Ah my Geordie will be hanged on a golden chain

[kerravonsen]

Who are these drooling morons who keep on sending me chain mail? Do I look like an idiot? I must look like an idiot to somebody, because I just got two pieces of MAKE MONEY FAST physical chain mail today. Hand-addressed, in two different hands, so there must be at least two people who are insulting my intelligence. Unfortunately, neither one of them had a return address (as was also the case with a chain letter I got last week or was it the week before) so I can't tell these congenital idiots to stop sending me this crap. None of the "list of five addresses" have anything in common, nor do I recognise any of the names or addresses on them. Who are these fools?

The letters all seem to be variants of the same chain, with the gleaming testimonial by one "David Rhodes" of Perth, who may or may not ever have existed. One of them was a rather desperate variation: he'd taped five cents to his letter, presumably as a gesture of "paying for my time". I can't be bothered to calculate whether my time and aggravation was worth five cents or not.

Are pyramid schemes illegal in Australia? Should I report this to somebody? If so, to whom?

(sigh)

ETA: I googled "David Rhodes", and look what I found!

Comments

[hawkeye7.livejournal.com]

Are pyramid schemes illegal in Australia?
Yes. I googled too, and got This link. Good ol' scamnet...

[kerravonsen]

Yes, I found that link too, but it was in WA so I tried to find somewhere closer to home (see my following post).

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I used to work with a David Rhodes (programmer). He must be pissed off with the use of his name.

Mind you, I've also worked with Nick Kershaw and Sharon Tate (programmers) and Margaret Thatcher (receptionist).

I bin chain letters. Particularly offensive are those which try to frighten superstitious people--I had to calm down a colleague who got one once. If I get chain e-mail I tell the sender just what I think and don't give a damn if I hurt their feelings.