End of the World Scam

I have it on good report that the world is going to end on May 21 of this year. There are signs of the end times everywhere: trees, rain in some places, a rock over near Stillwater, black crows, an earthquake in Japan and probably one in California. We had a little earthquake here in western Minnesota just yesterday. There is water in the Red River, going north to Canada. Signs of the end times are everywhere!

I logged on to EndoftheWorld2011.com just to catch the latest news about our pending destruction, and noticed the ad on the right side of the page: Viking Cruises. They are holding a little contest, and will give away two plane tickets and two boat tickets to the winner. Well, here is what it says: "Please complete the entry form above and you will automatically be entered to win a FREE river cruise for two with roundtrip air. Contest ends May 31, 2011."

What a scam! Do they think we will not notice that the contest winner will not be announced until ten days after the world ends? Doesn't it just frost you that people are willing to take advantage of things like the end of the world just to sell boat cruises they won't actually have to honor? I should hope so!

I invite you to write to them and complain. Explain about all that doom and destruction thing, and ask if they cannot give the tickets away before all hell breaks loose.

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