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| From | Ken Hart <kwhart1@frontier.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux, comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: My Dear in the lord |
| Date | 2020-04-13 12:00 -0400 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <r722a4$1rof$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | (6 earlier) <r65a49$5kd$3@dont-email.me> <r6610n02dcm@news2.newsguy.com> <r6sa1g$mu0$1@dont-email.me> <r6shqe$1a0t$1@gioia.aioe.org> <r71loq$js0$1@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 4/13/20 8:25 AM, Daniel60 wrote:
> Ken Hart wrote on 11/04/2020 11:47 PM:
>> On 4/11/20 7:35 AM, Daniel60 wrote:
>>> Charlie Gibbs wrote on 3/04/2020 11:46 AM:
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>> Was it here or one of my other news groups where someone posted a link
>>> to a TedTalk type video where the guy explained how he got one of
>>> those Scam e-mails ... and decided to play along ... over a couple of
>>> weeks, I think, back and forth, back and forth.
>>>
>>> Quite funny!!
>>>
>> I think you are talking about comedian James Veitch. He has several
>> YouTube videos, including TEDtalks. Very funny!
>>
> That's the guy!! Searching for ("James Veitch"+TedTalk) brought up this
> topic .... "This is what happens when you reply to spam email | James
> Veitch" which led to ....
>
> https://www.ted.com/talks/james_veitch_this_is_what_happens_when_you_reply_to_spam_email
>
>
Just search on his name. He does several variations on the theme, some
of them as his stand-up comedy routines.
--
Ken Hart
kwhart1@frontier.com
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