I received an interesting email today.

It was an invitation to join a newsletter for a Christian Writer. Not that there is anything wrong with Christian writers…there’s not. But I didn’t subscribe myself to this newsletter. And the site is very nice, but it’s a big dose of Jesus and that just ain’t my style. I’m very private about my spirituality.

What I found even more interesting was that the email address used for the subscription was my rwaonlinechapter email.

That made me laugh because I never sign up for anything with that address. So, I was immediately suspicious.

Now, at first, I thought maybe it was a spammer…but then, I figured that if it was spammer from the website, all of the officers would’ve been emailed. But, I re-read the email to verify and it said that somebody had already signed me up for the newsletter, from XXX IP address and it was asking me to verify that I wanted the newsletter.

(wonder if this person realizes I can (and have) tracked down the location of the IP address. Not the account owner…but yes, the location.)

No spammer would sign me up then send me a verification email.

So, somebody took it upon themselves to register me for this newsletter.

And I don’t think it was the author who signed me up; why would she subscribe me then send me a verification email with the IP address included in it? That would just be stupid.

I wouldn’t care if the newsletter had been for Cute Puppies in Capes. Nobody has the right to sign me up without my permission.

This bothersme on a couple of levels…first, not only did they think it was okay to spam me, they thought it was okay to use my RWA Online email…second, I am bothered by the “message” this person tried to send me–like maybe I need a big dose of Christianity to get my life right. IF this was indeed the motive behind this prank, then what bothers me the most is that A. apparently they think you have to be a Christian to have morals and B. They think they know how they can make me a better person.

A lot of this is supposition on my part…but still, it’s very, very suspicious.

I’m now going to take myself to the hurricane relief meeting that I formed with four other members of my company to see how we as a company can help with disaster relief. Maybe I should take my Bible with me, so they’ll be sure to know I really do have morals.