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A story of a tech journalist yanking their chain.
What happens when you do reply:
http://www.silicon.com/news/500019/1/2928.html

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">If there were any chance you could find where that quote came from... well... it would be real keen.

I would almost pay petty amounts of money to hear a major U.S. news anchor say exactly that.

As for people being dumb, I suppose there have always been con men. The internet, and mass mailing, just gives them a new way to find a ripe mark. "Three Card Monte", "Selling the Brooklyn Bridge", "Florida Real Estate", and now this. Just a long procession.

But a mass mailed scam as fantastic as this is pretty low...

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My boss got this same mail about 3 months ago. It's letter format with a hand writing signature in a envelope with beautiful South Africa stamps.

Then my boss show it to us and say "who will that stupid enough ....?!" he post it on message board and make everyone LOL.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well I miss quoted it a little - I was quoting from memory. But here is the actual paragraph:

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">And here is the URL:

http://www.derekwyattmp.co.uk/nation...-01-03_st.html

Kinda' scary there are so many people without a lot 'on the ball'. We should be telling them something like: "Don't go upstairs without a flashlight!" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes. Definitely yes. I don't even know what your post asks, but the answer to this question is pretty much always yes. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Whoo-hoo!

Thanks, that's great!

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes. Definitely yes. I don't even know what your post asks, but the answer to this question is pretty much always yes. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">LOL!
I was just talking to a friend through AIM about this topic and told him that as soon as I saw the heading I thought: Yes. The actual thing being questioned is irrelevant. The answer is always Yes.

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Geee... I thought I was special to have gotten this Email http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif I am however NOT that dumb! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif and proceded to hit the DELETE key http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

SO TAKE THAT!

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I got those Nigerian scams almost weekly a year ago. If I remember right they all were different but had the same kind of situation. I would have a really good collection if I hadn't deleted them all.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Indeed how foolish. [INSERT]Shaking head[/INSERT]

A sucker is born every day.