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Re: My Dear in the lord

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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 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 12:00:06 -0400
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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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    Re: My Dear in the lord anonlinuxuser <linuxuser@noone.net> - 2020-04-01 13:47 -0600
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                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
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                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
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            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
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