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Re: My Dear in the lord

From Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux, comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: My Dear in the lord
Date 2020-04-03 00:46 +0000
Organization NewsGuy.com
Message-ID <r6610n02dcm@news2.newsguy.com> (permalink)
References (2 earlier) <r62r4c$r86$3@dont-email.me> <kakb8fpesqbaerp90tutpciaffuae4jl59@4ax.com> <r64rgu$pa2$1@dont-email.me> <685c8flcr2teo5q0mmfg6cj7asivlo0ac7@4ax.com> <r65a49$5kd$3@dont-email.me>

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On 2020-04-02, anonlinuxuser <linuxuser@noone.net> wrote:

> On 4/2/20 10:48 AM, chrisv wrote:
>
>> Paul wrote:
>> 
>>> chrisv wrote:
>>>
>>>> Nothing new about the "please take this money (but first you'll have
>>>> to send me some)" scam, of course.
>>>>
>>>> What's weird, about this one, is the indiscriminate broadcasting of it
>>>> to "the public".  *No one* could be stupid enough to fall for that,
>>>> could they?
>>>
>>> I've sent several thousand to Mina, and all
>>> I got for it was some Miracle Holy Water.
>> 
>> It's a little tempting to pretend to be hooked, and exchange a few
>> emails with them.  Agree to wire them money, and all that.
>> 
>> A few weeks ago, I got a "your social security number is going to be
>> suspended" scam call.  I just deleted it, but I slightly regretted not
>> calling them up, just for fun.
>
> Now that would've been fun to monkey with their mind.!

If you have some time, fire up YouTube and type in "scamming a scammer".
There are people who have taken it to a high art, and it's a lot of fun
to watch what happens when the predators realize they've become the prey.

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My Dear in the lord "Mrs. Mina A. Brunel" <brunelmrsminaa@gmail.com> - 2020-03-31 16:41 +0100
  Re: My Dear in the lord Jens Stuckelberger <Jens_Stuckelberger@nowhere.net> - 2020-03-31 19:31 +0000
    Re: My Dear in the lord anonlinuxuser <linuxuser@noone.net> - 2020-04-01 13:47 -0600
      Re: My Dear in the lord chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2020-04-02 06:57 -0500
        Re: My Dear in the lord Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2020-04-02 10:06 -0400
          Re: My Dear in the lord chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2020-04-02 11:48 -0500
            Re: My Dear in the lord anonlinuxuser <linuxuser@noone.net> - 2020-04-02 12:15 -0600
              Re: My Dear in the lord Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-04-03 00:46 +0000
                Re: My Dear in the lord anonlinuxuser <linuxuser@noone.net> - 2020-04-02 19:56 -0600
                Re: My Dear in the lord Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> - 2020-04-02 23:01 -0400
                Re: My Dear in the lord Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2020-04-11 21:35 +1000
                Re: My Dear in the lord Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2020-04-11 13:08 +0000
                Re: My Dear in the lord Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2020-04-13 22:19 +1000
                Re: My Dear in the lord Ken Hart <kwhart1@frontier.com> - 2020-04-11 09:47 -0400
                Re: My Dear in the lord Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2020-04-11 11:25 -0400
                Re: My Dear in the lord Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2020-04-13 22:25 +1000
                Re: My Dear in the lord Ken Hart <kwhart1@frontier.com> - 2020-04-13 12:00 -0400
            Re: My Dear in the lord Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2020-04-02 20:21 +0000
              Re: My Dear in the lord Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2020-04-02 20:42 +0000
                Re: My Dear in the lord The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2020-04-02 16:07 -0700
        Re: My Dear in the lord anonlinuxuser <linuxuser@noone.net> - 2020-04-02 12:14 -0600
        Re: My Dear in the lord The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2020-04-02 11:46 -0700

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