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The Homeland Security 419
I received the following junk mail the other day. I found it to be an interesting twist on the Nigerian 419. This one claims to be from the Department of Homeland Security and states that you have been speaking to imposters in your attempt to collect some money. They claim that all you have to do is fill in some personal information, and they’ll make sure you get your funds, payable in a debit-Visa card. … Read entire article »
7 Great Spam Headlines
I have special email accounts set up specifically for spam. I sign up for as much crap as I can, just to get as much junk as possible. So I opened up that account today and it was flooded, as expected, with junk. Thus, today we’re going to share with you our Top 7 Spam Headlines for today, in no particular order. Scare people with your tool today. I don’t think I want male enhancement to the … Read entire article »
If GOP Candidates Were Pizzas
The 2012 GOP race is in full swing and now that our beloved Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann have dropped out, we thought we’d borrow a page from Cain’s pizza past and see if we could imagine the GOP field as a menu in a pizza parlor. Which of these pizzas appeal to you most? The Mitt Romney Double-Sided Pizza The world’s only 2-sided pizza contains different ingredients on each side, depending on what the customer wants. The … Read entire article »
Sports Picks for 1/6/2012
OK we’re about to shove off for the weekend, but we were all sitting around talking about the games we like tonight. So for our dear Waffles readers, we are imparting you with our picks for the night. Do with them what you will, but we’re planning on dropping a few bucks on both at the Mirage after lunch today. We all agree that the Celtics should blow out the Pacers tonight at home. If you play ‘em, good luck! 4x Play Celtics -6 in the NBA 3x Plays Bobcats -1 in the NBA Cavs +7 in the NBA 2x Plays Arkansas -9 in college football Butler -2 in college basketball … Read entire article »
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12 Rick Santorum Anagrams
Rick Santorum is the GOP candidate in the spotlight this week, with his sneaky come-from-behind tie in the Iowa caucus. And since “Rick Santorum” will likely be hitting the Google search bars heavily for a while, we thought it would be fun to run some anagrams on his name. Anagrams, as you probably know, are formed by re-arranging all of the letters in his name. After sifting through a few thousand results, we came up … Read entire article »
Fake of America Email
Every day is like Christmas when I open up my junk mail folder. Today’s gem proclaims to be from Bank of America, but since it’s obviously fake, I’m calling it “Fake of America” in this article, or FofA. The email I received looks somewhat official, with the BofA logo and everything. There is also a link that seems to imply you’ll be taken to their website when you click it. Don’t believe it! Let’s look … Read entire article »
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Sports Picks for 1/4/2012
We’re looking at the Wednesday sports card and there are several games we like here. In tonight’s Orange Bowl, we can’t all agree on it, but the majority rules here: 4x Play Clemson -3 2x Plays Orange Bowl under 63½ Bulls -6½ Xavier -2 St Joseph’s +2 So there you go. Do with these what you want. We’re headed to the Mirage for some complimentary watered-down drinks and to drop a few bucks on these games. Good luck! … Read entire article »
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Where’s My $15,000,000,00 Nigerian Funds?
Received the following email from Hassan Abdul-Haffiz (admin@wellsoon.cn) yesterday. He’s telling me that my inheritance of $15,000,000,00 (whatever that is – is it missing a zero or something?) has been delayed. What? I didn’t even know I had an inheritance, and now they’re delaying it due to some red tape? Well, fortunately, Mr. Mark Brown is on the case and is going to help me get the necessary form to receive my millions. Just look at … Read entire article »
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Sports Picks for 1/3/2012
Now that we’ve made it official, we’re going to throw our hat in the ring with the games for Tuesday, January 3, 2012. We have three picks on the night. 3x play 545: Wisconsin (-6½) over Michigan State in college hoops. 2x plays 259: Virginia Tech (+3) over Michigan in tonight’s college football. 566: Mississippi (-9) over SMU in tonight’s college hoops. So there you have it, our day’s top plays. We plan to play small amounts on each of these … Read entire article »
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Sports Picks Arrive at Wafflesatnoon
Why would us sarcastic, scam hunters here at Waffles give a flying hoot about sports picks? Who knows, but we do! We’re in Las Vegas and we love to hit the local sportsbook. So we’re going to offer you our take on the day’s games. No charge, no fee, no hype, no sales pitch. Just regular guys, giving our plays and keeping track for fun and profit. We’ll also let you know when we’re betting and how much, but we’re pretty small-time players mind you. On the other hand, we’re pretty knowledgeable about sports betting, so we’re not exactly amateurs. We’ll rate our plays from 2x to 10x, with 10x being almost impossible. How do we rate them? There is an exact science, but we’re willing to share our method just yet. Just … Read entire article »
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