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Who is Debra Macurley? Is she real or fake.? Who knows? The bottom line is that in a spontaneous fit of insanity we sent out an email that parodies a well known internet hoax. Boy, did people get pissed at us. Many reported us as spam (79 to be exact). Others were nice enough to warn us that a spamming operation may have co-opted our files and taken over. The email, in its entirety, is shown below. I still think it is funny but I apologize for any stress it may have given you.
My name is Debra Macurley the daughter of Mr. Williams Macurley of Zimbabwe, Maine and a big fan of the Placebo Journal. It might be a surprise to you where I got your contact address but all I had to do was promise to write this email and the publishers of the Placebo Journal would have given me anything.
During the last crises against the doctors of the world by the supporters of the medical axis of evil (pharmaceutical industry, lawyers, managed care companies),all the physicians were ordered to surrender their souls to these groups in order to receive a paycheck. My father was one of these doctors and lost his will to live after only a few years of filling out prior authorizations, using Electronic Medical Records, and turning to an "open access" schedule. After his untimely demise, Dr. Farrago's supporters asked me to spread the word about all the medical injustices that continue to occur.After the death of my father, my mother and I decided we would do something about all the problems in the healthcare system. We took along with us the money my father kept in his safe, which amounted to $7.41 and decided to work with Dr. Douglas Farrago and ask him to assist us in humanizing healthcare.
As the only true King of Medicine, he has been gracious in offering his help as long as we bought a subscription to the Placebo Journal as well as give him a pair of our socks (which we thought was weird). We also promised to increase the awareness of his propaganda by sending out this email. This is where you come in. PLEASE, TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET. Now he will not leave us alone unless you consider our proposition of either subscribing to this most pathetic medical journal or becoming a LIFER. If you are either, we would ask for your assitance in sending this parody of an email scam to someone else you know so that he or she may make this investment.
My family and I await your response as we truly want our socks back. Your urgent response to my personal request will be highly appreciated.
I anxiously await your reply.
My name is Debra Macurley the daughter of Mr. Williams Macurley of Zimbabwe, Maine and a big fan of the Placebo Journal. It might be a surprise to you where I got your contact address but all I had to do was promise to write this email and the publishers of the Placebo Journal would have given me anything.
During the last crises against the doctors of the world by the supporters of the medical axis of evil (pharmaceutical industry, lawyers, managed care companies),all the physicians were ordered to surrender their souls to these groups in order to receive a paycheck. My father was one of these doctors and lost his will to live after only a few years of filling out prior authorizations, using Electronic Medical Records, and turning to an "open access" schedule. After his untimely demise, Dr. Farrago's supporters asked me to spread the word about all the medical injustices that continue to occur.After the death of my father, my mother and I decided we would do something about all the problems in the healthcare system. We took along with us the money my father kept in his safe, which amounted to $7.41 and decided to work with Dr. Douglas Farrago and ask him to assist us in humanizing healthcare.
As the only true King of Medicine, he has been gracious in offering his help as long as we bought a subscription to the Placebo Journal as well as give him a pair of our socks (which we thought was weird). We also promised to increase the awareness of his propaganda by sending out this email. This is where you come in. PLEASE, TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET. Now he will not leave us alone unless you consider our proposition of either subscribing to this most pathetic medical journal or becoming a LIFER. If you are either, we would ask for your assitance in sending this parody of an email scam to someone else you know so that he or she may make this investment.
My family and I await your response as we truly want our socks back. Your urgent response to my personal request will be highly appreciated.
I anxiously await your reply.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Debra Macurley
For the family.
5 comments:
Oh, for heaven's sake. Let's face it--the population of folks receiving this email are probably college-educated and might have even gone to medical school. Furthermore, as readers of the Placebo Gazette, they should have recognized that this was HUMOR, and not SPAM. I personally found it so entertaining that I subscribed for 2 years. However, I want to know where to send my socks.
Sincerely,
An avid reader
I almost hit the spam report then noticed the address. Good job, it's always amazing how someone can actualy get so much done with only $7.41 when you eliminate the government waste factor.
I thought it was hilarious. I find it hard to believe that the people who would have received this e-mail would not have recognized it as a piece of humor.
Whadda ya mean SPAM? All I have to do is go to Nigeria, rescue Debra and I'm going to be a multimillionaire!. Because of her promise (she is still 'intact') I even offered to be a lifer to your scurrolous mag....
There is a special place in HELL* for you Doug - see you there
Benedict
* it is the thirteenth circle of Dante's hell, it is FULL of pharma reps - all promoting a 'glitazone' and all fat, ugly and male! Please Doug, I need to make m quota this month, please Doug only our company ploughs back the obscene prophets** back into research
** like in how many tequilas does it take to make a doctor prescibe Famcyclovir over Valacyclovir PO
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