Just today my wife got a call from "Social Security" telling her that her SSN had been suspended for suspected fraud. She was told to Press 1 to speak to an agent to get it reinstated.

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I have yet to receive better spam than this offer to join the Illuminati.

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I visited an outlet mall back in 1996 or so. Every shop, every booth, had a warning about "counterfeit 20s" that were going around. They were $1 bills that had the corners from a $20 bill glued on one side. Maybe '94 or '95 this was featured in a "world's dumbest criminals" email or something to that effect - the first time I saw it I asked if it was a joke. "Counterfeiting is not a joke," the clerk informed me sternly. "You realize that the 'fake' $20 you have pictured there cost $21 to manufacture, right?" I asked. "It doesn't matter, crime doesn't pay," he said. To this day I think someone in security said "hey joe, let's see how many of these morons are too stupid to get the joke" and the answer was all of them.

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I rarely give the homeless any money. But I gave one $40 once and it was a valuable lesson.