i hate spam

My credit card number was stolen. 

I can't begin to understand the motivation of whoever did this, but it seemed to have been done for fun. Nothing of value was purchased by/for this individual. They signed me up for the super-deluxe Netflix account and they ordered a get-rich-quick scheme for me. 

I have a new credit card number.

Netflix sent us a notice that we suddenly had two accounts. That was easy.

The get-rich-quick scam was... a scam. I really had to beg to get them to cancel me and avoid the coming monthly charges that would follow my free* CD (pay only shipping!).

But the worst part of the whole thing is that my home email account is now collecting spam. It may seem amazing, but although I've had this account for about 10 years, this is the first time I've been sent adds for "male enhancement."

Whoever you are: next time buy yourself a nice new TV with my credit card; just don't open my email up to spam!!!

*If you want the CD, it's your free. Just send me the shipping charges.

(I emailed this entry from my phone to my work email so that I could run a spell-check. Work's email system rejected my message as spam.)