I received this email, they must have thought I was Peter Popoff.
I REQUESTED YOUR MIRACLE WATER ABOUT THIRTY (30) DAY AGO, I AM ON A FIXED INCOME (SS) I COULD AFFORD TO $10. TO DATE I RECEIVED NOTHING. WHAT DID I DO WRONG. I NEED YOUR HELP. LOST MY JOB 2008. I HAVE A LOT OF DEBT. PLEASE HELP, I NEED YOUR PRAY, THANKS.
I has a sad.
That, right there, is what is wrong with religion. He’s deperate and he’s learned the way to deal with it is to give his money to a charlatan for some snake-oil. That’s ten bucks that some greaseball televangelist won’t even notice, but it might be be the difference between eating and going hungry for several days to that poor schmuck.
I can’t tell you how angry that makes me.
I’d be tempted to write them back and offer them $20 if they promise NEVER EVER EVER to give money to an evangelist ever again
But they’d attribute the financial gain to the initial donation. Catch 22.
True, good point. But man you want to help someone.
I’d write back and advise him to take off caps lock and focus more on his grammar. If he appears intelligent, well-read, well-spoken, and through, he’ll be more likely to get a good job and keep that job. The more aspects of life he puts the time to type properly into, the better he’ll appear in general.
But that is not the “magic pill” solution that American’s expect. Why should we work hard for something when we can pop a pill and fix it immediately?
I love that the capslock key is the like the secret code to those who understand the world and those who don’t.
That was pretty clever.
i obviously don’t
What’s also sad is that he thinks you can help him – like you’re the contact person for Dr Snake-Oil. Or maybe he thinks that it’s your snake oil.
Was there anything else in the e-mail, any indication that the writer knows who he’s writing to (and who he’s not writing to).
How on earth did you end up with Popoff’s email?
here’s a guess: someone blindly google-searched ‘miracle spring water’ and e-mailed the first address that came up?
But Popoff Ministries is the first thing that comes up.
There’s only one thing to do. Reply back saying there has been an problem with the shipment and after spending 50$ of your own money to investigate the issue, you need an additional 10$ from them to help pay for an unforeseen license to get the order released.
Thats just wrong ( but funny).
It must be the cynic in me, but my first thought was that you are being trolled.
Daniel should have $9 Science-water that makes all your ills go away with SCIENCE! I figure he could work it in to his %9 church.
Possibly a note inside the package, “You just paid $9 for tapwater. This has been a lesson in critical thinking, brought to you by the 9% church (now 1% cheaper than the leading church).”
A note on the ad/webpage/product: “for educational purposes only”
I think it’s time for Daniel to start educating the world!
Sounds to me like it’s not payed for yet. Requested and paid for are not the same thing. Plus nothing is $10. $9.95 sounds more believable.
Oh, and don’t forget the $7.95 shipping and handling.
Will that be debit or credit?
You can’t help people who keep harming themselves. There’s no point in trying because he’s stuck in his delusion.
Actually if you check Popoff’s site, it looks like you don’t have to pay for the spring water. I have a feeling that’s the clever bit of the scam (inasmuch as it is clever) – that he doesn’t sound like he’s asking for money straight off, but then once you ask for the spring water/prayer cloth/whatever, you’re on his begging mailing list.
Hilariously though, it’s actually advertised that you can get “Your Miracle Spring Water and Debt Cancellationg Kit“.
I’d sure love some debt cancellationg.