…my cell phone got a call from Bulgaria. I didn't answer it. I just looked at it and wondered how come the usually-efficient Spam Call blocker on my phone wasn't suspicious about a call from Bulgaria. A bit of online research told me that the phone number (the last four digits of which I have concealed) connects to a casino in Bulgaria.
(Must I point out that I have never been within 3000 miles of Bulgaria, I have no business with anyone in Bulgaria and would be shocked if anyone I knew was in Bulgaria?)
So what do they want with me and how would stupidity on my part lead to the emptying of my bank account, huge charges to my credit cards or other results of which I would not be fond? For a second there, I was thinking it might be one of those calls that claims to be from Microsoft to say I have an awful virus on my computer and they'll be glad to fix it for me if I just give them temporary access. But is there anyone brain-dead enough to not get a little leery of a call from a Microsoft Tech Support Office in Bulgaria?
But it's more fun to speculate on some purpose for the call which would make me regret not answering. Over in Bulgaria, let's say, there's a huge fan of Groo the Wanderer comic books and he's really old and he's dying and he wants to leave all his levs (that's what they call the money in Bulgaria) to the folks who've brought him such joy and comfort through the years…especially today since today is Sergio's birthday. (I'll post something about that later.) So he asked a friend of his who also operates a casino to phone me and arrange for the transfer of funds.
Wow. That's sounding so entirely possible that I'm beginning to regret not answering the call.