Scams

Of late I have been receiving scores of idiotic scam mails. Attached below is one typical scam mail which states that I have won the so and so lottery first prize ticket and that I am to contact the person in concern to get the money. Who the hell these idiotic sick people think I am? An imbecile nut or what? You would be surprised to know that there are in actual fact Singaporeans who has been dubbed into providing their bank account and other important contact details resulting in their money been withdrawn from the banks by these CyberCriminals!
Why would people believe such idiotic mails? I could only think of one possible reason, greed. Seems to me that some people forgot that there is nothing free in this world.


NOTIFICATION (UK LOTTERY ON 2007)Ref No: UK ON-5464K2/71Batch Number: AT-040SB06-03Lucky Numbers: 34.13.26.19.02.12.[08] Bonus Ball 22nd JuLY,2007. ATTENTION: WINNER , You have been Selected on the UK Lottery Draw Held yesterday 21st July, 2007.Our lottery program selection has finally been performed today which was held at the Garden close office.Suffice to say here,you have officially approved a sum payout of ?00,000.00 GBP(Five hundred thousand pounds sterlings) to you as the lottery winner. This amount is from total prize cash of ?,500,000.00 GBP (One million,five hundred thousand) randomly distributed among Two (3)international winners selected by our Lottery Random System Selection(LRSS). You are hereby required to contact your FIDUCIARY AGENT with below details for your winning funds. FIDUCIARY DEPT:NAME: Mr Bill AndersonTEL: +44 70457 04526 Email: draws_notification1@yahoo.co.uk FULL NAMES :AGE:SEX:ADDRESS:PHONE NUMBER: Congratulations. Sincerely, Mariam Lambert(Mrs)Online coordinator for THE UK ONLINE LOTTERY

Economic opportunity in the midst of national disaster

The Chinese sure do has ways with dealing with all sorts of situations. Take for instance the recent flood that has affected some parts of middle and southern parts of China in particular provinces such as ‘Anhui’, Henan’ and southern ‘Guandong’. It was reported that villagers in some of these flood-affected areas has to cope with incoming swamp of rats heading into villages to escape the riverbank overflows. At the same time we all know that some Chinese eats almost anything under the sun. It is thus not a surprised though that some of these people has decided to take the opportunity to catch and sell rat meats. The price of pork in China has increased recently thus rat meat seems to be an interesting viable alternative to pork. The Chinese in these areas were able to turn national disaster into economic opportunities to say the least. I put my hat off, salute and well, kudos to those who sell rat meat and those who enjoy such tasty delicacies in times of national calamity. On a footnote, for those who are interested to know more about tremendous opportunities and rewards associated with home business, go to http://www.home-business-comparison.info/0reports/The_Wealth_Formula_V7.pdf and check it out!

Cheers!
Rich

Taking that 1st step

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. That is the famous quote from one of China’s greatest ancient philosopher. How relevant indeed was that quote is with regards with coping with today’s life challenges and achieving our goals. Quite often we have many dreams, big dreams in life but we never dare make the first move to realize our dreams because we think it is too far fetched a dream to realize in life. Unless we take the 1st step and make the first move though, regardless of how insignificant and small step it seems, our dreams will always be just that, dreams. Usually it takes great courage, and determination to make that 1st moves. Perhaps we may face obstacles when we take or make the 1st move, life is a constant struggle anyway regardless of what we do. It is matter of time before challenges and problems knock on our door. Instead of being caught off guard, why not make that 1st move and confront challenges head on first.
On a footnote, even though yes, we need to that that 1st step however we could and can always start with a single small step. As the saying goes, think big, start small but move fast. Furthermore, Lao Tzu rightfully says that we should do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small.
So there it goes, one of the most fundamental keys to success in life, taking that 1st step.