Earlier I wrote a post about a scam that’s going around, but I didn’t name names. I got another version of the scam in the mail today and it irritates me enough to go ahead and identify the perps. Luckily, nobody reads my blog; so if they come after me, they can’t claim damages.
The outfit is HomeServe and the big name they use for promotion is Rudy Giuliani. (Apparently he’s got some skin in the game — which doesn’t matter one way or the other.)
Their latest disgraceful move has been to mail out material that is carefully crafted to look like it came from the utility company. To be sure, each piece in the mailing has a paragraph stating that HomeServe is an independent company separate from the utility company. But why did the graphic designers make it look like it came from the utility company?
I know the answer. And if your capacity for abstract thinking is high enough that you can read this without moving your lips, you know the answer, too.
For several reasons, I consider such deception to be nearly the lowest form of scumbaggery.
