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VIP Travel Reservations, Inc.: SPAMMER ALERT and WARNING! Lawbreaking Outfit Ignores the National and Pennsylvania Do-Not-Call Lists

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Bernard Madoff, Prisoner #61727-054 Federal Correctional Complex, Butner Granville County, North Carolina __________________________ I have left a legacy of shame, as some of my victims have pointed out, to my family and my grandchildren. This is something I will live in for the rest of my life. I’m sorry. — Bernard Madoff, convicted felon, apologizing to the victims of his investment fraud _______________________ Despite our being on the Pennsylvania and National Do-not-call lists, we keep getting calls from an outfit called VIP Travel Reservations, Inc. How they got our number and name, I do not know; we have an unlisted number. Their callers are rude, lying thieves, and not very bright, given that they won’t give up, even as you are yelling at them. Why on earth would one want to engage with people who are not interested in your “service”? So far, we have received six calls, all during the dinner hour – as if we, while enjoying our meal, would be delight

Reply As Soon As Possible! (A Not-So-Clever-Variation-on-the-419-Nigerian Scam)

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Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence. --Mason Cooley I opened up this morning's email, only to find this breathless missive from the "State Department": U.S. Department of State Office of Designation Compliance Unit ECA/EC/ECC - SA-5, Floor C2 2200 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Phone/Fax Number: [Blanked Out] E-mail: [Blanked Out] Listen Attentively! This message is sent to you from the US Department of State in Washington, D.C, United States of America, please there is a strong report we got about you through our Diplomatic Cable in West Africa and in the Middle East stating that you are having communications with some individuals from Ghana, Niger, Guinea Bissau, CÑ„te d’Ivoire, Gambia, Benin, Guinea, Cape Verde, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Sгo Tomй, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo claiming to represent Central Bank Governors and other Bank interests and Government Institutions in these West African countries, and from the report we go

Memoir Madness: Driven to Involuntary Commitment