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Friday, October 21, 2011
Maybe I have multiple personalities?
Lately I have been spam- stalked by emails claiming to be from the New York Dept of motor vehicles. These are supposedly informing me of a ticket due to a recent traffic violation and instructing me to "download and print out my plea." Okay, so I know this kind of thing is neither original or new. And at least I did at one time live in the state of New York. There are two things that make me wonder, though. One: I know these things are probably generated and sent out by automated program. But, although I did once live in NY, I did not create this email account until after moving out of the state. So someone or some thing had to do a bit of work to find my new address even though I haven't been a resident for over six years and 2 subsequent states. Which leads me to ponderable two: it is pretty insulting just how stupid they think I must be. Unless I totally blacked out for two weeks and have mentally constructed a new reality- and my imagination is not that good- I'm fairly certain I have not driven all the way from TX to NY where I allegedly got a speeding ticket. But the more obvious thing is it isn't even being sent to me. It is headed with "the person described above." Ok I am in the midst of the list of 20 or so addresses but the main address is not even mine. So, on one hand there is all that effort of searching some database and finding me but then no effort to hide the other 19 people who appearantly also got tickets? Wow that must have been one busy street! And we all know how official agencies like to publicize info like that. It is a good thing I'm smart enough to notice things like this. I couldn't afford to pay off a ticket right now anyway.... well at least not until that check from Nigeria comes in.
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