Over two years ago, on August 5, 2006 I posted a couple scans of an advertising come on as well as a transcript of the text. That post shows up on web searches and has received a few comments from other folks curious about who was behind the card. One or two claim to have been salesm...er, Marketing Directors, for the company. Of course there ( Read more... )

One of the things lurking in the mail was a letter addressed only to "Resident - To A Friend." This, of course, screams scummy advertising almost as loudly as the excessively bolded and multiple RED underlined text try to proclaim churchly miracles and the like.

This is the Prayer Rug Scam of the alleged "Saint Matthew's Churches" which exist as ( Read more... )

Every once in a while I get an anonymous comment that is just link spam. Nobody but me sees these as I have things such that anyone not my "friends list" can leave a comment, but those must be reviewed by me before being made public. Almost all are made public. Spammers and trolls are the exceptions, of course.

Today another spammer tried, ( Read more... )

I've mentioned this bit of scammy advertising ( here and here) that attempts to trick the recipient of a post card into calling a number so as to bypass any Do Not Call listings. Since then, I've gotten yet another card from these jokers.

This time I didn't just toss it. Instead, I've scanned it so it can be an example for me to point out a few ( Read more... )

Yesterday's mail included Yet Another Credit Card Come On. This one reached a new depth of sleazy. Not only did it have the usual introductory rate (which lately seems to be only for balance transfers) but it boldly claimed a 7.99% fixed rate after that. Almost. There was a tiny, faint gray superscript 'a' after that. Uh huh.

Checking the notes ( Read more... )

Some folks, too full of balloon juice for anyone's good, have been scaremongering about the possibility of a draft, suggesting it was some plan of President Bush and pointing to a long-stalled House Bill (HR 263) started as a political stunt by Charles Rangel (D).

Today it was brought out of committee and voted on. It was defeated. Charles Rangel ( Read more... )

Express

Doesn't that imply speed? Like Pony Express, the fast for its day delivery service, or Express Lane which is supposed to be faster than those other lanes?

Well, the United States Postal Service has revised the definition. Express Mail used to mean that if you sent something today, it'd get where you wanted it tomorrow. Not anymore. I had ( Read more... )

They call this one an "Up front reward" and claim not to have some complex reward program and no teaser rates. The bait is a "free" Dell Dimension 2400 desktop computer. But there are a few catches. "Free" is not free, of course.

To get the computer one must transfer balances to get at least $5,000 on their card - and then keep a balance of at ( Read more... )