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Scam email I received

Monique Marie — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:21:13 -0800

Here is a copy of an email that I have received in my personal email box that came from onsugar. The name on it is dora55, just wanted to let everyone know about this just in case they to have received this. Also, this did NOT come up in my inbox on the site onsugar, in fact it was no where to be found, so I thought that was kind of strange.
You have a new private message from dora55.

Subject: MY GREETINGS TO YOU
From Ms. Dora Ture,

It is my pleasure to write you after going through your profile i decided to contact you to help me out of my problem, however is not mandatory nor will i in any manner compel you to honour against your will,but first Iet me introduce myself to you.

My name is Ms. Dora Ture, Am 21 years of age, I am a student of high school before I lost my parents in a car accident last year, so I have been out from school and been looking for a sincere person that I will trust and love.

I am the only child of my late parents and that has made me to run away from our family house because my uncles are after my life to take away my inheritance which my late father left for me in a Bank here in Cote D'ivoire. My entire dream is to find somebody that I can trust with my future life and inheritance and also who will be able to invest it wisely in any lucrative business.

Nobody knows about the inheritance which worth $7.5 million dollars in Cash deposited in a Bank here with my name as the next of kin. And I want you to also keep it very confidential till we can be able to transfer this money from the Bank here to your country and I will fly to join you immediately for future plans of continue my education once a join you in your country.

I have to trust somebody to save my future and that is why I am trusting you now I want you to understand my critical situation and give me the love and assistance that I need, so that I will have a better life and also enjoy my inheritance with you. I will tell you more about myself as soon as I hear back from you, your interest to assist me and also build more trust to be able to have a better understanding. please reply through my private email for my security reason ( dora.ture1989@yahoo.fr )

I look forward for your urgent response, thank you and God bless you.

Best regard
Ms. DoraTure

Do I compose a new cover letter for an email?

PeachyKeen19 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:51:08 -0700

Or is the attachment enough?

I'm applying for a receptionist job and they are taking resumes through email, there is no mention of a cover letter but I prepared one anyhow. Now I'm not sure what to do...I've converted both documents into PDF files (they requested that for the resume) but I was wondering what do I say in the body of the email?

I did some googling on this and it seems that some people suggest you put the cover letter in the actual body of the email. Is this right? Or should I compose a note simply stating that both the resume and cover letter are attached?

Wouldn't it be redundant to attach my cover letter and paste the content into the body of an email?

Help, I've been deliberating this for some time and I don't want to miss the chance to apply.

Thank you!

Funny Family Tech Stories: A Sweet Message From Grandma

GeekSugar — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:00:18 -0800

My family is relatively tech-savvy, but as you know, we definitely have our share of funny family tech stories. My latest installment, a card from my grandmother, telling me she missed me. And under her sweet message was this gem. It reads, "I'm hoping to learn to do email so I can talk with you more."

Of course, reading that made me feel a little guilty for not calling as often as I should, so I'm keeping the card propped up on my desk as a reminder. And don't worry, if grandma actually does learn how to use email, I'm sure there will be an epic funny family tech story to follow. Though if history is a predictor of future success, she might turn into an email maven; This is, after all, the same grandmother who mastered the Nintendo Wii in no time.

Are your parents or grandparents as tech-savvy as you? Do you have a funny story to share? Then tell us about it by posting to our Funny Tech Stories group! You (and your fam) could end up on GeekSugar.

Tech Dating 101: The Dreaded Email Misfire

GeekSugar — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:48:13 -0800

Busy schedules, full workdays, and just general life all seems to get in the way of quality face time when you're in a relationship, so there are days I'm thankful for all of my gadgets and the technology that goes along with them - especially when it helps me keep in touch with a certain special someone. And, especially when we haven't been able to see each other for days at a time, I've been known to fire off a flirtatious email or two. They're usually pretty harmless, but certainly not something I'd want my co-workers - or worse, my mother - reading. Unfortunately, a few weeks ago, the latter happened. And while it's not something I'm delighted to have to deal with, I'm happy to report it wasn't the end of the world. To read how the slipup went down, read more.

