No spam or scams, please

In the past week, Miss Attitude has received at least 4 spam e-mails that were scams. Now, I know I solicit e-mails on my blog, but that is intended for people who want to share their stories or have a problem. It is not supposed to be an open invitation for spam, which by the way I rarely receive on my personal gmail account.

When I first started seeing them, I wondered if these spammers are targeting me because I've written about being unemployed. Look at this one:

From: john stone
Date: Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Subject: THE answer to you're unemployment woes
To: miss.attitude7@gmail.com

Miss Attitude,

I have the answer to your unemployment woes. Check you're e-mail, maybe you got one like I pasted below. (I Googled the name of the "deceased" and found others that are being offered $10.5M as well)

Anyway... If you did not, maybe you can help me collect and I will make it worth you're while?

Good luck with the job search!

From: Kenneth Mashaba & Associates Managing Partner(Mashaba Chambers) Republic of South Africa. On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Mr. Brian York, I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was returned undelivered. I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email address on the WILL. I wish to notify you that late Mr Brian York made you a beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (USD$10,500.000.00 ) to you in the
codicil and last testament to his will.Please if I reach you as I am hopeful, endeavour to get back to me as soon as possible to enable me conclude my job. I hope to hear from you in no distant date. Yours in His service, Barrister Kenneth Mashaba Esq.

Now, do you think Miss Attitude is a sucker? First, Huey Lewis is the e-mail address. Second, if something sounds too good to be true, IT IS! And finally, Miss Attitude has already disclosed she's worked in the media business for more than a decade, so why would you think she'd fall for this scam?

I also received another one that promised me I could earn $5,000 a month with no startup costs. If that was possible, wouldn't we all be rich and sitting at home collecting the cash????

So if you're looking for a sucker, please don't bother. You're wasting my time when there are people out there who really want to share suggestions, stories and problems with Miss Attitude.

Stylishly yours,
Miss Attitude
miss.attitude7@gmail.com