We have to go all the way back to 2010. I found a roll of shot film in an old Kodak camera at an antique mall. The film itself was C-22 film, which isn’t compatible with any of the film developing techniques available at the time, so I looked online for anyone who handled boutique…
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Donald Trump and Psalms 3:16
You could build a museum of failure to all the products Donald Trump has endorsed – products that either flopped, went bankrupt, or were outright swindles. Let’s see … catch me if I miss any – Trump Steaks, Trump: The Board Game, Trump Mattresses, Trump Vodka, Trump Ice Water, Trump shirts and ties, Trump video…
Read MoreThe Venmo $99 Scam
So this just popped up in my email account. Apparently James P. Friedman requested $99 from my Venmo account. Here’s the screenshot. Apparently a few minutes later, someone named Eric Patterson also requested $99 from my Venmo account. Here’s that screenshot. And not a few minutes after THAT … came a $99 request from my…
Read More“God told me to run a bitcoin swindle on my parishoners.”
I’m really, really sick of people who steal the money of others and suggest that it’s God’s will.โ”Of course, the Lord works in strange and mysterious ways,” they argue.โ But the hypocrisy of this story just makes me want to puke. See, in the past, I’ve written about bitcoin swindle scams.โThe whole idea is that…
Read MoreHow to spot a Facebook scammer from 20 miles away
I have two Facebook pages – my personal one, and a page dedicated to this blog.โThe blog FB page reprints each blog as it’s posted, so if you want to follow my blog through social media, go to this link. That being said … Over the weekend, I received this FB instant message, addressed in…
Read More‘Tis the season to avoid scammers, fa la la la la…
I knew something was wrong with that Facebook group. I just knew it. A few weeks ago, I joined a Facebook group of CPKC Holiday Train enthusiasts. Yes, there’s a Facebook group for that. There wasn’t much to the group – mostly questions about whether the train will pass through this town or that village,…
Read More“Chuck, we want to buy your Nissan Sentra, puppies and babies not included.”
One of the local car dealerships in the area, Destination Kia, has arguably the most annoying commercials around. Their tagline is that they’ll sell you a car, but “puppies and babies are not included.” So imagine my surprise the other day when I received this email from Destination Kia, completely at random and out of…
Read MoreSpectrum Cable sure knows me when it’s billing time, though…
When it comes to paying the necessary bills in my life, I do so with the knowledge that if I owe money, it must be paid. If I want lights in my house, then I pay the light bill. If I want to call someone, then I pay the phone bill. And if I want…
Read MoreThe scammer who didn’t know where I was, but knew how to contact me.
I swear, these scammers and spambots and griefers are just flailing. Their goal is to try to get me to click on one of their scummy links, which in turn might infect my phone or my computer with malware or ransomware. Case in point. Last Wednesday – February 16 – I received a curious text…
Read MoreHukked on Fonix wurkz fuh mee.
My blog has a “Contact Chuck Miller” link, where I often receive messages from people about my blog, or who want to contact me personally. I get that. It’s all good. Unfortunately, the “Contact Chuck Miller” link also draws a considerable amount of spam and scammers and salebots. Example – some time ago, someone used…
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