Most of my readers know one of my favorite pastimes is answering scam emails. I loathe, abhor and detest the fact that wicked people try to steal from and do other damage to good people and often succeed.
As such, I feel no remorse at all for poking them a bit. And often, as is the case with this scam email and response, there is a spiritual lesson to be gleaned from it.
So here then is the email I recently received, and the response I sent back.
“Have a nice day dear! It’s Barbara. I am so excited to see you here. I’ve always dreamed of a man like you. And it is simply wonderful that we live in the same city, and most probably we are so near to each other. It’s wonderful that we are so near, and we can reach each other easily. If you feel bored so we can spend unforgettable time together. It will be really exciting, won’t it? It’s easy to find me here at this site. I’ll be waiting for your soonest reply with impatience and I’ll be dreaming about our meeting. So long, Barbara.” My response:
“Barbara, You are amazing! I, too, have been dreaming of meeting you. I have actually been dreaming of meeting anyone since my diagnosis came back. No worries, though, I am pretty sure the antibiotics will clear things up soon. I hope you will not find this request too awkward, but I need to explain to you that I am married, and she will need to chaperone our time together. There really is no choice in this; she and I are conjoined Siamese twins. I figured, ‘Hey, if you can’t leave them, marry them!’