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Date:      Thu, 6 Sep 2001 23:40:14 -0700
From:      "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To:        "Mark the Shiny Badger!" <mark@wellgroomedbadger.co.uk>, "fallous" <fallous@warped.com>, "Jonathan Hilgeman" <JHilgeman@ecx.com>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: PRIVATE MESSAGE
Message-ID:  <004d01c13767$f3385900$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
In-Reply-To: <03e601c13765$d7f29b30$0200a8c0@mark2>

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Oh, my naieve fellow,

  If you think that's unbelievably dumb, you need to take a look here at
the grandaddy of all sites for getting something for nothing:

http://www.disturbingauctions.com/

  One of my favorites is the "Doggy Pen Holder"

Ted Mittelstaedt                                       tedm@toybox.placo.com
Author of:                           The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide
Book website:                          http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark the Shiny Badger! [mailto:mark@wellgroomedbadger.co.uk]
>Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 11:24 PM
>To: Ted Mittelstaedt; fallous; Jonathan Hilgeman;
>'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'
>Subject: Re: PRIVATE MESSAGE
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
>> Unfortunately these spams are becoming more and more common because
>> unbelievably some idiots have actually fallen for them.  The scam is
>> simple, the scammer claims that they have money tied up in some
>> foreign country and they need your bank account number to free it up.
>> They always pick some country that has a fucked up banking system.
>> Then as soon as they get your bank account number they transfer all
>> your funds to their account and close it.  It's impossible to get the
>> money back because the scammers bribe the police in the country that
>> the money is transferred to and the international banks are basically
>> powerless to do anything about it.
>
>It's really hard to believe anyone would fall for something like this.....I
>guess there's no accounting for the things people will do to get money for
>nothing.
>
>Regards,
>Mark
>
>--
>Mark Hughes - DVD & Film Content Manager, Technical Officer
>Digital Spy Ltd
>http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/
>Your number one source for digital media and entertainment news!
>
>
>

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