Do Not Disturb!

With the DND (do not disturb) age we can restrict unwanted calls and sms (s) that prey on your privacy and disturb you at odd times. But some of them are fun to read and somehow I hate to admit but I miss them a wee bit.

I am sure you must be getting such unsolicited emails from Nigerian scamsters and British lotteries. Of course many more not worth mentioning here. For instance, a couple of months back, one of my cousins, sent me a mail recommending a particular brand of Viagra and describing how good it was, we knew that someone had crept into his account and played mischief. Later he sent us all (people in his address book) that his email account had been hacked and mails were sent out without his knowledge. But you can imagine his embarrassment! One needs to be always very vigilant and careful. I am sure many of you must have read the article on the dumbest passwords people have like 123456, ABC123, or 987654. So be careful and have a cryptic one but do not forget it. Never let your computer remember it for you even if it offers to do so!  

The other day I read a news article where a man was duped of Rs. 200,000 for an inheritance a random prince wanting to share, as his dad- the king, whose kingdom was overthrown in a coup had died with a secret stash which needed to be legitimized by involving a 3^rd person however random. How bizarre!! I fail to understand why anyone would like to believe this, leave alone deposit some money in a questionable account to authenticate his existence! I believe that we always receive what we deserve. May it be good fortune, money or happiness. This kind of allurement should always be questioned with a lot of caution. At the end of the day these things prey on the greed of a person.  

Yesterday I received an sms (unsolicited, of course), which said:

Imprtnt msg Frm Delhi police….
For next few days don’t drink any prodct from Pepsi compny like Pepsi, Tropicana juice, Slice. 7up etc, as a worker from the compny contaminated wit AIDS…Watch NDTV..
Pl 4wrd ds to evry1 u care 4..
plz.

What do you make out of this? My son asked me- did the Coca-Cola company pay for this? My mom also received this sms and it frightened the wits out of her. She asked me to be careful and not ask the kids to take any soft drink. Here they are preying on your fears. Some time back I received an sms warning us to be careful about going to a particular movie as some seats had needles sticking out and if you sit unknowingly the needle would contaminate you with the deadly virus. How sick can people be, sometimes I wonder, who is actually paying for this?  Can the police help out, if they have some time from protecting politicians being slapped!!