Wha? I didn�t get the $1,000 Wal-Mart gift card?
It�s interesting to investigate spam email offers. The ones that seem too good to be true are prime candidates if you�re looking for something malicious, fraudulent, sleazy or just plain dumb.
Today we checked out this one:
There was nothing new. It led you through a �survey� then about a dozen offers to buy various services that were offered based on your survey answers. Of course if you buy nothing, you don�t get the $1,000 Wal-Mart gift card.
On the last page, however, we found a �mind quiz� question that had history screwed up pretty well: �What U.S. president was shot while walking to California Governor Jerry Brown�s office.� The choices were Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford or Richard Nixon.
None were. However, in 1975, Charles Manson follower Lynette �Squeaky� Fromme waived a gun at President Gerald Ford but didn�t shoot. There was no round in the weapon�s chamber, although there were four in its magazine. She spent a long time in federal prisons (and medical facilities in them apparently because of anger issues).
Her other contact with a U.S. president was when she performed at the White House as a member of a square dance troupe in 1959, Wikipedia also said.
Some stuff is so weird that you couldn�t possibly make it up.
Tom Kelchner
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