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September 2003, Week 4

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Tue, 23 Sep 2003 17:54:50 -0700
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Edwards [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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> I just got this email scam. As if I would send them my credit card
> information. They can't even spell.
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Important notice
> 
> We have just charged your credit card for money laundry 
> service in amount of [...]

Yeah, I pretty much couldn't stop laughing at how transparent an attempt it was.  Then again, the sad/scary part is that there ARE people who will fall for it [but that brings up another "then again..." -- the people who will fall for it will do so because they are indeed one of the "targets", i.e., a CP-webmaster -- at that point, who cares whether they fell for it or not?]

In some ways, this falls under the category of "unanswerable questions", as in, "answer yes or no only: have you stopped beating your S/O yet?".  In other words, since you really shouldn't click on "no", [because that will "confirm" your e-mail] it implies that "yes" may hold true... ;)

[ok, so I dropped my wallet in the mud... :) :) :) ]

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