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Old April 25th, 2003, 07:13 PM

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Default Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?

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Originally posted by Loser:
If there were any chance you could find where that quote came from... well... it would be real keen....
Well I miss quoted it a little - I was quoting from memory. But here is the actual paragraph:

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If it weren't so serious, it would be comical. The National Criminal Intelligence Service estimates that up to five Americans are waiting in London hotel lobbies every day to meet people connected with Nigerian e-mail scams. Codenamed 419, the con trick is one of the most pervasive in the rising tide of spam - the buzz word for unwanted e-mail - that is clogging inboxes the world over.
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!"
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