Well here’s a new scam:
We would like to express our deepest sorrow for the untimely death of your beloved
friend and inform you about the life service celebration that will take place at
Hubbell Funeral Home on March 13, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.
Please follow this link to get funeral invitation.
Please be there to honor the memory of your friend with her closest people.
Our best wishes and prayers,
Alexander Howard,
Funeral home assistant
Yeah, it’s a phising scam.
Needless to say, don’t click on that link…
About Lawrence Person
Lawrence Person is a political commentator and science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His political work has appeared in National Review, Reason, The Freeman, Liberty and The World & I. His SF has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, F&SF, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis.
I got one of those a few weeks ago and reported at the time that I couldn’t think of anything that would get me to click on the link.
I apologized to any friend whose funeral I missed.