly false identity, and, worse, impersonating a US soldier. I wonder what the real Jacob Ferrara would think of this?
Have a nice day.
On 01/14/2009 08:40 PM ferrara wrote:
Hello,
I am sgt jacob ferrara Staying in dallas texas UnitedState. Working with the United State military, currently been deployed to Iraq for a mission.... will come back safe soon. I go through your profile... Its very nice and I Love it.... I love to chat with you. Let's meet on yahoo IM for better conversation.
jacob.ferrara@yahoo.ca
Waiting to hear from you.
sgt jacob
Now I suppose it is remotely possible that the real SSG Jacob Ferrara is interested in IMing with me, but I kind of doubt it. I have made my reasons for this in my reply to him, which I have pasted below. Unlike my "Hugs and Kisses" entries, this one will be sent to the person in question. Unnervingly, when I did a search for the name Jacob Ferrara I found this entry for a kid on Facebook. And he seems to have me friended - at least my icon shows up when I click on the Google link... I'm not sure how he's allowed to do that as I thought I had to approve it, but there you go. I have mentioned to a few people that I don't understand Facebook. Maybe it's normal for your own face to show up in a Google search of someone else when you click on a Facebook link. Either way, I would hope this Michigan kid can put a sentence together better than the guy who messaged me.
Dear "Sgt Jacob",
First of all, your yahoo email is given to Canadians, not Americans. If you were American your email would end in .com. If you are Canadian you should have stated so rather than trying to impress with the statement that you are "Working with the United State military". Secondly, I know a lot of Americans, and they have better grammar than you have utilised here. Thirdly, IF you were an American soldier, you would use term "United States", not "United State". American soldiers tend to be proud enough of their country and their job to spell these things correctly. Finally, the rank of "Sgt." tends to be given as a precursor to a surname, or a full name, not a first name - unless you are a team mascot.
I think it is rather deplorable that you are trying to make contact with people using a seemingly false identity, and, worse, impersonating a US soldier. I wonder what the real Jacob Ferrara would think of this?
Have a nice day.