Unfortunately, my mom's email address is only one away from the boy's email address in my phone, so as I composed an off-the-cuff flirtatious (not mom-appropriate) email, I tapped the wrong name into the address bar right before hitting "send." It didn't occur to me right away to check the sent email, so I just went about my day until I got a text from my guy about an hour later. There was no mention of the email, so I asked him what he thought.

"I didn't get any email from you," he replied. Uh-oh. I tried not to panic as I opened up the "sent mail" folder on my computer. There are many reasons why it might not have gone through. Except . . . it had gone through. To my mother. I picked up the phone and called her right away. She hadn't looked at her email in hours (whew!), so I asked her to log in and delete the email in question without reading it. She claims she did, and honestly, I'll never know if she didn't (and if that's the case, sorry mom!).

In case this happens to you, here's my best advice for staying calm and keeping as much control over the situation as possible. First, don't panic. I know, easier said than done, but just a few minutes of thinking clearly will enable you to act quickly and clear it up as soon as possible. Contact the accidental recipient right away. Admit the mistake, and send your apologies. If they haven't opened the email yet, it's completely reasonable to ask that they delete it. And be sure to keep your correspondence at an appropriate professional level. If you accidentally emailed your boss (and I am so sorry if that's the case), write your follow-up email in a professional tone, explaining it was a personal email meant for someone else, and ensuring them it won't happen again - especially if it came from your work email address. Admitting the mistake (and in most cases being able to laugh it off) should help any repercussions blow over quickly.

Be prepared for some fallout. . .especially if the email were accidentally sent to a group or if it's at all scandalous in nature. But also know that it will eventually pass. Plus, I guarantee you'll triple-check any emails you send in the future.

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Email Management Tips From the Community

GeekSugar — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:31:20 -0800

Earlier when I posted some email management tips, you replied with some great advice! Here are four more organizational and management tips submitted by GeekSugar readers.

Use Different Accounts
I have different accounts. I use one account to sign up for websites and things like that, and one account just for personal emails, and another account for work. By doing this, it eliminates the clutter in my inbox, usually caused by random spamming, and newsletters and announcements from the sites I sign up for.
- Chrstne

Create Rules
I use and abuse the "rules" function when it comes to emails. I have tons of emails that will be sorted into organized folders, some emails automatically marked as read and sent to trash, and some emails highlighted as probably being important. It helps!
- Julianne G.

See the rest of the tips when you read more.

Deal With Email Right Away
If I can, at the end of each day, or each week, I delete the emails I don't need or that aren't work related. Personal and freelance work are two Gmail accounts that I always have open. That way if I get an email I see it immediately and deal with it or "star" it to deal with later.
- Advah

Inbox as To Do List
I try to move emails to folders or delete as soon as I can so I can use my inbox as a to do list for work.
- mek123

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Tech Dating 101: My Boyfriend Is All Up in My Virtual Business

GeekSugar — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:09:47 -0700

In this installment of Tech Dating 101, we're discussing virtual boundaries. Whether you've been dating your significant other for one week or five years, we all have our personal boundaries. For example, I don't pee with the bathroom door open, and I certainly don't read my boyfriend's emails. See? Boundaries. But what if your SO goes beyond your comfort zone and crosses the line by "accidentally" reading line after line of email, or checking in on your Facebook messages? Before you have a cow, take a deep breath and ask yourself if you've ever laid down the law on where your virtual lines are drawn.

If you haven't, then now is the time to have the talk. Let him know that although you feel close to him and don't mind sharing a bed, you don't want to share email addresses, and politely (and even humorously) tell him to butt out of your accounts. If this is the first offense, I wouldn't make it a big deal but if the behavior continues, you may have a bona fide snooper on your hands.

To see how I'd handle an online busybody, just read more.

