Storm Chasing in Scamland -- Preramble

So far, stormchasing in Colorado has NOT been my friend, regarding my schedule this season.

However, stormchasing online has come to me in a veritable deluge.

At present, I am:

- working on getting a scammer to make a third trip to Western Union in whatever Third World country this buffoon is working from; he's already pissed after the second visit, and I may not be able to con him into the third, though I -- or rather Jack -- is trying.

- dealing with an alleged 23 year old "refugee" bride-wannabe from Senegal, who has $5.5 million USD to offer as her "fortune" (see faux document at right), and has three accomplices working me as well.

- in the process of being qualified for a "loan" from a UK-based "bank" that offers 2% loans "anywhere in the world" up to $10,000,000 USD, and with "rasonable terms", too. I -- er -- Jack Ewehoff asked for $10 to cover lunch; but the way I wrote it ("I want $10Ok?) led them to "offer" me $100k. The processing fee is the trap, and I'm working on that one now ;-)

- I was notified by TEH Google that I'd won $500k in their world-wide promotional contest. Right now, the impasse isn't the information I submitted *snort*, but the fact that they offered me two options to receive the money: go get it, or have it delivered by courier. They want me to accept the latter (so they can pull the Western Union shipping fee gambit), and I am insisting on going and gittin' it (not really, but if I could sucker them to go meet me at London's Heathrow, holding a big sign saying "Jack N. Ewehoff", I'd contact a scambaiter over there for the photo-op).

- and lastly, I am being ordered by the US Secret Service NOT to deal with certain scammers they claim have been identified by them and arrested; instead I am to deal with the US Secret Service's verified source to collect my $3.6 million USD from a location overseas. Since James West and Artemus Gordon are in permanent TVLand retirement, guess I gotta handle this 'un.

It's the time of year I'm hoping for mesocyclonic thunderstorms in my area -- and on my available schedule -- and all I'm getting is cyberdumbass predictive email storms. Oh well....we take what we can git ;-)

Future episodes pending.

PS: five years ago this month, Skunkfeathers began this blog. How many folks do YOU KNOW who have left a five year, 500+ entry evidence trail of undeniable time-wasting?