Author: Lynn Dorman, Ph.D.

  • Money scams

    My first post on the WordPress site and it’s about these ubiquitous scammers.

    I know some believe these letters or they’d stop – but I sure hope that by posting on my blog – YOU don’t buy into this scam.

    Clear alarms – It makes up agency names and does not write in correct English. "Real" Federal personnel would not be allowed to let this kind of writing out the door.

    Then – It tries to scare you inot thiking you and your banking are being monitored.  

    Lastly it asks for all sorts of "compulsory" information –

    let me tell you if the Feds wanted to find you – they know where you live. 

    Please do not fall for these and do let others know of these scams.

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    International Debt Funds Recoup Unit of

    United States Department of the Treasury Washington DC .

    1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW ;

    Washington , DC 20220  

    Be enlighten that United States Department of the Treasury Washington DC in active virtual with Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have escalated our watch on your computer and telephone communication because we discovered you have been communicating with imposters imposing as bank officials.

    We have monitored transaction list of the Western Union and the Wal-Mart Money Gram for transaction made on your name and transaction made through your bank account and our general findings urged us to set up multifaceted maximum security on your everyday activities most specially your email correspondence and telephone communications.  

    Base on how fascinating your case turned out to be we deployed representatives of International Debt Funds Recoup Unit of United States Department of the Treasury Washington DC and agents of Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI to investigate if there was any inheritance funds as a result of contract payment owe to you by the bank which name is not disclosed here and to our dismay it was discovered from the records of the Foreign Operation Department that your name appeared as a beneficiary of contract payment funds valued US$12.8Million United States Dollars.

    The assembly of American Government agency sent on your behalf to the bank confirmed that the procedure and blueprint of your funds recoup was fair and just considered opinion by the Bank and the outcome of the event was a solution to curtail activities of con artist and it was a perfect solution to your quest on your inheritance funds.

    Finally the recouped inheritance funds have arrived US Treasury Washington DC allotted into Cash Consignment Baggage and is currently deposited in US Treasury Basement Washington DC. To claim your funds reconfirm your personal information stated as following below that will be used for the delivery of the Cash Consignment Baggage to your location.

    1.  First Name

    2.  Middle Name:

    3.  Last Name:

    4.  Home Phone Number:

    5.  Cell Phone Number:

    6.  Fax (If Available):

    7.  Home Address:

    This is compulsory instruction.

    God Bless America .

    Mr. Michael Cena

     

  • Still learnin after all these years 😀

    Almost ready to start placing posts on the new Word Press site for this blog.

    I have spent a lot of time learning Word Press and the Thesis theme that I am using and the learning curve was very steep. In the midst of that my entire plumbing system is being re-done so that it is inside and not running directly under my floors and hovering over the Columbia River.
    It’s not been a very noisy process but it has needed my attention in terms of cosmetic planning – i.e. where do the pipes go? After they are all connected and tested – some kind of artistic cover will be built to hide them from view. My neighbors are full of good suggestions for that part of the project.
    The pipes are actually plastic tubing that gets put together much like tinker toys and I now know much about this new kind of plumbing…
    And early next year I will be offering local classes on parenting, aging and losing one’s identity with retirement or job loss. These will happen through MindGlo, a new Portland business.
    So it’s been a month of teaching and learning – not how I imagined my older age to be at all – but I am very happy with the way my brain is still going full steam ahead…
  • More Twitter "Stuff"

    Here are some photos from another evening with Twitter friends

    Mara

    @MaraBG

    Stewart [doesn’t tweet much] @stewartraven

    Will

    @_SDO

    photos by @lynndorman
  • Why I Love Twitter

    Some people i know from Twitter arrived in Portland yesterday and we ate supper on my deck..

    Here is a video taken with an IPhone [I want one!!!]

    [It was directed toward other friends on Twitter but you can enjoy it too]


     

  • Abbot and Costello 2009

    A friend sent this to me – although younger than I am – he’s a luddite….we here know that you are never too old to understand computers … but still – this is funny….

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    You have to be old enough to remember Abbott and Costello, and too old to REALLY understand computers, to fully appreciate this!!!!!!!!!

    If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, ‘Who’s on First?’ might have turned out something like this:

    COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT

    ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

    COSTELLO: Thanks I’m setting up an office in my den and I’m thinking about buying a computer.

    ABBOTT: Mac?

    COSTELLO: No, the name’s Lou.

    ABBOTT: Your computer?

    COSTELLO: I don’t own a computer. I want to buy one.

    ABBOTT: Mac?

    COSTELLO: I told you, my name’s Lou.

    ABBOTT: What about Windows?

    COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?

    ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?

    COSTELLO: I don’t know. What will I see when I look at the windows?

    ABBOTT: Wallpaper.

    COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.

    ABBOTT: Software for Windows?

    COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What do you have?

    ABBOTT: Office.

    COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?

    ABBOTT: I just did.

    COSTELLO: You just did what?

    ABBOTT: Recommend something.

    COSTELLO: You recommended something?

    ABBOTT: Yes.

    COSTELLO: For my office?

    ABBOTT: Yes.

    COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?

    ABBOTT: Office.

    COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!

    ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.

    COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, let’s just say I’m sitting at my computer and I want to type a
    proposal. What do I need?

    ABBOTT: Word.

    COSTELLO: What word?

    ABBOTT: Word in Office.

    COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.

    ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.

    COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?

    ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue ‘W’.

    COSTELLO: I’m going to click your blue ‘w’ if you don’t start with some straight answers. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with?

    ABBOTT: Money.

    COSTELLO: That’s right. What do you have?

    ABBOTT: Money.

    COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?

    ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.

    COSTELLO: What’s bundled with my computer?

    ABBOTT: Money.

    COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?

    ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.

    COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?

    ABBOTT: One copy.

    COSTELLO: Isn’t it illegal to copy money?

    ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.

    COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?

    ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!

    (A few days later)

    ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

    COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off?

    ABBOTT: Click on ‘START’………….