If this is a reoccurring event for your online peeping Tom, then you need to be firm and direct. Snooping in your email and online networks is just as bad as opening your snail mail - although it's not a federal offense, it's just as intrusive. But trust could be the root of the problem here. If your BF doesn't trust you, it's likely that email correspondence would be the first place to find out if you've been naughty or nice. Find out why he's snooping around your online life, and you'll have an easier time figuring out how to remedy the problem.

If you have no reason to be considered untrustworthy, this could end up being a losing battle, especially if your partner has a history of being the victim of infidelity. Talk it out, and if you can't come to a common ground, then it may be time for you to weigh the pros and cons of living with a snoop.

Sharon Osbourne fires off angry emails after comic calls daughter Kelly fat

justingirl1989 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:30:29 -0700

I walk a fine line between loving and hating the Osbourne family. Luckily they’ve lost much of their appeal in the U.S. so I don’t have to think about them a lot anymore. On the one hand, I think they’re loud and tacky and rude. On the other, I appreciate that they stand up for each other and seem to have a close bond, albeit an unusual one. Matriarch Sharon Osbourne went off on comedian Jim Jeffries, telling him in an email exchange to “f*ck off” after he called daughter Kelly fat and implied she was ugly.

The feisty matriarch - who has a penchant for firing off poison-pen letters to those who dare cross her - sent a scathing email to Jim Jeffries, telling him to ‘f*** off’. Potty-mouthed Aussie comic Jim clashed swords with Kelly during this year’s inaugural NME Awards USA. But he has now revealed the fallout from daring to criticise the Osbourne clan - even in jest - and the frank and hilarious exchange of emails between him and Sharon.

He was presenting awards in April and had made a joke to Kelly that she wasn’t as attractive as Agyness Deyn, who had just left the stage. The 23-year-old responded with a string of expletives, to which Jim replied drily: ‘I think she’d be famous even if she wasn’t Ozzy’s daughter - she’s that good.’

Kelly then spat in his face (charming). If that wasn’t enough retribution, Jim said: ‘I thought that would be the end of it but I got an email from Sharon which said, ‘Dear Nobody. Wait until you’re a celebrity before you criticise REAL celebrities. Why don’t you f*** off ‘.’ But Jim hit back by replying: ‘Dear Sharon. After you had all that plastic surgery and had the fat sucked out of your thighs, why did you pump it into your daughter’s face?’

[From the Daily Mail]

Jeffries shared the emails at a gig last night. Frankly I don’t think anyone comes off that well here. Jeffries sounds like a jerk for saying what he said in the first place. Especially in front of an audience. Kelly comes off as disgusting for spitting in his face. The cursing I can understand; in this particular case I’d say it was appropriate. But spitting… not so much.

And Sharon Osbourne could try broadening her vocabulary beyond her traditional 30 words. In fact what she said would have a lot more impact if she didn’t speak that way all the time. As it is, it’s pretty easy to brush her off. And to be fair, Kelly is definitely not fat, though she does have a very round face.

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Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800

All those forwarded e-mails....

Zayrah — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:25:45 -0700

I just want to thank all of you for your educational emails over the past year.

Thanks to you, I no longer open a public bathroom door without using a paper towel.

I can't use the remote in a hotel room because I don't know what the last person was doing while flipping through the adult movie channels.

I can't sit down on the hotel bedspread because I can only imagine what has happened on it since it was last washed.

I can't enjoy lemon slices in my tea or on my seafood anymore because lemon peels have been found to contain all kinds of nasty germs including feces.

I have trouble shaking hands with someone who has been driving because the number one pass-time while driving alone is picking your nose (Although cell phone usage may be
taking the number one spot)

Eating a Little Debbie sends me on a guilt trip because I can only imagine how many gallons of trans fats I have consumed
over the years.

I can't touch any woman's purse for fear she has placed it on the floor of a public bathroom.

Yuck!

I must send my special thanks to whoever sent me the one about poop in the glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet sponge with every envelope that needs sealing.

Also, now I have to scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason.

I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl
(Penny Brown) who is about to die in the hospital for the 1,387,258th time.

