I loathe, abhor and detest a thief in any form. And these days, there are certainly many forms that thieves and theft can take.
Gone are the days when a thief was compelled to break into a building and risk being caught by an alert police officer. Thieves can certainly still do that, but now they also have the option of stealing identities and perpetrating Internet scams from the anonymity of a fa-distant computer keyboard.
And it is that last item – Internet scams – upon which I am currently musing.
Each week, my email filter manages to let a scam email or two slip through, and I am actually very glad that it does as it gives me the opportunity to have some fun. Here is an email I recently received, and the response I returned:
Dear mom,