Sunday 17 May 2009

Scam baiters - oh the fun we can have !

Apropos of absolutely nothing once again, we've just come across this website called www.419eater.com and since the world is full of annoying scam artists we thought we should share this and pass it on.

419eater is a website dedicated to people (with quite a bit of spare time on their hands apparently) who hunt and bait scammers, in their case Nigerian 419 scammers are their speciality.

419 scams are so called because of article 419 of the nigerian criminal code- dealing with fraud. What the "scambaiters" (there's a new word for my vocabulary today) do is fool the nigerian scammers into posing for hilarious photographs which are posted in their trophy room!

They explain in detail how the whole system works and there's a whole section teaching you how to scam them back - oh what happy days...!

Tuesday 5 May 2009

The best ever complaints letter (or close anyway)...!

i don't know if any of you have seen this..... its the best complaint letter i've seen - and it made me laugh out loud !

Not only is it funny, its personable and not vicious or nasty - but gets the point across - so well in fact that Richard Branson called the chap in question himself to talk about the complaint !

I find myself asking everyone at work to write a little less corporately and a little more humanly. Less of the "it has come to my attention" and more of the "I noticed" less of the " should you need further information etc," more of the " I'll call you, or you can call me" that kinda stuff......

so i felt vindicated when i saw this - humour works - way better than sarcasm or just being right !

enjoy


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/4344890/Virgin-the-worlds-best-passenger-complaint-letter.html

Monday 4 May 2009

What's your story in 6 words...?

Apropos of absolutely nothing... just because we've been having so much fun with this on linkedin and triiibes, here's a kinda off beat blog post for you....

Legend has it that Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. His response? “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”

Starting in 2006, SMITH Magazine re-ignited the recountre by asking readers for their own six-word memoirs. They sent in short life stories in droves, from the bittersweet (“Cursed with cancer, blessed with friends”) and poignant (“I still make coffee for two”) to the inspirational (“Business school? Bah! Pop music? Hurrah”) and hilarious (“I like big butts, can’t lie”).

My question is : What would yours be...?

Mine is : still curious about people and stuff.

http://vimeo.com/335019