* I really can't tell: Is this is a Nigerian-type spam/scam? -- or
> is it for real?
It's real.
* And beyond that, which would be worse: for it to be just a scam?
> -- or for it to be something that really goes on in our world? Is
> this how those utterly stupid and banal items that you hear on the
> audio or video Business Channels on airplanes are really created?
Take your pick.
R's,
John