I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I
receive the $15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating in their special e-mail program.

I no longer worry about my
soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out for me, and St. Theresa's novena has granted my every wish.

I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant freaks with no eyes or feathers.

I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a water buffalo on a hot
day.

Thanks to you, I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I forward an e-mail to seven of my friends and make a wish within five
minutes.

Because of your concern I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove toilet stains.

I no longer can buy gasoline without taking someone along to watch the car so a serial killer won't crawl in my back seat when I'm pumping gas.

I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr Pepper since the people who make these products are atheists who refuse to put 'Under God' on their cans.

I no longer use Saran wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer.

And, thanks for letting me know I can't boil a cup of
water in the microwave anymore because it will blow up in my face...disfiguring
me for life.

I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I
could be pricked with a needle infected with AIDS.

I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me.

I no longer receive packages from UPS or FedEx since they are actually Al Qaeda in disguise.

I no longer shop at Target since they are French and don't support our American troops or the Salvation Army.

I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number for which I
will get a phone bill with CALLS TO Jamaica , Uganda, Singapore a nd
Uzbekistan .

I no longer buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I now have their recipe.

Thanks to you, I can't use anyone's toilet but mine because a big brown African spider is lurking under the seat to cause me instant death when it bites my butt.

And, thanks to your great advice, I can't ever pick up $5.

00 dropped in the parking lot because it probably was
placed there by a sex molester waiting underneath my car to grab my leg.

I can no longer drive my car because I can't buy gas from certain gas companies!

If you don't send this e-mail to at least 144,000 people in the next 70 minutes, a large dove with diarrhea will land on your head at 5:00 PM tomorrow afternoon and the fleas from 12 camels will infest your back,
causing you to grow a hairy hump.

I know this will occur because it actually
happened to a friend of my next door neighbor's ex-mother-in-law's second
husband's cousin's beautician...

Have a wonderful day...

Oh, by the way.....
A German scientist from Argentina , after a lengthy study, has discovered that people with insufficient brain activity read their e-mail with their hand on the mouse.

Pat O’Brien fired from ‘Insider’ for slamming co-worker in e-mail

justingirl1989 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:36:32 -0700

Pat O’Brien just can’t keep his trap shut - and it’s costing him his career. This is the married guy who left explicit voice mails for a co-worker (the infamous “hookers and coke” voicemail), trying to convince her to engage in a threesome with him and another woman (NOT his wife), only to be demoted from his position as lead anchor on “The Insider” and sent off to rehab. Now, the tanorexic host is being fired for an e-mail he sent out to his entire workplace, slamming co-host Lara Spencer.

PAT O’Brien is out of a job. The former host of “The Insider,” who was demoted to a correspondent after several stints in rehab, infuriated his bosses when he sent out an ill-advised e-mail Monday to his “Insider” and “Entertainment Tonight” co-workers, which boasted of his own popularity. The e-mail also said one of “Insider” host Lara Spencer’s segments on the show makes viewers “want to vomit.” Sources told us O’Brien was fired yesterday, and a rep for “The Insider” confirmed he’s out.

[From Page Six]

Gawker has obtained the text from this e-mail. Here it is:

Hi, folks, I just spent a couple of days in Iowa - I’m a little bit of a favorite son there - and I spoke with maybe a thousand people and was very hands-on. Even Joe Biden said, ‘You should be running (for president)!’ But what I came away with was, these people can’t afford gas, books, food or schools or movies!

“I was approached a hundred times by people asking, ‘Can you help us?’ I tried to tell them we care, but they didn’t buy it. They wanted to, but watching Anya and Lara [Spencer] pick out accessories makes the viewers want to vomit. I’ll get killed for this, but I’m actually the one not afraid for my job. I want people to be happy.”

[From Gawker]

What an idiot! By the way, EVERYONE on that show makes me want to vomit- especially Pat. He is a disgusting sleazoid and he was lucky to have a job in the first place. Although, I’m sure he’d make a pretty good living as a phone sex operator
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